Turn 1 at Summit... No brakes?

[Sijray21]

i wouldn't try turning in the sand... great way to flip. if maeng's heavy pile slowed from 135 going straight in, i'm not too worried going 15mph less and weighing 1000+ less.

i was actually with my instructor when we went into the sand at 1 in his EF civic hatch. he faded his brakes and ended up going all the way through and onto the grass - drove onto the other service road and back onto the track. he then experienced the same problems at turn 5 immediately after and then took it into the pits. ended up that he cracked the brake pad and lost material. the metal foundation for the brake pad was bent, but i was very surprised as to how little the sand stopped his car. i thought for sure that we would get stuck, but we just went right through it.

i still think straight into the sand would be best.