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TT RS driver pulls handbrake when brakes fail
- Thread starter thecremeegg
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errm, not pull handbrake, shift down as much as possible and attempt keep the car straight into gravel?
Obviously it's easy to say but then then when you realise you've got no brakes at that speed your logic fails sometimes lol.
Obviously it's easy to say but then then when you realise you've got no brakes at that speed your logic fails sometimes lol.
It looked like he was braking pretty early as it is, so should have had enough time to do some major downshifting
Having watched it a few times was the only thing he could do (he was still doing ~202 just before the 100 mark so he'd have hit the wall the other side still doing 180 odd km/h even with downshifting) - he fully locks the opposite way before pulling handbrake so it was planned.
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Yeah if you look carefully he hardly loses any speed between 150 and 100 marks despite trying to slow down he'd have still gone into the corner at the best part of 200km/h. If it had been me driving I'd have probably turned it over trying to make the corner 
He was anticipating a gear change presumably.
I don't really see how the brakes could just fail - did the driver definitely actually pull the handbrake?
If the brakes had failed and he was pulling the handbrake then it was a pretty good call, as downshifting enough to slow the car enough for the corner in such a short distance would lunch the engine.
If the brakes had failed and he was pulling the handbrake then it was a pretty good call, as downshifting enough to slow the car enough for the corner in such a short distance would lunch the engine.