Button's Left Hand?

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Button's Left Hand?

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What was JB controling with his left hand during qualifing today?

Vid of his lap:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 065256.stm

Sorry if this is the worse newbi question ever!

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Available to UK users only. That's lame.
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Brake balance is sometimes put down in the cockpit.
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It's the break balance.
I've already noticed this during Grand Prix in Barcelona. BBC told hen that ha was changing the break balance.

The shot they used was is a fast curve.
Just before he changed it and just after it

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Maybe Barichello control it with his right hand? Button is left handed.

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Powerslide wrote:Maybe Barichello control it with his right hand? Button is left handed.

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Barichello still use right foot to brake right? If he does it´s probably on the right side for him.
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sdimm wrote:
Powerslide wrote:Maybe Barichello control it with his right hand? Button is left handed.

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Barichello still use right foot to brake right? If he does it´s probably on the right side for him.
I very much doubt Barrichello right-foot brakes. There's not enough room in the modern cars to do that. I know he used to but I seriously don't see it.
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Rubens finally started braking with his left foot a few years ago. Michael showed him it was faster.

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At this moment, Button's left hand is the most complete left hand in the whole field of drivers.
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Giblet wrote:At this moment, Button's left hand is the most complete left hand in the whole field of drivers.
One of the smoothest hands out there too...

Due to the nature of a bias bar set up, there probably isn't the room around the pedals to have the cable running from the brake pushrods, and behind the throttle (for Rubens to have it on the right hand side) I might be wrong though because we have that set up on our 2001 Dallara F3 car and the throttle pedal is curved so the bias cable can run behind it. Can't see Brawn running two different set ups though.
Our bias adjuster is the green knob on the right underneath the extinguisher button.

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