this must sound noobish... I used the search but shift comes up too often and U is too short 
when I press shift U it keeps following a car. So that's not exactly free view... Is there a way to wacht a certain part of the track without being glued to a car?

when I press shift U it keeps following a car. So that's not exactly free view... Is there a way to wacht a certain part of the track without being glued to a car?