{"id":32643,"date":"2020-09-07T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=32643"},"modified":"2020-09-03T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T01:20:10","slug":"q-how-do-i-drive-fast-corners-faster-like-turn-8-at-mosport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-how-do-i-drive-fast-corners-faster-like-turn-8-at-mosport\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: How do I drive fast corners faster, like Turn 8 at Mosport?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: \u201c<\/em><\/strong>My home track is Mosport (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park). One of the more challenging turns for me is the very fast Turn 8. What I find is that the rear gets loose when I try to brake later. Any help\u00a0would be appreciated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A: If the braking makes your car get loose, you have two options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Change the setup of either the suspension or brakes so that doesn\u2019t happen.<\/li>\n
  2. Brake earlier and lighter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Since I don\u2019t know the details of your car, I can\u2019t make any recommendations about adjusting your car\u2019s setup (but check out my latest free eBook, How to Tune Your Car\u2019s Handling: A Driver\u2019s Guide<\/em> at SpeedSecrets.com\/eBooks<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    This second option \u2013 braking earlier and lighter — works way better than most drivers think. Most drivers believe the only way to go faster is to brake later and harder, but that\u2019s not the case at all times – and especially not for very fast corners like Turn 8 at Mosport (I love that corner – and the entire track!). In fact, a corner like Turn 8 \u2013 or just about any other fast corner \u2013 taunts us into braking later. But that upsets the balance of the car \u2013 the weight is loaded up on the front tires, and you have less overall grip when it\u2019s like that.<\/p>\n

    I would start by braking a car length or two earlier, but lighter. By keeping the car balanced (the chassis\/platform flatter \u2013 less weight transfer), it will have more grip, and therefore you\u2019ll be able to carry more speed into the 8. And that\u2019s the goal for 8 – carrying speed into it, since there is no straightaway after it. You may be surprised at how much more grip your car has if you brake lighter and keep the car better balanced.<\/p>\n

    Start by asking yourself, \u201cOn a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being maximum braking (threshold, on the verge of ABS), how hard am I braking?\u201d Then lighten that number up by one or two, over the next couple of practice sessions. Then, you may be able to lighten it up even a bit more. But use the numbers, because our brains like a target. For example, if you\u2019re now braking at a \u201c5\u201d going into Turn 8, tell yourself to brake at a \u201c4.\u201d Then a \u201c3.\u201d And never forget that the flatter, more balanced you keep your car\u2019s chassis, the more grip it will have.<\/p>\n

    Of course, this approach doesn\u2019t just apply to Turn 8 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park\/Mosport. It applies to almost all fast corners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Q: \u201cMy home track is Mosport (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park). One of the more challenging turns for me is the very fast Turn 8. What I find is that the rear gets loose when I try to brake later. Any help would be appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32644,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32643\/revisions\/32644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}