- Domain
- Car mechanics
- Era
- Timeless
- Also known as
- locking up
When a driver brakes so hard a wheel stops turning while the car is still moving, scrubbing a flat patch onto the tyre and sending up a puff of smoke. It costs braking and lap time.
More in Car mechanics
- Airbox
- Anti-roll bar
- Balance
- Ballast
- Bottoming out
- Brake bias
- Brake duct
- Brake-by-wire
- Camber
- Carbon brakes
- Clutch
- Differential
- Fuel tank
- Gearbox
- Mechanical grip
- Monocoque
- Nosecone
- Oversteer
- Paddle shift
- Plank
- Power steering
- Pushrod and pullrod
- Ride height
- Setup
- Sidepod
- Snap oversteer
- Steering wheel
- Suspension
- Telemetry
- Traction
- Trail braking
- Understeer
- Wheel gun
Lift and coast: easing off early into a corner to save fuel and brakes, giving up very little time.