How F1 Brakes Stop from 200mph to 0 in 4 Seconds | F1 Engineering

[@deebo291]

I’ve never seen someone explain f1-brakes that well. High quality content. Thank you very much.

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Welcome to driver 61

[@cesarconh895]

Deebo, my Ninja

[@Superfly1503]

@@johnsmith1474 there’s always some dickhead waiting to piss in a puddle on these comments. Well done, today it’s you.

[@Fruitysfaction]

there is a lot of misinformation included though. For example it is clearly wrong and physically implausible that the breaking fluid does not compress

[@GB-vn1tf]

@@Fruitysfaction it doesn't as it is the purpose of hydraulic fluid to not compress. If there's no air or contamination of the fluid and the brake lines are sound and braided to make them unable to expand the brake pedal should feel like you're pushing the pad directly against the disk. Brake fluid has been developed over years to have this exact property.

[@iSPELLinAMERICAN]

I just love the ingenuity of F1. The science, creativity, strategy everything about every little is analyzed and critiqued. Just amazing

[@danearl8328]

All garnered and improved over the decades.

[@Matty.Hill_87]

The grey area, rule bending engineering is clever as fu k

[@akashmuruganandam1462]

Just imagine if we invent the right materials for all these components to work more efficiently. But It'll also get boring.

[@EyeoftheAbyss]

From a video editing perspective, please leave b-roll, the interesting images and video clips, on screen 2-3 times longer than you currently have. Some are very detailed and take time to register, and are very interesting and accompanied with your narration, there's no need to watch you narrate, though you're a cool dude! A good gauge for time sometimes is, if there's text to read, that it's on screen long enough to read 2-3 times. Thanks for another fascinating video!

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Armin K this comment needs to be seen

[@stevenkelby2169]

Agreed. We could ⏸ and look, but then we waste time watching him talk.

[@Jordanmilo]

I was going to post the same thing!

[@druidofthefang]

couldn't have said it better myself. had to pause the video all the time.

[@icebox9093]

that's why there is "pause" button...

[@Driver61]

Which part of an F1 car would you like explained? ➤ Subscribe or we'll brake you: goo.gl/AbD2f9

[@SimRaceHQ]

A big part of braking so „fast“ are the aerodynamics, pressing the car to ground therefore increasing the pressure possible to break and of course the insane grip of slick tires, so it’s not all down to some magical brakes, I find it more wow that they can last so long

[@JohannGambolputty22]

SimRaceHQ, you’re not wrong in pointing this out. But you do still have to realize that the brakes still need to transfer all of that kinetic energy into heat and do it quickly which is amazing. Keep in mind 200mph to zero doesn’t take twice the energy as 100mph to zero, it takes 4 times the energy.

[@p3kab00icu]

Matt H right, and there brakes aren't braking little Honda Civic wheels. The rotating mass of the massive F1 wheel/tire sets is... MASSIVE!

[@perakojot6524]

@@JohannGambolputty22 Well those brakes are braking a very light F1 car (even though almost 2x the weight at 100mph). It takes exactly the same energy dissipation to brake 2.4 tons car from 100mph to 0 as to brake 600kg F1 car (without downforce) from 200mph to 0 and all that during the same time interval (regular car brakes from 100mph to 0 in roughly 4s).

[@JohannGambolputty22]

Pera Kojot, I understand it’s not about total energy. Physics doesn’t care if you’re trying to brake a 600kg car or a 600kg ice cream truck. The total amount of heat energy created will always be the same (most things considered) Of course there’s more that goes into braking specifically downforce, cooling and especially tires and track conditions. It doesn’t make the carbon ceramic fiber identical in ability per braking foot as a steel brake rotor on a family sedan. Braking from 200mph to 4 seconds is exciting and impressive to watch regardless. My apologies if I made it seem like heat diffusion was the only factor at play but the reason the stopping time are less are definitely assisted with the carbon brakes ability to still function at such high heat levels over a short amount of time versus steel rotors. Furthermore, and very importantly, the vehicles ability to do it over and over on a track is a lot different then a single panic stop on a family car.

