LANCER EVOLUTION PROTOTYPE Driving by Gilles Paniz
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LANCER EVOLUTION PROTOTYPE Driving by Gilles Paniz
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.tv/categories...revo/gunma.html
This is not a new clip and probably a lot of people have seen it. Besides cool driving, I have questions on his braking. He likes to use left foot to adjust the brake while using right foot for gas and that's fine. But he doesn't seem to heel-toe at all while braking and downshifting. He just brakes and downshifts, then gas without any rev match. Is that rally driving? Anyone do that on tracks?
This is not a new clip and probably a lot of people have seen it. Besides cool driving, I have questions on his braking. He likes to use left foot to adjust the brake while using right foot for gas and that's fine. But he doesn't seem to heel-toe at all while braking and downshifting. He just brakes and downshifts, then gas without any rev match. Is that rally driving? Anyone do that on tracks?
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He might have heal toed the one corner on the first lap when he drifted a little, but they didn't show his feet. Who knows, I guess he opted to grip drive once those tires got some heat?
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That's a cool video, even though I can't stand Panizzi. He's such a whiner, and he has the dorkiest helmet in the WRC. I wish Mitsubishi had hired someone else, because Panizzi can't drive on gravel or ice.
In any case, you're right that he doesn't seem to heel-and-toe the downshifts. Of course, the WRC cars he normally drives have sequential manual gearboxes, so maybe he doesn't know how to heel-and-toe?
In any case, you're right that he doesn't seem to heel-and-toe the downshifts. Of course, the WRC cars he normally drives have sequential manual gearboxes, so maybe he doesn't know how to heel-and-toe?
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Originally Posted by CBeyond,Mar 11 2005, 08:50 PM
That's a cool video, even though I can't stand Panizzi. He's such a whiner, and he has the dorkiest helmet in the WRC. I wish Mitsubishi had hired someone else, because Panizzi can't drive on gravel or ice.
In any case, you're right that he doesn't seem to heel-and-toe the downshifts. Of course, the WRC cars he normally drives have sequential manual gearboxes, so maybe he doesn't know how to heel-and-toe?
In any case, you're right that he doesn't seem to heel-and-toe the downshifts. Of course, the WRC cars he normally drives have sequential manual gearboxes, so maybe he doesn't know how to heel-and-toe?
I wonder why there is no heal-toe, but there was some pretty fancy footwork, and man was he pushing the shit out of that Evo.
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Originally Posted by CBeyond,Mar 11 2005, 12:50 PM
Of course, the WRC cars he normally drives have sequential manual gearboxes, so maybe he doesn't know how to heel-and-toe?
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I bet he would drive faster if he had his brother in the passenger seat saying somthing like...
"Start, 30, Keep left over a crest into short 4 right plus opens, 60, crest and 6 right plus and don't cut short 6 left minus..."
"Start, 30, Keep left over a crest into short 4 right plus opens, 60, crest and 6 right plus and don't cut short 6 left minus..."
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Maybe the prototype has a slipper clutch.
Another possibility is he's actually letting it out slower to let the revs catch up. It just looks fast on TV
Yet another possibility is that the 4 wheel drive has so much grip that he doesn't need to worry about smoothing out gear transitions
Yet another possibility could be that he does it to get a little loose on corner entry to get the car to rotate more.
Another possibility is he's actually letting it out slower to let the revs catch up. It just looks fast on TV
Yet another possibility is that the 4 wheel drive has so much grip that he doesn't need to worry about smoothing out gear transitions
Yet another possibility could be that he does it to get a little loose on corner entry to get the car to rotate more.
