what types of brakes are used in f1 race cars?

Answer 1

vented disc brakes with ultra hi dollar carbon fiber pads and rotors.

Answer 2

Disc brakes consist of a rotor and caliper at each wheel. Expensive carbon-carbon composite rotors - introduced by the Brabham team in 1976 - are used instead of steel or cast iron because of their superior frictional, thermal, and anti-warping properties, as well as significant weight savings. These brakes are designed and manufactured to work in extreme temperatures, up to 1000 C. The driver can control brake force distribution fore and aft using a control on the steering wheel to compensate for changes in track conditions. An average F1 car can decelerate from 100-0 km/h (62-0 mph) in about 17 metres (55 feet), compared with a Dodge Viper (considered one of the best mass-production street cars for braking), which takes around 34 metres (112 feet). Usual braking forces for an F1 car are 4.5 g to 5.0 g (45 to 50 m/s²) when braking from 300 km/h, and can be as high as 5.5 g at the high-speed circuits such as Gilles Villenueve (Canadian GP) and Monza (Italian GP). This contrasts with 1.0 g to 1.5 g for the best sports cars (the Bugatti Veyron is claimed to be able to brake at 1.3 g).

Answer 3

I had read that in F1 unless they crash or have an equipment failure they use one chassis (ie body) until it breaks, problems are detected with it during testing or it crashes while changing the engine every 2 races and the gearbox every 4 races. They can also replace all of the others parts on that chassis as they want (ie suspension, wheels, etc) I thought there was a rule in F1 that a driver must race the same chassis as they qualified in or else they have to start from the pit road (basically last place) They do not have different chassis for different races the way that nascar does because they want the chassis to be as identical as possible so that if they crash/break one chassis they use the same settings on a replacement chassis. Plus, I thought I read in an old article about the jaguar team (now defunct) that a team usually only builds/buys 5 identical chassis (ie body/frame only) for the entire season and only assembles 3 complete cars at one time. They bring 3 assembled cars and the parts for a fourth car to each race. In fact, I thought there was a time many years when the ferrari team had a 3 rd driver testing in their 3rd assembled car crash during testing the friday before a race, then Michael Schumacher (main driver) crashed his car during qualifying so Schumacher then raced his co-driver's car (rubens barrichello) and rubens had to race the fourth car that was hastily assembled overnight before the race. I have also heard that the really underfunded teams like Jordan or minardi in the past or super aguri in the present may only have a total of 3 assembled cars so if one driver crashes he gets the 3 rd car and if the other driver crashed he is out of luck.

Answer 4

Ventilated carbon fibre and/or ceramic disc brakes are the norm in todays race & f1 cars.

Answer 5

ceramic brakes r used in f1 cars.these are much more eff. than the normal drum or disc brakes used in road cars and last out for long time

Answer 6

Basically ventilated carbon-carbon disks with carbon-carbon pads. The material is carbon fiber in a carbon matrix and is also used on some aircraft. One strange feature of these brakes is that they need to operate at 650C for optimal performance and below 400C braking effect is poor.

Answer 7

disc brakes

Answer 8

manual hand brakes applied by using foot!

Answer 9

Good ones! :))