Left foot braking
OK so I've always wanted to know something about left foot braking but never had a professional racer to ask. So mabey somebody can help on here.
I understand how left foot braking works and why you're supposed to use it while driving aggressively but what I don't understand is how and when you downshift in corners with your left foot on the brake.
If you enter the corner at hi-speed in 3rd gear (in a production vehicle this is usual) and begin applying the brake with your left foot, how do you make the turn and then exit the turn with enough speed and power without using your left foor to push the clutch? To exit the turn at the appropriate speed you would have to gear down to 2nd to get the rev's high enough and get enough power out of the car to rocket out of the corner like you're supposed to with left foot braking.
-If you gear down coming out of the corner then you're losing time with the shift.
-If you do it going into the corner you would over-rev the car and throw pistons through the hood. Somewhere in between the entry of the turn and the exit of the turn there is a down shift from 3rd to 2nd. Where does this shift take place? Or am I completely off on this one?
Is it a "clutchless" shift? If so that's got to be a pretty narrow sweet spot that the shift would fall into place with your foot still on the gas and thus puting pressure on the flywheel. If you tried to slip it out of 3rd gear while the flywheel was under pressure from the engine then the rev's would shoot up because of the lack of drag from the trans and then you would never get it back into 2nd.
What's the trick?
Does anyone here know?
Thanks, I appreciate the input.
Sincerely, wanting the turn faster and with a little bit of slide like they do in the movies.
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