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Heel-toe Downshift The Heel-toe downshift is essential to the serious driver for cutting off seconds at every corner. Basically what this manouvre does is enable the driver to let loose on the throttle and approach corners at a much higher speed then he normally would thus turning into the corner and exiting at much higher speeds. The Heel-toe downshift starts with the driver lifting his right foot from the accelerator and putting it on the brakes. As he eases off the brakes, the left foot depresses the clutch and the left hand downshifts into a lower gear. Then the driver eases of the brake and uses the heel of his right foot to step on the accelerator keeping his toe on the brakes. Thus giving the technique its name. Proper execution of this technique will ensure a proper downshift without the car jerking forwards or backwards ( we do not want that to happen at high speeds now do we? ). |
 The downshift begins with a full throttle acceleration towards the corner  Lift the right foot from the gas pedal and press the brake pedal  Just before the braking is done, the left foot depresses the clutchpedal The right hand begins the downshift The right foot is still applying, but easing up on the brake pressure as the car approaches the turn-in, then the foot rotates so the heel is above the corner of the gas pedal As the shift passes through neutral, the right heel gives a quick push of the gas pedal to rev the engine quickly (the ball of the foot is still on the brake easing up even more)  The left foot releases the clutch, the right foot rotates off the gas. Done correctly the RPMs generated by the throttle blip above matches the RPMs needed, and as the clutch is released the engine engages smoothly with the current wheel speed. There should be no forward or braking lurch when the clutch is let go  The right foot completes the braking with a smooth release.  The right foot moves over to the gas pedal to assume the normal position at first only to maintain the pressure needed to sustain the vehicle speed throughout the first part of the corner. Then pressure is gradually applied to accelerate out of the turn |