Why is the clutch pedal so abnormally thin on the Lexus GT3 car in IMSA? Because they wanted the widest brake pedal possible.
“That’s something I introduced when I came to the team,” Lexus brand ambassador and former Vasser Sullivan Racing driver Townsend Bell says. “[It’s] because I wanted the fattest brake pedal face. We couldn’t move the pedal arms. …
That's super interesting. Are they not allowed to use a small amount of rubber for grip? Or does it all come from the driver's racing shoes? I feel like I'd want a small rubber strip on the clutch pedal, without making it any wider
In reply to calteg :
The only time they use that pedal is leaving the pits. The little button head screws provide more than enough grip.
I guess the clutch just doesn't take much effort, which is to be expected. I would have thought leaving the left half of the pedal face would have helped, but if it is not needed and doesn't help, it is just extra weight.
It's not quite that narrow but the clutch pedal in my Formula Ford is the smallest pedal in the car including the dead pedal. I've thought about swapping the clutch and the dead pedal but I think that might be confusing and I'm not sure I could find it in a spin.
Left foot brakers and sequential gearboxes are shrinking our clutch pedals!
Similar setup is in WRC cars.
Can't find a video of it, but I think it was a Grand Am GT RX-8 that needed the clutch pedal with an EMCO sequential box. The driver still had to heel-toe downshift.
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