He immediately countersteered [1]as the car was about to slide as he joined the track. The tires were cold, forcing him to lift [2]slightly more than he was already doing as he tiptoed into turn three, deliberately going wide into the part of the track that was not used in dry racing. The coarse and un-rubbered-in nature of it made it grippier in the rain.
He did the same while going through The Loop, before finally getting back on the power as he entered the Wellington Straight, pushing while gently pressing the brakes at five percent pressure to generate as much heat as possible from the brakes to be radiated into the tires, bringing them up to temperature as much as possible.
