Previously, this country hosted 11 editions from 1993 to 2018, all held in Brno. The Autodrom Most was built on the former Vrbenský mine landfill and officially inaugurated in 1983, although it underwent two renovations before reaching the current layout in use since 2005.
GP data
According to Brembo technicians who work closely with 12 of the 14 Superbike World Championship teams, the 4.212 km-long Autodrom Most falls into the category of circuits that are highly demanding on brakes. On a scale from 1 to 5, it scores a difficulty index of 4 due to the 10 braking events per lap totaling 23 seconds. Only 2 are rated High, 6 Medium, and 2 Light, but 4 corners require braking distances of at least 100 meters.
The most demanding corner for the braking system at Autodrom Most is Turn 1, as it is preceded by a nearly 800-meter straight where the Superbikes reach almost 300 km/h. At this point, the bikes decelerate from 292 km/h to 68 km/h in 5.1 seconds over a distance of 234 meters. Riders apply a force of 6.1 kg on the brake lever and undergo a deceleration of 1.5 g, while brake fluid pressure peaks at 13.1 bar—the highest value in the entire championship.
The thousandth podium
In 2022 at Most, Jonathan Rea secured the fastest time in Superpole, 0.330 seconds ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu, 0.559 seconds ahead of Michael Rinaldi, and 0.620 seconds ahead of Alvaro Bautista. However, Race 1 ended differently: the Spaniard initially trailed two rivals but took the lead at the start of Lap 10. Gaining one-tenth per lap, Bautista pulled away and won by 2 seconds. It was a double celebration for Ducati, marking its 1,000th podium in the Superbike World Championship.
One thousand for one
That Race 1 win at Brno in 2022 aboard the Panigale V4 R was Bautista’s seventh victory of the season and Ducati’s 383rd in World Superbike. But as already mentioned, it was also Ducati’s 1,000th podium in the category—a milestone made possible by 52 different riders, led (at the time) by Carl Fogarty with 100 podiums.
All 1,000 Ducati podiums had one common denominator: Brembo braking systems, used since the 1980s on all of Borgo Panigale’s racing bikes.
Alvaro’s consistency
Since then, Ducati’s podium tally in World Superbike has continued to rise, reaching 1,100 thanks once again to Bautista, who finished 2nd in the Superpole Race at Magny-Cours in 2024.
The Spaniard, who has claimed over 110 podiums with Ducati, explained during a visit to Brembo Racing in 2023: “Performance is essential to stop the bike, but what I always look for is consistency. I like having the same brake lever travel. I trust the brakes—I know they work perfectly and always in the same way, so I can focus on the race.”