hblast

Yes - just finished the second session. A guy overtook me coming up the inside on the brakes (twice). Each time his line was so terrible, he had no exit plan, no-where to go, no drive, and each time I overtook him back immediately on the exit. I think my entry speeds are still too low … so next session I’ll focus on 2 step and wideview.

Thanks @Hotfoot - that's a helpful question. Thinking back on it, when I was adding in braking, as I was approaching the corner, I was probably focussing more on the turn point than I was before. Probably what would be more helpful is to remember my 3 step, and be focussing more on the apex once I'm sure I'm going to hit the turn point. Hitting the apex at the desired speed/position is more along the lines of what I want to achieve. Thinking further back, there have been times on previous track days where I've done that naturally, and it's worked well. I guess in the final drill of a long day, there's a lot to remain conscious of ... 3 step with sideview transitions, fast turns, and then trail braking with tapering off. It's a lot to be actively conscious of. Anyway, I've got a trackday at Donington Park circuit on Wednesday. My plan is to use the morning session to practice 3 step and widescreen transitions, with only light braking, and spend the afternoon adding trail braking and see how I get on.

Well yes, that was what I was trying to do.

So I've just finished level 2 of the school, and in our last drill we were focussing on trail braking. Up to that point, I'd been doing really well - the "no brakes" drills with throttle control were really helping me set more consistent and gradually higher entry speeds, especially when improving vision and fast turns, making me one of the quickest out on track. However, adding in the trail braking seemed to mess everything up for me ... I'd got used to approaching corners at a certain speed, largely using throttle alone. I'd not set any braking reference points (we weren't braking!) and so was pretty much coming in at the same speeds as I was before - now adding in the braking slowed me right down into the corners, and I didn't seem to have any tools or techniques to get my entry speed right. Other students seemed to take this drill on board much more easily. The feedback from my coach was to go back to the throttle control focus. However, that's seemed already to be working well for me. Is there any advice out there around setting corner entry speed when we're adding in trail braking? It seems much easier to control that entry speed using throttle control rather than braking.