PRESS RELEASE In 2018 Brembo confirms leader status in motorsport competitions: from 1975 to the present day 404 wins in Formula 1 and 28 World Titles. Success at Le Mans, in the most important covered wheels Championships and in the Rally Championships. International supremacy in MotoGP, Superbike World Championships and Off Road Championships. Stezzano, BG, Italy, 11th December 2018 Brembo, leading designer and manufacturer of brake systems and high performance components, confirms its technological supremacy in Motorsport through a string of great successes in competitive motorsports during 2018. Involved in Formula 1 since 1975, Brembo is able to boast 404 Grand Prix race wins making up a total of 25 Drivers World Championships and 28 Constructors World Championships, achieved with the top teams. F1 braking system Also in 2018 there have been for Brembo world titles in open wheels Championships: GP2, GP3, European F3, Super Formula; in the covered wheels Championships: Le Mans 24 Hours, Blancpain GT Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Pirelli World Challenge GT Series, SCORE International Overall & Trophy Truck Class, SCORE International Tecate SCORE Baja 1000; in the Rally Championships (WRC, WRC2, WTCR).
27 are Brembo triumphs at Le Mans 24 Hours, where this year the Company triumphed also in the 86 th edition in all 4 categories: LMP1, LMP2, GT AM e GT PRO. LMP1 & GT brake systems Le Mans 24 Hours There was total domination for Brembo in the two-wheel racing too. The title-winning machines in MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, WSBK World Superbike, World Superstock 1000, SuperSport 600, SuperSport 300, MotoAmerica Superbike were all equipped with Brembo products, as were those that triumphed in Off Road Titles in Motocross (MXGP, MX2), Trial (Trial and X-Trial) and Rally Raid (Dakar) Championships. Involved in MotoGP since 1978, Brembo is able to boast 481 Grand Prix race wins making up a total of 30 Riders World Championships and 31 Constructors World Championships, achieved with the top teams. MotoGP brake system SBK brake system
The Italian Company for the 2018 season too has worked in close cooperation with the leading global Manufacturers of cars and motorcycles, making an all-out commitment to the research and development of innovative products that are increasingly performing and technologically advanced, offering high performances, maximum reliability and safety. Brembo renews its commitment in all the categories of Motorsport in view of next season and hopes a 2019 full of successes. 2019 to which will be added the supply of the entire braking system in two new important championship: ABB FIA Formula E Championship and FIM Enel MotoE World Cup Championship. Below we list the international successes of Brembo, Marchesini and AP Racing brands in 2018.
Brembo 2018: "Open wheels Championships Formula 1 (calipers) GP2/Formula 2 (calipers and master cylinders) Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport George Russell Carlin Motorsport GP3 European F3 Super Formula Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix Mick Schumacher Prema Theodore Racing Naoki Yamamoto Team Kondō Racing / Dallara-Toyota "Covered wheels Championships Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 LMP2 GT PRO GT AM Blancpain GT Series IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Class Prototype Class Prototype Challenge Class GTLM Class GT Daytona Pirelli World Challenge GT Series GT SprintX Champions GTS Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Fernando Alonso-Toyota Gazoo Racing Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet, André Negrão-Signatech Alpine Matmut Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor-Porsche GT Team Matt Campbell, Christian Ried, Julien Andlauer-Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP Mercedes GT Eric Curran/Felipe NASR-Cadillac, Whelen Engineering Racing Kris Wright-Extreme Speed Motorsports Ian Magnussen/Antonio Garcia-Corvette Racing Bryan Sellers/Madison Snow-Paul Miller Racing Toni Vilander/Miguel Molina-R.Ferri Motorsports James Sofronas-GMG Racing
SCORE International Overall & Trophy Truck Class Mac Cachren-Ford F150 Trophy Truck SCORE International Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Rally Championships WRC WRC2 Constructor s Championship WTCR Two-wheel racing MotoGP Cameron Steele-Desert Assasins team Sebastian Ogier, Julien Ingrassia-Ford RS Msport Jan Kopecký-Skoda Fabia R5 Skoda Motorsport Gabriele Tarquini-BRC Racing Team MRacing-YMR Team Marc Marquez-#93 Repsol Honda Team Repsol Honda Team Moto2 Francesco Bagnaia-#42 Sky Racing Team VR 46 Kalex Moto3 SBK World Championships WSBK World Superbike World Superstock 1000 SuperSport 600 SuperSport 300 Jorge Martin-#88 Gresini Racing Team Gresini Racing Team Jonathan Rea - #33 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Markus Reiterberger-BMW S1000RR Sandro Cortese-Yamaha YZF-R6 Ana Carrasco-Kawasaki ParkinGO Team
MotoAmerica Superbike Off road Championship Motocross MXGP MX2 Trial Trial and X-Trial Rally Raid Dakar Marchesini Wheels World Superbike FIM EWC Cameron Beaubier-Yamaha YZF-R6 Jeffrey Herlings-Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Jorge Prado-Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Toni Bou-Montesa-HRC Matthias Walkner-Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Jonathan Rea-Kawasaki Racing Team Freddy Foray Josh Hook Alan Techer TSR Honda France AP Racing 2018: Open wheels Championships Formula 1 (friction material) Indycar (friction material) Indy 500 (friction material) Formula 3 (friction material) European Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Power Penske Racing Mick Schumacher Prema Theodore Racing
Nascar (no friction material) NASCAR Monster Energy Series Xfiniti Series Covered wheels Championships Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 (friction material) LMP2 GT PRO (no friction material) IMSA GTLM Class Joey Logano Penske Racing Reddick JR Motorsport Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Fernando Alonso-Toyota Gazoo Racing Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet, André Negrão-Signatech Alpine Matmut Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor-Porsche GT Team Garcia/Magnussun-Corvette Racing - C7R ELMS LMP2 (no friction material) Blancpain GT Series Endurance Overall (endurance and sprint) Touring Car British DTM (no friction material) Australian V8 Supercar WTCR (friction material) Rustinov, Pizzitola, Vergne-G Drive Racing-G-Drive Racing-Oreca 07-Gibson Buurman, Engel, Stoltz, Christian Engelhart Black Falcon-Mercedes AMG GT3 Marciello AKKA ASP-Mercedes AMG GT3 Turkington-TEAM BMW TEAM BMW Paffett-Team HWA Mclaughlin-Shell V-Power-Ford Falcon Red Bull Holden Racing Team-Holden Commodore Gabriele Tarquini-BRC Racing Team
European TCR BTCR MRacing-YMR Team Azcona PCR Sport - Seat Lloyd West Coast Racing - VW Japanese Super GT. Class 500 (no friction material) Class 300 Rally Championships WRC (friction material) FIA Rally Raid Yamamoto / Button Raybrig NSX - GT Kurosawa / Gamou K2, R & D Leon Racing - CVSTOS AMG Sebastian Ogier, Julien Ingrassia-Ford RS Msport Kuba Przygonski-Attiyah-Mini All4 Racing X-Raid For further information please contact: Daniele Bettini Massimo Arduini Brembo Motorsport Media Relations Motorsport Media Relations Senior Consultant Tel: +39.345.6988272 Tel: +39.348.3147680 @: daniele_bettini@brembo.it @: m.arduini@lpditalia.it