The data showed that Ayrton held that position of 40 per cent throttle and low level of steering torque for half a second, then got very heavily on the brake. All we saw after that was extremely high brake pressure as he left the track. Again then, the sequence of events consistent with the data is that the rear stepped out, Ayrton reacted, doing his best to hold the slide by reducing to 40 per cent throttle and reducing steering torque before realising after half a second that he’d lost control, after which he jumped on the brakes. The initial stepping out of the car was nothing to do with
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