Nowadays Rubens drives using his left foot to brake and his right foot to accelerate, But in the Stock-Car Brasil Pro-Series, To save gas and tires, Sometimes he brakes with his right foot and accelerates with the same foot. Rubens is a two-time Stock Car Brasil Champion. Stock-Car Brasil Pro-Series cars are similar to European GT cars. He's over 50 years old and still manages to be so fcking fast. A Legend.
One of my favourite drivers of all time. I liked Schumacher for his brilliance, but Rubens was always the underdog, not getting all the right treatment at Ferrari but on his day he was super quick (at times even quicker than Michael) and he was just a likeable dude altogether.
Suits fine to GT Cars and endurance races. This style allows you to run on less fuel and better control of tire degradation. By focusing the sensitivity on the hands, it had incredible setup and tire feedback.
@@WolfeF1Explained I had a go at the GT4 imsa pilot. Everyone goes on about trail breaking etc but nobody mentions subtle things like this. Anyway I watch all your videos mate, love the channel, but what are you going to do when you've covered every driver?
One reason why he could get to full throttle so soon is cuz he had the throttle pedal set up to be non linear, it would ramp up faster in the 2nd half of the pedal movement. Schumacher preferred a perfectly linear throttle pedal. Which might be one reason why he was consistently faster than Barrichello in the rain.
Loads of people are probably going to give me crap for this but I’ll say it anyways. If Ferrari treated Rubens equally to Michael I think Rubens would have at least 1 WDC
@@Mogzilla86 for you to say Button is hardly a great when he won a world championship and got more points than Lewis combining their 3 years as teammates at McLaren from 2010-12 is straight up insane and not in a good way. Rubens didn’t lack mentality, he lacked support
One of the things I have read Barrichello commenting on his style, is that he likes set up his steering wheel, to need to turn more that others such as Michael. That´s something I thought it was quite visible and a trade mark in Barrichellos style, you can visibly see in many corners him turning to wheel base a lot more to perform same corners than Michael, who clearly likes a very responsive "compact" wheel movements, in Rubens is a personal preference that suits his style.
the cons are that he was slower, especially in qualifying. the style is a relic of the 80s and early 90s when manuals were still common, so breaking with the right foot (while operating the clutch with the left) would become ingrained into one's style
Suits fine to GT Cars and endurance races. This style allows you to run on less fuel and better control of tire degradation. By focusing the sensitivity on the hands, it had incredible setup and tire feedback.
your videos are really good, can i suggest you to keep your fonts in middle of screen and a bit bigger it wont hinder us from seeing the racing, now my eyes have to follow you to the captions and his steering and road.
It comes very close to my driving style, while studying your videos I figured out I drive more in a V shape line. I have a way of turning the car with full understeer while mid cornering I slide more with my rears. It’s strange because when I play my F1 game and I brake and turn at the same time and hoping it doesn’t go straight off into the gravel I’ll find front grip on time and my rears start rotating automatically giving me more throttle power. I’ve seen myself driving behind my ghost cars and it looks like I am dancing into the corners
Very similar driving style like Clark, they understood racing and the cars mechanical behavior to last longer and still be very quick and smooth at the same time. If he never had that crashed at Imola 94 he would definitely beat Senna and Schumacher I am sure about that he was the GOAT in the making
Interesting Rubens might have been the last high level right foot breaker driver in F1 Schumi prominence and the introduction of paddle shifts allowed for left foot braking to take prominence
It comes from him being one of the oldest drivers on the grid. When he started in F1, all cars had three pedals, so you had to brake with the right foot. Around 2009 he transitioned to left-foot braking and was struggling in the first half.
Very similar driving style like Clark, they understood racing and the cars mechanical behavior to last longer and still be very quick and smooth at the same time. If he never had that crashed at Imola 94 he would definitely beat Senna and Schumacher I am sure about that he was the GOAT in the making
Nowadays Rubens drives using his left foot to brake and his right foot to accelerate, But in the Stock-Car Brasil Pro-Series, To save gas and tires, Sometimes he brakes with his right foot and accelerates with the same foot. Rubens is a two-time Stock Car Brasil Champion.
Stock-Car Brasil Pro-Series cars are similar to European GT cars. He's over 50 years old and still manages to be so fcking fast. A Legend.
Barrichello was not just only a great wingman but a amazing driver to watch his Driving Styles is everything i love about F1
one of the GOATs in my humble opinion.
One of my favourite drivers of all time. I liked Schumacher for his brilliance, but Rubens was always the underdog, not getting all the right treatment at Ferrari but on his day he was super quick (at times even quicker than Michael) and he was just a likeable dude altogether.
Suits fine to GT Cars and endurance races.
This style allows you to run on less fuel and better control of tire degradation.
