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An advanced technique where the driver uses aggressive trail braking to deliberately rotate the car beyond its natural yaw angle before the apex, pointing the nose toward the exit early. Most effective in slow, tight corners where exit speed is critical.
Bentley addresses trail braking intensity in Ultimate Speed Secrets: "Trail braking is when you gradually release, or trail, your foot off the brake pedal while turning into a corner. Highly skilled drivers use trail braking to induce a small amount of controlled oversteer, rotating the vehicle toward the apex as they turn in and ultimately using less steering angle." Going Faster! (Lopez) discusses the corner-entry trade-off for tight corners: "aggressive throttle will come on a long way past the turn-in point, you might be able to make up time at the corner entry by decelerating and turning toward the throttle application point." The technique deliberately trades corner-entry stability for exit-speed advantage — by carrying more brake pressure deeper into the corner, the rear rotates, allowing the driver to straighten the wheel earlier and apply full throttle sooner. It is an extension of trail braking taken to its aggressive limit.