gr
ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
0009 RACE STAR Tis only available afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(0013 page12 ).
0009 RACE STAR Tma yno tbe used on nor mal
ro ads. RACE STAR Tmu stonl ybe activ ated
and used ondedicat edrace circui ts, noton
pu blic roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(0013 page18 ). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse RACE STAR T,indiv idual wheels
could spinandyouco uld lose contro lof the
ve hicle.
Depending ontheES P®
mode selected,ther e
is an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving an
accident. 0007
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s:
R thedoor s,thehood andthetrunk lidare
closed.
R theengine isrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thesteer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion.
R theve hicle ison leve lgr ound.
R theve hicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B.
R Mer cedes‑AMG E63 S4MA TIC+: DRIFT
MODE isdeactiv ated.
R one ofthedr ive pr ogr ams C, Bor
I isselect ed(0013 page15 ). 0007
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases.
0009 Ifth eactiv ation conditions areno tfulf illed,
RA CE STAR Tcanno tbe acti vated. The RACE STA
RTNot Possible SeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. 0007
The RACE START Release braketostart mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Inthis phase youcan adjustRA CE STAR T
de pendi ng on thero ad con dition s:youcan
va ry theengine speedbypulling onone of
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The seg‐
ments inthemultifunc tiondispla yflic ke r
ra pidly .
0009 Ifth ebr ak epedal isno tre leased afte ra
shor twhi le,RACE STAR Tis cance led. The
RAC ESTAR TCa ncel edmes sage appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n.The RACE STARTActivemes sage
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedwhen theve hicle rea‐
ch es aspeed ofappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h). Dr
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