V8 Supercars 'Foot Cam': Time For Tea?

Reckon your heel'n'toe is up to scratch? Might be time to think again

You know how some news channels bombard the screen with so much info you don't know where to look? There's more of the same with this V8 Supercars vid, only it's about 50 times more interesting.

Much like F1, there are revs, speed, position, gear and so on. But there's another distraction on the screen, one it's near impossible to divert your eyes from: Foot Cam.

There's just something about watching a really good driver dancing their way across three pedals. The Senna NSX vid proves that. The difference here of course is it's a race situation, at Bathurst, in the wet. Knowing the risk makes it somehow all the more absorbing.

And don't think a sequential race 'box makes it easy. Oh no. The clutch is still used on the way down the gears, McConville switching from heel'n'toe on the way in to corners and then left-foot braking his way through. Just to add a bit of edge, look out for water sloshing around in the footwell down the Conrod straight. Keep one eye on the data and you'll see some big speeds also; 273kph is 170mph.

You can't help but feel rather inadequate having watched this. Back to practicing stationary on the driveway!

Watch the vid here.