I tried to put 2pts on Accl for Spain (Braking is a negative of this) and 1 remaining point on Braking to counter it but it looks like i can't do this so i figure that I'll just add the +1 to Braking on car stats.. and i ended up with 2 or 3 more points on it than i began with i am fairly sure.
Edit: It had gone from what i was sure was 189 on Braking to 191 or 192, and is now back at 189. I just noticed that the Braking (on the engine) for Spain is at -2, so now i don't know for sure if it had saved this (was certain it had) or something went wrong between the stats for the engine and the car.