Re: Brake graphics

On 2025-07-05 08:34, Eric wrote:

On 2025-07-04 9:51pm, Alan wrote:
 

Finally, when they show the overlay, the brake thermometer shows the gradual easing off of the brakes as the car turns in, and you can see just how deep into the corner they trailbrake.

 That's really cool - I'm going to watch for this.

As a racing driver, it's far more interesting to watch how the driver rolls of the brakes (both for reductions in grip as the car slows and loses downforce, and as turning into the corner starts to require some lateral grip).
The only thing I can think of for why they haven't been showing this previously is that too many of the teams considered this somehow a "secret" that they didn't want to reveal to the other teams.
But the concepts of:
Lessening maximum deceleration with decreasing speed, and;
Needing the use even less brake once you start to steer into a bend (look up "friction circle")...
...well they're not really secrets and no one does them very differently anymore.
Back in late 1960s and early 1970s it was Jackie Stewart (among others I'm sure) who started emphasizing the importance of how you come off the brake pedal as much as it was important to get on the brake pedal quickly to threshold braking.