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Originally Posted by FirestormFRS
This may go in the hall of fame of most inaccurate things ever posted on this forum.
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Furthermore, when fitted with a Torsen a car can be left foot braked usefully in low traction conditions, let alone high speed driving.
F1 drivers now routinely left foot brake, except for Jenson Button apparently, because trail braking can begin before the accelerator is released, for brake and tire heating and because while you now shift with your fingers you gave a useful limb to operate the brake pedal. Also, when ground effects to exhaust were permitted the driver actually used the accelerator while cornering on some situations, to get extra downforce from extra exhaust.
No less a luminary than Jackie Stewart recommends learning to left foot brake to be used whenever driving an automatic equipped car. It takes some doing unless you learn when starting out driving.
Top rally drivers have used this since before the days of Stig Blomqvist. Yes, there really is a Stig and he was a driving phenomenon.