Part 6 advanced braking techniques

WE’RE REALLY MOTORING NOW, ON THE fastest part of the track approaching a hairpin turn. Above the sound of the Aston DB12’s howling V12, my passenger, Pascal, shouts: ‘Don’t brake, let the car do it!’

Let’s get one thing straight (or not): loving power oversteer doesn’t make you good at it. In fact, what makes this special cornering condition so great is knowing it’s something you will only sometim

Tyres are often a rather reluctant purchase. They generally only get replaced when they’re worn out or have got too old to use. You reluctantly spend hundreds of pounds on their replacements and… you

T HE CAR PARK AT OUR HOTEL HAS TAKEN ON THE role of a truck stop. It’s early Monday morning and what would ordinarily be a sleepy nook behind a retail park in southeastern France has become a temporar

It has been a hectic season for the Stovebolt Special: 11 hillclimb weekends, two hillclimb schools, and 3000 rapid road miles getting to and from them. And one serious breakage. That was sorted in ti

BACK IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025 I WAS told the 993’s brakes were due for attention, so I made a mental note to sort them out. As usual, life got in the way, but when I eventually found the time to do s