BTCC 2011: Amazing Pedal Cam showing left foot braking technique

Awesome onboard pedal cam with Andrew Jordan in his Vauxhall Vectra during the second race at Thruxtion 2011. Showing the footwork of a racing driver. Interesting to see the dragging and dabs on the brake before corners.

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[nicolaz1357]

and the clutch ...for what ??

[CrawfordPhotography]

@nicolaz1357 for the start, they still need to depress the clutch if they come to a stop as well.

[rundownaxe]

@exnol You need to learn how to match rev. Say you'Re in second, you need to guess what rpm it's going to be in 1 or 3 then get it in.

Once you know the car it can be done rather easily.

[christopherwoods]

@CrawfordPhotography any significant tapping of the brake pedal before full application is likely being done to mitigate pad knockback. The throw of the pedal's also likely tailored to his style so he can apply the brake (and trigger the microswitch for the lights) without actually engaging the calipers... Never driven his BTCC car though ;-) so this last part's pure conjecture.

[exnol]

Its almost impossible for me to do shifts without clutch on a normal gearbox. But on a sequential one, well it works..

[blacksoilder10]

@117Burn cause hes using a sequential gear box

[mikespike502005]

@nicolaz1357

Automatic rev doo daa on downshifts.

[onthewinghard]

@AccordGTR @Lolzilol you are both talking nonsense. The car is running a sequential manual racing gearbox.Pull the lever to go up, push to go down. Then is a micro switch at the base of the lever that is oush when the lever is pulled backwards. This cuts the ignition to the engine for a split second, allowing the next gear to be engaged. Gear ratios will be changed dependent on the circuit, a shift light indicates when the engine reaches its rev limit in that gear.No racing car uses a "

sound"

[117Burn]

usually a manual has an H path

[117Burn]

what kind of transmission is this?

[WhiteShadow2k1]

@ScuderiaF3rrari You don't need it in any (!) car if you know exactly how many RPMs a certain shift takes away or adds. When shifting up you don't have to use the clutch at all if you have enough RPMs so the engine does not stall once it is in gear again. When shifting down you need to make sure that the added RPMs will not cause the engine to blow up.