Leigh2

If you approach the limit smoothly there's less correction involved once at the limit as you don't exceed it by as much. If you throw the car into the corner the corrections are more violent as you end up exceeding the limit by a higher degree. Overall (IMO) the longer your mean time is at the limit the faster the lap so ultimately both methods potentially work. The smoother method is definitely easier on the equipment!

I ran DE's for years and you have to slow down to the level of your instructors, not all are equally competent. Some are fast drivers but crappy communicators and vice versa. The safest course is to teach the line, braking, corner exit and generally leave (really) fast corner entry speed until the last as that's where the major risk is for all involved. Generally trail braking and a controlled skid into the corner is left to the advanced classroom session and not brought up in the car unless you have an instructor of VR's level. THEN you work on stuff like that...until then it's left to your imagination and penchant for videos of the really fast guys. At that level it's an art and not all can get there...