The 996 GT3 Cup is a gorgeous piece of machinery which has enough power, plenty of grip, and strong engine response. It’s also a handful, since it breaks away quite suddenly, and once past the limit, it doesn’t offer too many options, as this talented driver found out.

The GT3 Cup’s flat-six makes 380 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque at 7,250 rpm, and delivers it all quite smoothly by the looks of it. Administering the grunt cleanly and steering with great precision, the driver perhaps lulls himself into lowering his guard and forgets how quickly one can lose the car once it’s going in the wet.

A wet track and new tires don’t mix well.

Through the quick right onto Zandvoort’s front straight, he gives the car a little more than the rears can accept, and though the car looks to handle that extra prod of the throttle at first, the rear just continues to rotate. The suspension, according to the driver, was set a little too stiffly to give the right sort of traction and predictability one needs in the wet.

Realizing there’s little he can do, he wisely lets the car spin while still exercising some control over the Porsche’s pirouette. Wisely, he gives up on catching the slide, and relaxes his steering inputs as he gently prods the brake pedal. As the world revolves around him, he times the release of the brake to center the Porsche and get it pointed straight once it’s made a complete 360-degree spin. By rotating in this calculated fashion, he continues moving straight and avoids spearing into the direction of a guardrail, or worse, another car. Best of all, he keeps the motor running, and chuckles about it afterwards. What a legend.