Quote Originally Posted by Rallyper View Post
#2 Also giving FWD cars with no difflock getting both wheels work in corners (on winter and gravel conditions) by breaking same time as throttling. Maybe that was more of Aaltonen advantages than weight shifting...
Aaltonen explained this in a podcast last year. When he got into rallying (after circuit racing) he was told to use the handbrake to get the car turned in. He found this inconvenient, since his both arms were occupied by steering wheel and gear shift. But he noticed his left foot was unoccupied, and thought about using the brake, and it worked. The main effect in those days was to lock the rear wheels and get them sliding.