Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Left foot braking...

[Mike Fleischer (themightytoe]

OK

Well It really takes no time to move your right foot a bit, what you are really doing is keeping the engine in the power band while slowing the car a bit, on my Spec Miata, this was a critical thing to do in a race, if you were in the power band of the motor (starting at 5500 rpm) through a turn you did a heck of a lot better than if you were not, so I'd recommend it for any car that can handle more than it can deliver power. Cars that have big fat power bands and tend to overpower their own tires, not nearly as effective a technique (like the Vette, left foot braking would buy me a few tenths on some corners where entry speed did not align with gearing, but other than that...).

Never tried left foot braking on a flappy paddle car, drove a 355 F1, and it sucked compared to the 6M, SMG M3, GTI DSG and a Porsche with PDK, but never tried the left foot braking... All of those systems work but take a significant joy out of driving.Â

Mike


On 12/14/2010 2:40 PM, LS wrote:

Larry, those potential problems are easily solved by....not touching the brake pedal unless you need it.

The time saved by having to move your right foot over to the brake from the throttle is enormous.

Most drivers also do not use left foot braking due to the loss of physical stability. People will use their left foot on the dead pedal to physically position or stabilize their body under spirited driving. This is usually a result of a combination of a bad seat, inadequate harnesses and poor physical driver conditioning.

LS

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From: "l02turner [at] comcast.net" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 3:10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Left foot braking...

Hello Fellippe,

re: Left Foot Braking:

I never liked LF braking â to easy to apply the brakes slightly and either wear the pads quickly or cause lots of heat build-up to boil the Brake Fluid & damage things....ÂÂ and itâs especially bad on the street where the driver behind never really knows f youâre braking or resting your foot on the brake....

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Arenât brake lights becoming common in race cars?

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Merry Christmas,

LarryT

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From: Fellippe Galletta

Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 4:36 PM

To: Larry Turner

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Left foot braking...

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You know, all the complaining about paddle shifts got me thinking that at the very least the owners should learn how to left foot brake...

Anyone on here comfortable with it?

FG

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