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THIS PAGE: It Is impossible to take Cops.e without lifting. Deceleration Is only slight, however, but the two Ferrari drivers use Quite different techniques. Schumacher eases the throttle (from 1 00 per cent 10 60 per cent) while pressing the brakes by 2.0 per cent to keep the car balanced. Barrichello uses his right fool only, so can't take the same approach; he m ... st lift off, brake heavily if briefly, and then come back on ·the throttle. While tractloncontrol allows both.·drivers to accelerate at the same

pace, the B ecketts com plex ill u strate s once again the massive difference betwe'en Schumi's and Barrichello's styles: Michael never rifts off completely, and plays with the brake pedal at the same time In order to preserve his Oaf'S stability. Ruben" brak'es only once, and then uses the throttle to keep his Ferrari balanced.

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Schumacher exitS Copse wit.h a 20km/h head sian on Ba rri ~hello, and pulls the same trick at Becketts

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THIS PA.GE: Anothortype of comer wh!cl1 demonstrates thOO!rtr"<lQrolnwy efficl~n'W ,pi Sthumaeher's method. He brakes nine. metres liiter than Rubens, but Il close to l@kil'\9 his ",hools, He then eases off-the pede]', and lhan presses il mronglyagafn I n order la find gIip: Ih Is acllon oKplains th ~ sha peal his brak, nggraph. Rubens' line, on the oonTrary, IS slmoS! pertect, The mal" dlffl!reiloe between 'thel\vo men? MIchael !i!!:s off completely only llitho V6'Y lind

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01 hIs brnkln_g, for fivemelros. All' the wa,y thro ugh his h®vy brqlll 1'19 ~9>'1e, he leeops hIS rig hi fQOh)1j Ihe lhrottll< laooul15 to18 per cen!). The reason '3!0limit longitudinal weighllrllln"Slel which would cause u ndersteee on 1li111'f. Rub¢-!1s Is as quick as Mlch~ll~m, lJIe mld'brak!ng 'lQM onwards, but by then \t!s \00 late,

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THIS PAGE: This is the mOSI spectacuiar example 01 Mreliael's uolque driving style.lfe brakes

, 5 metros later than Rub,en's,butthls is [uaf a detail. While the B",zllian keeps swlt¢hing from

the Ihrottle to brakes and from brakes to throttle, Miotlael is working both pedals togelher He starts his b/1!king action long betorn Rubens (five per cent on the pedal) but is still flat.out; he then slows using less brake-pedal preSSUIl! Ihan hJs teammate. Then, through Ihe comer. Schumacher never

(eleases the throttta c ornp I el(lly. H e a~celerales allttle morn pn the. exlt, but keeps his fooUn the b~es (Z-S per cent). R.ybens, however, must use his brakes and throl1leilltemately. He is much .slower on entry and tt1fOugh Ihe majority of the,' comer, but is back on the throltl .. rraCtioni.llly earlier for a quicker exit, but by "OW is playing catch-up.

Earlie! and light~r braking and a complementary throttte ensure weight tr.lQsfer is minimised 011 Michaelis car

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