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march 19, 2018 - Brembo Racing

Brake discs with 1,500 ventilation holes, lighter calipers and greater braking torque: Brembo innovations for 2018 Formula 1


Brembo reconfirms its commitment in the #formula1 World Championship which, as per tradition, starts with Australian GP, scheduled this year from 22nd to 25th March.

Thanks to the experience accumulated in 42 #formula1 seasons, during which the single-seaters with #brembo brakes achieved 24 Drivers World Championships and 27 Manufacturers World Championships, #brembo has produced braking systems personalized for each team.

Greater braking torque

The introduction of a softer tyres compound compared to the one used in the last seasons, named Hypersoft, will result in an improvement in the grip of the cars, with a consequent slight increase in the braking torque.
A minimal change compared to the one of 2017 season, when the increase in tyre width and the growth of single-seaters performance determined a significant improvement of braking torque compared to 2016.

The increase in the braking torque, even if contained, determines an increase in the temperatures of braking systems. To overcome this issue, #brembo has improved the ventilation of brake discs: now each disc features almost 1,500 ventilation holes in the most extreme versions, one hundred more than those on the discs of 2017 season.

The majority of the cars will use front discs with 32 mm thickness and rear discs with 28 mm. Depending on the temperatures expected during a Grand Prix and the specific race strategy, each driver can choose between 3 different options of #brembo discs: approximately 900 holes, 1,200 holes or 1,500 holes.

More extreme research of lightness

The other great innovation of 2018 is the introduction of Halo, which has increased the weight of single-seater of about 7 kg, far beyond the variation of the minimum weight established by the regulation (from 728 kg to 733 kg). This has led the teams to identify new areas on which apply the “weight loss”.

Brembo too has worked in this direction on the braking system through the maximum miniaturization of the elements composing the Brake by Wire system and the lightening of aluminium-lithium calipers. In the same time #brembo has continued to increase the stiffness to ensure greater reactivity of BBW.

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