Historically, Brembo has also had a strong presence in open-wheel racing, regularly winning championships in Formula 1, Champ Car and IRL. This year, Newman/Haas Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais won his third-straight Champ Car Championship with Brembo brakes.
What is even more amazing is the breadth of Brembo’s success. Who would have ever thought that names like Jimmy Johnson (Nextel Cup), Kevin Harvick (Busch Series) and Tony Stewart (IROC) would ever be considered Brembo champions? But the vast majority of the NASCAR drivers in each of these series use Brembo braking systems and components more often than not to get to victory lane.
Brembo’s dominance in racing is not reserved for four-wheel vehicles only as Brembo has helped the likes of Aprilla, Ducati, Honda, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha win 13 motorcycle championships in 2006 alone, including MOTOGP Champion Nicky Hayden.
Racing teams and manufacturers such as Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz AMG and Lamborghini, who demand the best, turn to the experts in braking technology and performance: Brembo. The strong support and trusted relationships that Brembo has with more than 31 original equipment manufacturers and hundreds of Championship Winning Race Teams in F1, WRC, NASCAR, IndyCar and American LeMans, is based on the fact that Brembo is the industry benchmark. There is no other company or product line on the market that can match Brembo's level of technology and performance.
For more information contact:
Jack Gerken - Brembo Public Relations consultant
714-436-9900 - JacGerken@cs.com
Caroline Fallara – Brembo N. A. Communications