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@Jimmy_Fingers
Thinking about it for me, with brakes you have to scrub speed before you turn in the wet. If you misjudge the speed and are too hot you then have to scrub more while leaned in you run the risk of the rear wheel breaking away. You're far more in control of your speed throughout the turn and because of that run less risk of disrupting the grip of the tyre through quicking slowing it. Not scientific, just a thought I had the other day blasting through a turn