Brembo equips 44 cars at latest 24 Hours of Le Mans

Brembo, which was named the official partner and Braking Technology Provider of the 100th 24 Hour of Le Mans, equipped 44 of the 62 cars that participated in the historic endurance event.

“We are delighted to be (the) Braking Technology Provider for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in its centenary year. Brembo has been associated with motorsport for almost 50 years and this iconic competition has always been the world’s most keenly followed automobile event. Hypercars, prototypes, and GT vehicles… we shall be equipping most of the cars in the competition, which is a laboratory for us. The race allows us to test and perfect new designs and solutions that can then be introduced in road vehicles,” said Brembo Chief Executive Officer Daniele Schillaci.

The 24 Hour of Le Mans offers cars of all types a severe test when it comes to braking as the semi-permanent Sarthe circuit offers two chicanes that break up the long Mulsanne Straight.

Brembo provided braking solutions for various classes in the endurance race, including the Hypercar class, the Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) class, and the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) class.

For the Hypercar class, Brembo supplied its partners with carbon brakes.

“Brembo technicians have optimized the size and ventilation of the discs, which have a maximum thickness of 38mm and a maximum diameter of 380mm (millimeters), and are good for more than 6,000km (kilometers),” Brembo wrote in a press release.

The discs, Brembo also pointed out, are drilled with 432 ventilation holes and have a working temperature range of between 250 degrees Celsius and 850 degrees Celsius.

As for the cars participating in the LMP2 class, Brembo gave them carbon disc brakes with a maximum thickness of 32mm and a maximum diameter of 380mm, and again are effective for up to 6,000km.

The abovementioned brakes are drilled with 48 ventilation holes and can operate in a working temperature range of 250 degrees Celsius and 850 degrees Celsius.

Finally, the LMGTE class cars are endowed with cast-iron disc brakes with a maximum thickness of 35mm and a maximum diameter of 390mm, and are good for up to 4,000km.

“Cast-iron discs are smooth, without ventilation holes, but may have as many as 72 fins or vanes; their working temperature range is between 250°C (degrees Celsius) and 750°C (degrees Celsius).” Brembo also said.

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