Source: CRC Industries announcement Horsham, Penn. – CRC Industries, Inc. announced its entitlement partnership with Pocono Raceway, as the track will host the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the CRC BRAKLEEN 150. CRC is an industry-leading global supplier of…
Source: Brembo announcement DETROIT – Brembo engineers offer a guide to braking for this weekend’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, May 6-8. Formula 1 returns to Florida after a 63-year absence. In 1959, two years before Brembo was established,…
Source: Otto Zimmermann GmbH announcement SINSHEIM-DÜHREN, Germany — Tested at the Nürburgring with best results: The Formula:R compound brake disc is the ultimate disc from Otto Zimmermann for the race track. The brake disc is now available in Zimmermann’s online…
Source: Brembo announcement The Formula 1 World Championship starts back up in Bahrain with brand new single-seaters, new tires and even custom braking systems. According to Brembo technicians, the Bahrain International Circuit is one of the most demanding for the…
Source: Brembo announcement STEZZANO, Italy — Brembo has confirmed its commitment to the Formula One World Championship ahead of the new season, which starts March 20th with the Bahrain Grand Prix, by supplying every team with braking components. This year…
BRAKEDOWN: an ongoing collection of briefs from around the global braking industry MANN+HUMMEL has been nominated the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWi) Innovation Award for its brake dust particle filter for the effective reduction of brake dust emissions. rimsa…
Source: Brembo announcement STEZZANO, Italy — Brembo, a global leader in braking systems, celebrates the end of the 60th year since its foundation in the best way, confirming its technological supremacy in motorsport with 62 world titles achieved in the…
TROY, Mich. — This is the first of three articles by Fabio Squadrani, Senior Manager, Braking Systems in Applus IDIADA on the use of Artificial Intelligence – AI – to detect brake noise. 1. INTRODUCTION Recently, computational power has dramatically…
SÃO PAULO – Autosport.com posted an interesting article on the latest developments of Ferrari’s Formula 1 brake systems which were tried at Sunday’s F1 event in Brazil. The article, which can be viewed, along with a variety of images, by…
CURNO, Italy – Brembo posted the following overview of this year’s two major electric-vehicle motorsports competitions: MotoE and Formula E, both of which feature the Italian brake company’s products. The third season on the FIM MotoE World Cup has just…
Source: Zimmermann announcement For more than 10 years, Zimmermann has offered its Formula:Z compound brake discs. In 2017 it added the Formula:F compound discs to its range. This disc, with a nonpositive connection, is the equivalent to BMWs latest Formula…
Source: To illustrate the critical complexities and fragility of a Formula One racecar’s braking system, Brembo posted the following. The point – there are just some things even the most sophisticated engineering companies will miss during testing and the results…
SEATTLE– Amazon Web Services (AWS), is introducing six new (Formula 1) F1 Insights powered by AWS throughout the 2021 season, beginning with Braking Performance during the April 16-18 Italian Grand Prix at Imola. F1 Insights powered by AWS are real-time…
CURNO, Italy – Brembo’s engineers have provided some background on braking strategy for this weekend’s Formula 1 race in Italy and MotoGP contest in Portugal. The following are excerpted from the company’s releases with this behind-the-racing-scenes information. Portugal provides fewer…
Source: Brembo announcement CURNO, Italy — Thanks to the experience accumulated in 46 Formula 1 seasons, during which the single-seaters with Brembo brakes achieved 26 Drivers World Championships, 30 Manufacturers World Championships and 442 Grand Prix wins with Brembo designed…
Source: The following is excerpted from an article by Will Dodds posted to Grand Prix 247 on how a change in braking behavior by his new McLaren MCL35M will impact Daniel Ricciardo’s 2021 Formula 1 season. Daniel Ricciardo believes that…
Source: LIQUI MOLY announcement IRVINE, Calif. – LIQUI MOLY, the German oil and brake fluid specialist is extending its cooperation with Turner Motorsport for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series and the SRO GT World…
Source: LSP Innovative Automotive Systems GmbH post UNTERFÖHRING, Germany – After a forced intermission due to Covid-19, the sixth season of Formula E came to an end in mid-August in Berlin. LSP Innovative Automotive Systems Gmbh provided brake-by-wire systems for…
Source: Continental announcement ALLENTOWN, Penn. – Continental, a global supplier of brake systems and components, has expanded the portfolio of ATE brake fluids for the automotive aftermarket with its new advanced, OE quality, ATE Super DOT 5.1. This state-of-the-art DOT…
Source: Applus IDIADA This is the third and final TBR Technical Corners by Narcis Molina, Project Manager, Braking Systems in Applus IDIADA, about finding the optimal braking system for a vehicle. First article: TBR Technical Corner: Optimized Braking System Sizing…
Source: MotorSportWeek.com post MODENA, Italy – Ferrari says it is working with supplier Brembo to understand the cause of Sebastian Vettel’s brake failure at the Italian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion was forced to retire from the race on…
Source: Brembo announcement STEZZANO, Italy – Brembo, the official braking supplier of the FIA Formula E World Championship through Spark Racing Technology, has won the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award for its Formula E brake caliper. The Compasso d’Oro prize was…
Source: Brembo announcement CURNO, Italy – The FIA Formula E championship resumes racing in August with 6 E-Prix at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin and Brembo will be back on track as the exclusive supplier of the entire braking system for…
Source: Applus IDIADA This TBR Technical Corner is the first in a series of three articles on the impact that different friction materials have on corrosion-induced brake judder —both at system and vehicle levels— during the removal of rust by Narcis…
Source: motorsports.com post STUTTGART, Germany – Mercedes-Benz has made no secret of the fact that every element of its 2020 Formula 1 car has been improved for this year. And while most of the attention has been dominated by its…