Trail Braking: How Braking More Can Make You Faster

Braking more can actually make you a faster driver. Sounds like a juxtaposition right? Well, not quite. This is trail braking. In this video, Im going to be telling you what trail braking is, when it should be used and how you learn, practice and utilise it in your own driving. So, make sure you stay tuned until the very end if you want to become a faster driver. When we’re first learning to drive in a performance manner, we’re taught that we need to brake, turn and accelerate 3 separate stages . This is intended to help newer drivers drive cleaner, smoother and to keep the car balanced through corners overall. With this line of thinking, it’s easy for newer drivers to see braking purely as a means of slowing a car down. However, the brakes actually have a few uses that advanced drivers use regularly. If you’ve watched any of my videos in my how to touge series previously, you’ll know that we can actually use the brakes to change the pitch of the car, or in other words, push the weight of the car onto the front wheels. Basically, this alters the balance of grip from rear to front. There are two main effects that come of this. Firstly, the front tyres have way more grip than usual as they are compressed into the tarmac. This gives them greater turn in potential. And secondly, the rears are lifted off of the tarmac slightly, meaning they have less grip. This allows us to rotate the rear of the car much easier than usual. In a nutshell, trail braking allows us to use all of...