[@perakojot6524]

@@JohannGambolputty22 There are 3 things that differ high performance brakes (i.e. F1, supercar, etc) and regular car brakes. 2 of those have impact of stopping distance/time, one doesn't. Size of breaking disk/pads is one, number of pistons in a caliper is two and material and construction of braking disk and pads is 3. Material and construction of braking disk and pads doesn't play a role with the stopping distance, i.e. non-ventilated steel disk with regular high quality pads will have almost the same stopping power as carbon disk with ceramic pads (difference probably negligible). With respect to first two things, any kind of truck will essentially have more powerful brakes than an F1 car. Ventilated steel or carbon disks and ceramic pads help brakes retain their performance much longer under big load. Regular steel disks and pads are perfectly capable of one or two emergency brakings even from 200mph. And by far the most dominant reason why F1 car can brake so quickly is downforce. Second reason are sticky tyres. I could say that these two play a role of 90%. Everything else related to the brakes is only 10%.

[@scottsmith4315]

So awesome! I was a mechanic for 20 years and recently was trying to explain Brakes to my son, who loves F1 like me, and needed to spend almost a thousand dollars getting his own brakes fixes while away at College. I just sent this to him and now he will really be able to understand! Thank you!

[@eliasgill2453]

F1 driver are not humans, they can lift me with their necks🥵.

[@dedasdude]

its lateral g force, not normal... so yeah.

[@dnbmania]

@@dedasdude they can lift him sideways

[@tusharbhatia5437]

@@dedasdude they do train with 20kg weight with their neck

[@ali902107364285418]

The duration of the high levels of G loads is what really matters, those peak G forces are seen only for a short time like maybe on turns or worse when coming to a sudden stop from hitting a wall (where the G load is extremely high but lasts for a split second). If they were to sustain the same peak loads for the whole race, it won't be likely for any human to come out of that in decent shape assuming they don't go unconscious.

[@eliasgill2453]

@@ali902107364285418 i know, still crazy 3 or 4 G for a second, every single corner during 2 hours, not for me 🥵

[@noahbutler4683]

"I'll be working through an entire F1 car" ... *Spits out drink* SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY :)

[@Shareezy]

Right? Eff yeah I'll click that bell mate.

[@DanteJDM]

That got my sub too. Lol

[@heidi_homsestol2728]

Haha thought the same😂😂

[@xJM1993]

**SHUT UP AND TAKE MY SUB 😂

[@hazarddavid6987]

That got me subbed

[@justinhill9915]

The girth of the pads and rotor are absolutely astonishing even when compared to the huge brakes on many hi performance passenger cars and the F1 car weights significantly less. This definitely puts physics into perspective! I would love to see a detailed breakdown of current F1 brakes. The 2 second flash was enough to get my jaw to drop but I would love to see the hubless/bell less system in detail. Cool content! Keep it coming!!!

[@amandasantini6265]

Thank you, Nelson Piquet, for allowing drivers to change the brake bias inside the car. One of the best F1 engineers in history! He also created the tire heaters, fast pitstop, and the banned actice suspension. Not to mention a DRS system in 1976.

[@olivialambert4124]

This was a real good video, whoever let you play about with F1 brakes did us all a favour. Its quite amazing to see it in perspective, a tiny amount of super lightweight carbon and a few bolts managing repeated braking with unbelievably powerful forces throughout a race without issue.

[@SOME-RANDOM-GUY457]

Chainbear+Driver61= Nobody: Me: WISDOM IS A PART OF ME

[@Bonsai2680]

He a little confused, but he got the spirit.

[@albertnicolau4139]

That bad eh, F1 teams selling parts on the Internet just to keep afloat

[@LorenzoClara97]

Why bad? If collectors are buying that's not bad

[@BETTER.ART.]

@@LorenzoClara97 its a joke...

[@jimmybob3756]

So many things are sold after a rule change, the teams manufacture many parts and once there is a rule change those old secrets no longer matter. 👍

[@BB-zv8tx]

poor Williams...

[@ianhamilton403]

Probley 10years old anyways

[@5thgearouttahere]

Wow! You've outdone yourself Scott, this is mega. I would genuinely give all my savings right now to have an F1 rotor and caliper to study. The pinnacle of our hobby. [edit] In the video a clip is shown of the manufacture of road car "carbon ceramic" rotors, but am I mistaken that F1 components are true composite, as in a layered matrix of cloth with a hugely complex process including post-machining rather than the inferior production-car powdered resin method?

