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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: GPL difficulty
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:58:16 GMT
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In article <aKR%1.55$bd2.239722@newsgate.direct.ca>, mcginn@direct.ca 
(Joe) wrote:

> john@nospam.runrun.demon.co.uk (John Wallace) wrote:
> 
> >>Really? I found the opposite to be true for me. At high speeds 
the
> >>care seems more stable with very slight braking and downshifting, 
> then
> >>I apply heavier braking as a decelerate.
> 
> >Don't worry, Andrew's advice is only for those who want to run 
> 1:33s
> >at Zandvoort.... <g,d&r> :-)
> 
> Seriously, do fast GPLer's use my technique (downshifting then 
heavy
> braking) or the other way around?
> 
> I'm getting "OK" times at Monza, WatGlen and Kyalami, but I'm still 
> a
> good five seconds off the leaders, and I don't really know how to
> close the gap. (I know the line - "Practice!" - but I seem to have 

I  brake as gently as possible, and a split second after I start 
braking I change down through the gears, as I feel using the gears 
helps braking? I tend to increase braking as I go through the braking 
area, and ease off the brakes as gently as possible at the end of the 
braking area (hopefully at the correct speed in the correct gear, but 
usually I find I've overbraked!!!! and wish I'de braked a bit later 
and gone a bit quicker through the corner)

8-)



*Peter*    8-)
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