How to Trail Brake: A Step-by-Step Guide

Trail braking is an advanced driving technique that we’re examining in today’s whiteboard tutorial, #10 in our driver’s University series.

The brakes of a track car are so much more than just a deceleration device – they allow a driver to manipulate and alter the pitch of the car as they enter a corner and this is trail braking.

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In today’s tutorial I’ll cover:

What is trail braking
How to trail brake
Why trail braking is faster
When to trail the brakes
Using trail braking to cure balance issues

What is Trail Braking?

Trail braking is a term used to describe the technique of lightened, yet continued braking while turning into a corner.

It is a term commonly used around the paddock, but one I rarely see being carried out properly or completely utilised on track. So, I’ll start with the basics.

To trail brake is to blend braking and turning at the same time. It enables a driver to brake slightly later, but more importantly, manipulate the car’s mass to aid corner entry.

This technique is not the ‘racing school’ method of braking in a straight line, releasing the brakes and then turning into the corner. Nor is it necessarily braking all the way to the apex – although that is a possibility.

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