I've found that in autocrossing, I often want to downshift to 1st gear around some corners, namely 90 degree tight turns. I have always just stayed in 2nd gear and pushed on, despite not haing much power out of the corner.

The problem is this. It is very,very, very hard to get back into 1st gear coming from second. I believe it's because my 1st gear isn't syncronyzed, which makes it a struggle to push it back in 1st.

Should I stay in 2nd then? I read in GRM that one should stay in second, despite having the urge to downshift, stating that the time saved by having some extra power on tap will be negated by the time taken to downshift.

thanks.