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road surface is required and the vehicle and tires
must be in good working order.
Do not activate start-off assist on public roads.
Observe the safety notes on driving safety sys-
tems (Y page 61).
Be sure to read the safety notes and information
on ESP
®
(Y page 64).
Activating start-off assist
X
Deactivate ESP
®
(Y page 187).
X
Turn the steering wheel to the straight-ahead
position.
X
Firmly depress the brake pedal with your left
foot and keep it depressed.
X
Shift the transmission to position h.
X
Use the DYNAMIC SELECT button to select
the S drive program (Y page 129).
X
Quickly depress the accelerator pedal fully.
X
Take your foot off the brake, but keep the
accelerator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pulls away at maximum acceler-
ation.
i
Activate ESP
®
as soon as the acceleration
process has ended. ESP
®
will otherwise not
be able to stabilize the vehicle if the vehicle
starts to skid or a wheel starts to spin.
Canceling start-off assist
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
X
Reactivate ESP
®
.
RACE START (Mercedes-AMG vehi-
cles)
Important safety notes
i
RACE START must not be used on normal
roads. RACE START must only be activated
and used on dedicated road circuits, outside
of public road use.
i
RACE START is only available in
Mercedes‑AMG vehicles.
G
WARNING
If you use RACE START, individual tires may
start to spin and the vehicle could skid.
Depending on the selected ESP
®
mode, there
is an increased risk of skidding and having an
accident. Make sure that no persons, animals
or obstacles are within range of the vehicle.
RACE START enables optimal acceleration from
a standing start. For this, a suitably high-grip
road surface is required and the vehicle and tires
must be in good working order.
i
Observe the safety notes on driving safety
systems (Y page 61).
Be sure to read the safety notes and informa-
tion on ESP
®
(Y page 64).
Conditions for activation
You can activate RACE START if:
R
the doors, hood and the trunk lid are closed.
R
the engine is running and the transmission,
all-wheel drive clutch and the engine are at
operating temperature.
R
the steering wheel is in the straight-ahead
position.
R
the vehicle is stationary and the brake pedal is
depressed (left foot).
R
the transmission is in position h.
R
drive program S, S+ or RACE is selected
(Y page 130)
Activating RACE START
X
Depress the brake pedal with your left foot
and keep it depressed.
X
Pull and hold both steering wheel paddle shift-
ers.
X
The RACE START Confirm: Paddle UPRACE START Confirm: Paddle UP
Cancel: Paddle DOWNCancel: Paddle DOWN message appears in
the multifunction display.
X
Release both steering wheel paddle shifters.
i
If the activation conditions are no longer ful-
filled, RACE START is canceled. The RACERACE
START Not Possible See Operator's
START Not Possible See Operator's
ManualManual message appears in the multifunction
display.
X
To cancel: pull the left steering wheel paddle
shifter (Y page 137).
or
X
To confirm: pull the right steering wheel pad-
dle shifter (Y page 137).
The RACE
RACE STARTSTART AvailableAvailable DepressDepress gasgas
pedalpedal message appears in the multifunction
display.
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Driving systems
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