Rally1 hybrid cars (2022-)

[Mirek]

I remember that already in the era of the fully active 2.0 litre WRC they often said that left foot braking isn't needed if you set the diff maps right (at least on asphalt). After all the left foot braking wastes energy and adds heat to the brakes. In pure theory it shall be avoided. The new cars don't have the center diff and shall therefore behave more like an overpowered R5 car. It would be interesting to hear from the drivers how much they actually use it in them.

By the way my eyes bleed reading the first paragraph of the article... of course you launch yourself through the windshield if you do the left foot braking in a stock car because there is the vacuum brake servo which is not present in the WRC car. On the other hand everyone is able to brake by left foot in a go kart and finds it perfectly natural.