No, the pre-select was VERY wrong.

Quote from Linsen :

Now that's a comprehensive guide to proper sequential shifting!

Missed that on the other thread, thx a lot!

That's basically what I comprehensively wrote above in an answer to your question

Quote from lococost :

That's basically what I comprehensively wrote above in an answer to your question

You basically wrote that, and I appreciate it, but surely this is more comprehensive. And -- no offence -- this is coming directly from a gear box designer.

Can someone who knows the subject, tell me what racing series/racing cars require that you MUST lift the throttle in order to upshift..(not must like in FBM but must like not to damage the engine, clutch, etc) One guy with who i'm arguing about this sais that there is a micro switch that costs like one euro and you can mount it on any car and it can cut the gas for you so you don't have to lift the foot at all... Is this true?

Yes, F3 cars use a paddle behind the steering wheel to cut the ignition. I'm pretty sure nobody sells stuff to racing teams for 1€ though.

Quote from J.B. :

Yes, F3 cars use a paddle behind the steering wheel to cut the ignition. I'm pretty sure nobody sells stuff to racing teams for 1€ though.

Not talking about single seaters, but cars like DTM, WTCC, BTCC cars, etc... racing Caterhams...

???

Quote from J.B. :

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Umm, ok, let's try it again, i want to know in what cars and in what racing series you can just flatshift the upshifts, where you can stay on the throttle and change the gear? I know that most single seaters works like that, but what about tin tops...

Any petrol engine can have an electronic microswitch on the gearstick or paddle arrangement, which can activate a relay, which in turn cuts the ignition for the duration of the shift action.

You can get micro-switches for a euro... relays and wiring is simple enough. No race team would bodge it that simply.

A version for motorcycles is this :

It’s the Dynojet Quick Shifter (DQS), and this one allows full-throttle, clutchless up-shifting.

http://www.partsmag.com/0402/dynojet-0402/dynojet-0402.html

in short, its an ignition system, which when it detects pressure on the foot control push/pull rod, cuts the ignition to the cylinders - (the dynojet ignition replaces the stock version).

I'm pretty sure you can get one for the engine in the motorcycles that gives its engine to formula bmw.

All of this is well off topic though, as formula one is sealed engine, strictly governed racing. What can be done, and what is allowed, are very different.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Umm, ok, let's try it again, i want to know in what cars and in what racing series you can just flatshift the upshifts, where you can stay on the throttle and change the gear? I know that most single seaters works like that, but what about tin tops...

Oh I thought you were asking which cars have a manually operated ignition cut as opposed to a system that cuts ignition automatically. That's why I brought up the F3 as I am unaware of any other racing car (single seater or tin top) that uses such a system.

As zero says, you could build one for cheap in a free series but usually these type of things are dictated by the rules.

DTM does because it's a sequential gearbox anyway, BTCC maybe.. i'm not sure, not sure on WTCC either.