By focusing the sensitivity on the hands, it had incredible setup and tire feedback.
Great analysis Bro 👍
It suited him well in StockCar Pro Series, becoming a two time champion
@@lucasrabelo937 Agree, It didn't work out very well in IndyCar, that car and tires require aggressive driving to warm up
I tried this in a 2 hour iracing race this weekend and won, really does help settle thr car mid corner, thanks rubens and wolfe
Wow! What series in Iracing?
@@WolfeF1Explained I had a go at the GT4 imsa pilot. Everyone goes on about trail breaking etc but nobody mentions subtle things like this.
Anyway I watch all your videos mate, love the channel, but what are you going to do when you've covered every driver?
Woah. That's like my exact driving style in the sims.
One reason why he could get to full throttle so soon is cuz he had the throttle pedal set up to be non linear, it would ramp up faster in the 2nd half of the pedal movement. Schumacher preferred a perfectly linear throttle pedal. Which might be one reason why he was consistently faster than Barrichello in the rain.
Loads of people are probably going to give me crap for this but I’ll say it anyways. If Ferrari treated Rubens equally to Michael I think Rubens would have at least 1 WDC
Your right
Maybe there is a reason that the people whose literal job it is to maximise results chose to prioritise Schumacher?
@@sergeantsupreme4395 titles with Benetton definitely helped him ensure number 1 treatment
Cant see it myself, a good driver but mentally not strong enough. Button dominated too remember and hes hardly a great
@@Mogzilla86 for you to say Button is hardly a great when he won a world championship and got more points than Lewis combining their 3 years as teammates at McLaren from 2010-12 is straight up insane and not in a good way. Rubens didn’t lack mentality, he lacked support
One of the things I have read Barrichello commenting on his style, is that he likes set up his steering wheel, to need to turn more that others such as Michael. That´s something I thought it was quite visible and a trade mark in Barrichellos style, you can visibly see in many corners him turning to wheel base a lot more to perform same corners than Michael, who clearly likes a very responsive "compact" wheel movements, in Rubens is a personal preference that suits his style.
Are there any additional pros and cons with this driving style?
It’s very unorthodox, totally unlike anything I’ve seen before…
the cons are that he was slower, especially in qualifying. the style is a relic of the 80s and early 90s when manuals were still common, so breaking with the right foot (while operating the clutch with the left) would become ingrained into one's style
Suits fine to GT Cars and endurance races.
This style allows you to run on less fuel and better control of tire degradation.
By focusing the sensitivity on the hands, it had incredible setup and tire feedback.
@mingau2358 So prime Barrichello should have been GOATED in the Pirelli era then.
@@mancantswim66191just look at his monza world record
Never knew that about him, very surprising, great video.
i've heard somewhere that he wasn't doing this later in his career anymore.
your videos are really good, can i suggest you to keep your fonts in middle of screen and a bit bigger it wont hinder us from seeing the racing, now my eyes have to follow you to the captions and his steering and road.
Thanks for the feedback:)
Nice video dude, pls do Nelson Piquet too
I was going to say the same
It comes very close to my driving style, while studying your videos I figured out I drive more in a V shape line. I have a way of turning the car with full understeer while mid cornering I slide more with my rears. It’s strange because when I play my F1 game and I brake and turn at the same time and hoping it doesn’t go straight off into the gravel I’ll find front grip on time and my rears start rotating automatically giving me more throttle power. I’ve seen myself driving behind my ghost cars and it looks like I am dancing into the corners
We have an all-rounder in our records! 😮
Very similar driving style like Clark, they understood racing and the cars mechanical behavior to last longer and still be very quick and smooth at the same time. If he never had that crashed at Imola 94 he would definitely beat Senna and Schumacher I am sure about that he was the GOAT in the making
can you do patrick depailler driving style?
Interesting Rubens might have been the last high level right foot breaker driver in F1
Schumi prominence and the introduction of paddle shifts allowed for left foot braking to take prominence
Does this loose time when steping off the gas and into the brakes?
Yes, coasting usually loses a bit of laptime
I cannot even imagine a formula driver braking with right foot
I couldn't believe it...
It comes from him being one of the oldest drivers on the grid. When he started in F1, all cars had three pedals, so you had to brake with the right foot. Around 2009 he transitioned to left-foot braking and was struggling in the first half.
Really? Rubens did braking on his F1 car using his right foot? The car just have two pedals, right?
Exactly right!
Too bad he didn't have raced on the Pirelli era...
I'm a Brazilian fan of him.
he did raced in F1 with pirelli tyres in his last season 2011
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Very similar driving style like Clark, they understood racing and the cars mechanical behavior to last longer and still be very quick and smooth at the same time. If he never had that crashed at Imola 94 he would definitely beat Senna and Schumacher I am sure about that he was the GOAT in the making