Car & Bike Drift vs Grip? Which will give me a better lap time?

[Aphro_EVO]

I am somewhat new to Go-Karting, I want to understand - in order to improve my lap time, is grip better than drift? I generally tend to go for late apex(pedal to the metal till the very end), and then instead of closing in on the apex, i maintain a certain distance and drift. This gives me greater exit speed, but sometimes it seems whilst drifting i am losing more time. Anybody experienced it?

 

[cranky]

From what little I have driven, in quicker corners a slight drift may help you gain time. For corners with low exit speeds needing lots of traction, grip is better almost always.

For 99% of situations, grip is better. Your style will work to defend positions but if you're going for laptime you might want to look at getting higher speeds in the apex.

 

[srsriharsha]

Slight drift is good but in case you over do it, you will loose quite a lot of speed..