THE It's a world of experimentation, a continuous search for detail to gain even a few thousandths of development in order to improve performance. Red Bull leads the drivers' world championship with Max Verstappenwho are on the verge of winning their fourth title, but it has not been easy, and those from Milton Keynes have tried many things, like a Brembo braking system.
The Bergamo multinational, which holds the “monopoly” of Grand Cirque stirrups, owns half of the field in the field of carbon discs. Five teams are with the Italians [Red Bull, Ferrari, Haas, Sauber y Visa CashApp RB], like five others are at Carbon Industrie [McLaren, Mercedes, Alpine, Williams y Aston Martin]and the French manufacturer is trying to react to the advance of its rival, so it is not surprising that it has introduced a new solution.
During free practice for the Italian Grand Prix, Grove's team tried a composite front disc with a “mustache”something we've seen before in the days of steel discs. Meanwhile, Enstone used one with radial grooves, which they repeated at the Mexico Grand Prix, a sign that the concept was not left behind, but rather developed.
The objective is to improve the bite at the start of braking, thus increasing the adhesion between the disc and the pad and the temperature management. We know that in current ground effect cars it is essential to avoid overheating of the tires and it is important to evacuate the heat so that it is managed within the braking system when cornering, without radiating the rim.
To find a similar solution, we have to go back to 1999, a quarter of a century ago, when Williams He brought a steel disc with this “mustache” to the FW21 Austrian Grand Prix at the request of . Nothing has been done to stop the metal from increasing the weight of the unsprung masses, while the fingerprints, this time in carbon, are in the news again even though no one has had the chance to see them, but our expert, Giorgio Piola, He did not miss it and was able to show us an exclusive drawing of the version published by Grove.
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