The Search for the Extra Pedal (2017)

The Search for the Extra Pedal (2017)

This simple concept allowed the rear brakes to operate on either the left or right side only, providing a clear benefit under acceleration in corners – and an instant lap time advantage. “We typically set the cars up with quite a lot of under-steer – at the time we had fairly skinny rear tyres and fairly meaty front tyres – and I had this idea to put a rear brake on in the corners, to sort of dial out the understeer. He was surprised to see that shots of both McLaren drivers showed a rear brake disc glowing at a point where the cars were under acceleration out of a corner.

Source: www.mclaren.com