Brakes

Disc brakes abide of a rotor and caliper at anniversary wheel. Carbon blended rotors (introduced by the Brabham aggregation in 1976) are acclimated instead of animate or casting adamant because of their above frictional, thermal, and anti-warping properties, as able-bodied as cogent weight savings. These brakes are advised and bogus to plan in acute temperatures, up to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1800 °F). The disciplinarian can ascendancy anchor force administration ahead and aft to atone for changes in clue altitude or ammunition load. Regulations specify this ascendancy have to be mechanical, not electronic, appropriately it is about operated by a batten central the cockpit as against to a ascendancy on the council wheel.

An boilerplate F1 car can decelerate from 100 to 0 km/h (62 to 0 mph) in about 15 meters (48 ft), compared with a 2009 BMW M3, which needs 31 meters (102 ft). When braking from college speeds, aerodynamic downforce enables amazing deceleration: 4.5 g to 5.0 g (44 to 49 m/s2), and up to 5.5 g (54 m/s2) at the accelerated circuits such as the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Canadian GP) and the Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Italian GP). This contrasts with 1.0 g to 1.5 g (10 to 15 m/s2) for the best sports cars (the Bugatti Veyron is claimed to be able to anchor at 1.3 g). An F1 car can anchor from 200 km/h (124 mph) to a complete stop in just 2.21 seconds, application alone 65 metres (213 ft)