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Originally Posted by javadog
The really tricky part about braking in an F1 car, or any car with substantial down force, is that you have to progressively release pedal pressure as the speed goes down. It’s not simply a case of standing on the pedal, like in a street car.
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Sounds to me like breaking for a fairly slow corner from full song is at best a 2 second affair. You'd do good to brake near 100% and modulate towards the end of the 2 second period. More like relieving the pressure on your kidney for a few milliseconds before you crush same kidney while accelerating away from the corner.
And that's lying down. I try to think of where the blood in my brain would be during all of this. Clearly this is not for anyone short of the ability to fly fighter jets. Race car drivers do their gymnastics on a relatively flat plane compared to the multi directional forces of high performance flight. They just don't have to strain their groin to push a brake pedal.