This is a switchback overtake. Here's how to attack with a switchback. It works like this: you force the driver ahead to defend and compromise their exit, while you break down the outside and rotate the car very effectively, pointing the nose so that it can commit back to the throttle very early and aggressively, while switching to the inside line on the exit.

Executing the Switchback Attack

To make this work, you need to not overshoot the corner. Break earlier and focus on not overcharging the entry. It's all about the exit.

The thing about this move is that if the defender also breaks early, then you can't do anything because he will be blocking your path to transition to the inside line. The defender has to break late and overshoot the corner if you want to have the space to do the switchback. You have to get in their head and make them miss the apex or get a poor exit, either of which will open the door and make a switchback a simple move for you.

However, if you overshoot and break too late, you will not be able to rotate the car enough at the right time, so you cannot do the switchback.

Alternative: The Outside Move

If the defender breaks way too early, then what you can try to do is just do an outside move. If they lose enough track position on entry, you have a good chance of actually just doing the whole thing on the outside.

Risks and Considerations

The very best switchbacks are actually quite risky ones because you will be most likely competing with a driver who's very good and being on the outside is more difficult generally. In order to do a switchback against a good driver, you're going to have to be pretty close to them, which can cause contact.

Make sure that when you're doing the switchback, you're already expecting them to not have any kind of overlap so you can cross to the inside without hitting them.

Switchback as a Counter Move

Essentially, a switchback is a counter move to a dive bomb. If someone dive bombs you and they overshoot the corner, they are going to have a bad exit. The best way to try to attack again is to do the switchback. Every time someone dive bombs you, already get ready to prepare and to plan a good switchback, because that's your best chance to do it.

Defending Against the Switchback

The best way to defend the switchback is to simply not overshoot the corner. Make sure you break relatively early and here's a trick: judge the track position as you break and release the brakes a little bit if you feel like you're too slow. This way you can maintain the overlap and close the door, which means there's no space for the driver on the outside to do a switchback on you.