The Ultimate Guide to Braking on Track

You can win or lose lots of lap time during the braking phase, as well as adjust the balance of your car on corner entry. Today’s article takes an in-depth look at how to improve your braking on track, including:

- Types of braking systems (traditional and ABS)
- A pro’s brake pressure data trace
- How to brake without ABS
- How to brake with ABS
- Braking for fast and slow corners
- Common mistakes when braking on track
- An intro to advanced braking techniques

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This video is part of a Driver61's "Driver's University" series. Got an aspect of racing you'd like me to explain? Ask in the comments!

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[zouhairgad]

The guy who uses shadow as a braking reference has made my day...

[bongan]

Hey, where did you come from? You just made youtube a hell of alot better in no time! Thank you so much for taking your time with all these great tutorials, and sharing them with us. Keep on being awesome.
Greetings from sweden

[RacerCurtis]

best racing tutorial on the internet, hands down. keep it up man! real good stuff

[JuanCLP]

dude this is an amazing channel, and the tutorials are really well done... keep it up bro.
Regards from Colombia

[zaneislandd]

Wow this was exactly what i was looking for. Not many "advanced" tips on youtube as all seem to be for beginners or just some non-informative tips which are impossible to use in racing. This was clear breakdown of this topic

[santijmm]

Thank you a lot for this videos! They have certainly made me a better driver even if I only race on the simulator. Keep it up with the good work!

[hsieh]

Please do one about brake bias and proportional valve, how to set up a baseline, and adjustment know-how.

[jonathankotterink]

This channel has helped me and is still helping me become a way better sim racer. Currently i am racing with the F1 2004 Ferrari on the Silverstone GP circuit on Assetto Corsa. I only have 40 hours in the game and i see my lap time getting faster and more consistant. Thank you so much for all your videos!!!

[HackMyControlSystem]

Love the telemetry traces. Very helpful when comparing.

[viniciusnotharangeli]

Yes, definetively I'm no the only one amazed with how detailed and awesome these tutorials are. One of my favourite channels for sure. Greetings from Brazil!

[PedroPanizzon]

Congratulations Mansell, for sharing these high-value tips to motorsport community.

[noname]

Been watching ur videos for months now and absolutely love how you go into detail about every aspect of driving

[teammax]

Who are those people that put 7 dislikes? At least i've found a realy full lessons about driving! Great thanks for your work!!!

[nevieortega]

Scott Mansell you are an incredible person, with brilliant knowledge and articulation. Simple but yet so powerful. Thank you for giving so much of your time so selflessly. Complete admiration and Total Respect. Thank you Scott. Dividends will come back your way a hundred fold. :-)

[remusracingro]

Love all this . ❤
I can't wait to put this in practice, only after i watched all your content .
Already feel more confident .

[hardykornfeld]

One additional benefit of easing off the brake pressure after getting most of slowing done is making it easier to judge entry speed since rate of deceleration is less. My only track experience is with motorcycles, but much of what was presented here applies. Racers often fail to reach max brake pressure on entry out of fear of locking the front brake and crashing, but most motorcycles even without ABS are incapable of locking the front at high speed. Shifting balance of the bike forward under braking has the added benefit of changing rake and trail to favor faster steering, which is just what you want when approaching the turn-in point. With practice you can compress the forks with braking pressure, then maintain that compression by trading cornering force for the diminishing braking force. This avoids pogoing the forks in a turn, which is a common rookie mistake. I’m too old to race bikes now, but if I win the lottery I’ll buy a not too fast race car and hire Scott to teach me how to use it.

[julieredmon]

Besides just loving your accent I truly appreciate your series. I find I'm making some of those subtle mistakes that affect my laptimes. I'm going to try hard to focus on these technics and see if I can improve. Thank you for sharing these insights. 👍

[FairladyS]

The 'braking in a spin' tip is great, slamming on the brakes when the car is heading in the right direction would apply to both when the car is going forwards or backwards I assume.

[elstumposimracing]

I love these videos, Scott. Thank you so much for providing them. I wonder if this has been asked before, but I thought it would be an added bonus to have some real world examples of corners I'm sure we're all familiar with, where different braking techniques would be used. Thanks again.

[sHerrera]

Great videos Scott, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and taking the time to publish these videos. They’re really helpful and well explained.