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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Carbon ceramic composite. I said ceramic because I think that's the most accurate term for it. A ceramic substrate with carbon fiber.
If I were balling out of control I'd get them on all my sports cars for the weight reduction. There's not many places on a car where you can swap one thing and drop so much mass, and unsprung mass at that. Plus, I want a Porsche, and yellow calipers on them look awesome lol.
For Formula 1, I don't think going to iron brakes is necessary. Carbon ceramic brakes is only a tiny fraction of the cost of the car, the voodoo crap they put in the engine and all the aero is what costs all the money.
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I was thinking steel brakes (and maybe aluminum suspension components) to potentially increase the braking zones & for more reliability. Not sure it would really help.
Now that you mention it, I wonder what would the ultimate engine cost-cutting meausre would be? No pneumatic valves, & ERS?