Schumacher vs Barrichello Telemetry Comparison

[amp88]

Just saw this on another forum.

Link

Password is: f1onboard

 

[Gabkicks]

thx for the link
dunno why rubens doesnt use left foot braking. all other fastest drivers do.

 

[Omnis]

NO WORKY.

Can you use yousendit or something?

 

[Gabkicks]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6QG8LE73

 

[Carl.]

Whoa, great find! 👍

Never though there would be such a huge difference in their respective inputs.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Interesting read. Left foot braking does have its benefits... I had an idea of them before, this only proves it further.

 

[Mclaren_Man]

I remember that article, quite an interesting read. I would love to see a video of the footwell in MS's car while he is going through those turns, he would make it look like an art form

 

[Small_Fryz]

Wonderful article! 👍

Rep for you 👍

 

[kikie]

👍

 

[liam2maps]

I thought left foot braking was the norm, until only recently. Allows you to react faster. I know some driving instructors refuse to teach left foot braking though.

^ Regarding normal car driving, not f1.

 

[wfooshee]

I thought left foot braking was the norm, until only recently. Allows you to react faster. I know some driving instructors refuse to teach left foot braking though.

^ Regarding normal car driving, not f1.

Yeah, most soccer moms or grandpas who use their left foot to brake will rest it on the pedal, leaving their brake lights on, and causing who knows how much additional wear on the pads. There's also the panic reaction of standing on both pedals when they react to something. There's no reason to take a minivan around town with brake and throttle balanced. My mom's answer was simple: I have two feet, there's two pedals, that's just how it is. (Yes, that's how good a driver she was - - - I hated riding with her.)

 

[Mclaren_Man]

I drive a manual = no left foot braking for me.

But heel-toeing is uber fun.

 

[SouL]

Only downside to left-foot braking is that it wastes gas (you're still on the gas while trying to balance the car). It takes quite a bit of time to train the left foot to be more gentle like our right foot. Moreso if you drive a manual. The left foot has become so used to mashing the clutch pedal to the floor that when you first try to left foot brake you get a real sense of how sensitive the brake pedal is.

Try it out on empty streets when coming to a stop sign.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Driving autos with both feet is a definite advantage. I drove professionally for a while, in an auto, and taught myself to left-foot brake almost immediately. It provides big advantages in smoothness and reaction time.

The reason that driving instructors don't teach it is that it is a specialist skill that most drivers simply can't cope with. I've come to the conclusion recently that most people simply can't drive. They are unable to cope with the multiplicity of stimuli/responses that they have to process continually, and so they just don't. This is why people will pull out in front of you on motorways, or fail to stop when the traffic lights turn red. It's why people voluntarily go out and buy Vauxhall Corsas.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Now im not sure if its the same or not... but in GT4 i left foot brake with the DFP and in GT legeds (has no ABS) i also left foot brake and im able to balance the throttle and gas as well as feather both of them very well.

Im sure a real car would be similar but i havnt had much experience in them.

Now this is the best of both worlds!!


Wether or not that video is speed up or sound is added, it does not take anything away from the magical footwork.

 

[amp88]

This is another impressive video of fancy footwork (done by Michael Vergers, Radical's test driver (the guy who currently holds the Nurburgring Production record)).

edit: No left foot braking, but quick footwork and lots of heel and toe'ing.

 

[liam2maps]

I can drive both a manual and an auto. To be honest an auto is less hassling. Eventually driving a manual you do get used to changing gears but then you switch to an auto and after a week or so of driving the auto it feels more relaxing and easier.

However generally aren't manual cars cheaper on the petrol compared to an automatic of the same make and model. I am not sure whether it's that autos are generally heavier or something to do with the gearing itself. But if you do want to save fuel, repair and running costs a manuals the way to go.

 

[X-Othermic]

If i remember rightly, F1 Racing did something like this about a year or so ago. It's interseting to see how Rubens balences the car by feathering the throttle, but MS is able to get more front end grip by using the throttle/brake.

 

[Mclaren_Man]

Manuals in my opinion are so much better. Less complicated transmission means that its one less thing that can go wrong. More control when your on certain roads (steep decline) and in my opinion more fun. I love my pedal set up as well, they are very close together which makes heel toeing even easier

 

[Elegy]

Manuals in my opinion are so much better. Less complicated transmission means that its one less thing that can go wrong.

Mechanically speaking, yes, but that gets replaced with an increased possibility of human error.