Ride Your Own Ride
On the track this is even more important than on the street. Your braking points, your lines, your style -- all are probably different from the person in front of you, whether they're faster than you are or not. So all you achieve by following someone is to take what might not be a bad line, but probably isn't the right one. It's much better to block that other bike out of your site picture and take your own way through the corner.
Remember this too: even if their line was great for you, if you follow it the best you can do is to be as fast as they are. You'll never be faster than they are.
Some people like to talk about a guideline for where to brake -- "wait until the guy in front of you brakes, count to two, then brake" (or some variation on that). I don't think I need to point out that sounds much better in a bar than it does in reality.
The other danger in watching the bike ahead of you is target fixation. You can get your attention taken by this other bike to the extent that you lose your site picture, and blithely forget to brake (really, I've done it myself). So try not to let that other bike intrude on your site picture -- be aware of them, but don't focus on them.
From TrackDoD Novice Group Orientation
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