R
The vehicle is secured with the electric park‐
ing brake.
In the following situations, the vehicle is held by
the transmission position
j
or by the electric
parking brake:
R
The seat belt is unfastened and the driver's
door is opened.
R
The drive system is switched off.
R
There is a malfunction in the system or the
power supply is insufficient.
RACE START
Function of RACE START
RACE START enables optimal vehicle accelera‐
tion from a standstill. For this, a suitably high-
grip road surface is required, the tyres and vehi‐
cle must also be in good condition.
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RACE START is only available after the vehi‐
cle has been run in (
/
page 114).
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RACE START may not be used on normal
roads. RACE START must only be activated
and used on dedicated race circuits, not on
public roads.
Be sure to read the safety notes and infor‐
mation on ESP
®
(
/
page 137).
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WARNING Risk of skidding and having
an accident from wheels spinning
When you use RACE START, individual wheels
could spin and you could lose control of the
vehicle.
Depending on the ESP
®
mode selected, there
is an increased risk of skidding and having an
accident.
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Make sure that no persons or obstacles
are in the close vicinity of your vehicle.
Activating RACE START
Requirements:
R
the doors, the bonnet and the tailgate are
closed.
R
the engine is running and the transmission
and engine are at normal operating tempera‐
ture.
R
the steering wheel is in the straight-ahead
position.
R
the vehicle is on level ground.
R
the vehicle is stationary, the brake pedal is
depressed (left foot) and the parking brake is
released.
R
the transmission is in position
h
.
R
one of the drive programs
C
,
B
or
I
is selected (
/
page 119).
#
Rapidly depress the accelerator pedal fully.
The engine speed increases.
%
If the activation conditions are not fulfilled,
RACE START cannot be activated. The
RACE
START not possible See Owner's Manual
message appears in the multifunction dis‐
play.
#
The
RACE START Release brake to start
mes‐
sage appears in the multifunction display.
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