[@Driver61]

Wow, thanks very much.

[@cecilracing53]

5thgearouttahere yes you are correct and it’s very expensive method too. And sadly it’s not worth even putting on a road car because it deteriorated faster and requires immense heat to work and the biggest down side is that their friction coefficient would be greater than any road tyre. Which is sad lol. I mean there are ways todo it but sadly. Currently It’s only truly worth doing on race cars.

[@5thgearouttahere]

@@cecilracing53 Brembo do have a retail version that is likely designed for GT3-class customer racing etc. My hope is to see it on a pro touring build or similar.

[@frankburdodrums8984]

Well no one wants your 2 dollars but still that's pathetic. Why not try and get laid or buy an actual car? No you'd rather have this rotor to study. Lame bro very lame.

[@paulhope3401]

@@frankburdodrums8984 I guess some people love engineering more than others. What excites you or I, may bore others to death. They are not any 'lamer' than you or I.. just different. No need to be so rude to the dude.

[@warfam_clan6933]

I just randomly clicked on this from my recommended and it turned out to be the most interesting and easy to understand video that I have watched this year. Subscribed!.

[@danielday713]

Well done. Beautifully described. I never thought a discussion about car brakes could be so elegant.

[@anydaynow01]

Brake temperatures greater than 100 C; well it's a true statement but I think you could have stated a temperature a tad warmer than that :).

[@Fwamyyy]

anydaynow look in the bottom right when he says that :)

[@russelltalker]

Wow that's boiling hot! Sheesh

[@anydaynow01]

@@Fwamyyy Yep that was added after my comment :)

[@cskabos]

Its 1000C not 100C. A bit of different

[@pavanatanaya]

Yes, in three minutes,you could have a delicious egg

[@riverwildcat1]

This is really good. I've done some racing in my 71 years, but never with cars as sophisticated as these are. I've always enjoyed doing my own mechanical work, too, but only on much simpler machines than these. Thanks so much for your excellent master classes.

[@slyvo5318]

very interesting video to watch, looking forward for more technical videos like this

[@Milezor]

"I'll be working through an entire F1 car" - Okay i subbed.

[@alecnolastname4362]

He gonna put it together next?

[@cihc123]

Checking his chanel every day...

[@timjohnun4297]

same :)

[@conniekai]

Noice I need to instill F1 brake in my Civic, because VTEC is too powerful.

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Awesome information....... Keep them coming, not as though we've got much on these days.

[@xev1435]

this is not just a fantastic explanation on F1 brakes, but in all brakes in general

[@midnighteightsix6919]

Fantastic! Really love seeing how this stuff works at an F1 level

[@Mojoman57]

That graduated piston size is a cool detail. I never even considered they would be like that. Makes perfect sense now. Thanks.

[@2ntenz]

You mentioned CFRC, and then caught more of my attention. Also known as carbon-carbon, using graphite or graphene allotropes as a polymer for carbon... (34 year aerospace engineer). F1 recent caught my attention. Love the engineering details here. Subscribed.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

Space shuttle brakes.

[@shooze2740]

Great video and wonderful series of videos! One correction: racing brake lines do not use rubber linings. The reason is, a rubber lining allows too much expansion/flex in the line, resulting in a soft pedal and unpredictable modulation point. Racing brake lines use a Teflon liner which does a great job at limiting the amount of expansion/flex under severe pressure, resulting in a very clean and predictable modulation point.

[@harrison5280]

this is so mediocre. i can go from 200-0 with just a concrete wall

[@JosephsPlaytime1096]

Marco Chimanlal 🤣🤣👌

[@small_SHOT]

*_h m m_*

[@ianchandley]

Did it with an electricity pole....

[@liamtice8794]

I once went 70(ish) to a flat zero with a ditch. Does that count?

[@964cuplove]

Once....

[@voqzi5296]

this channel is a gold mine

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Fun fact, carbon-carbon is what was found on the leading edge of the wings and the nose of the space shuttle!

[@srinitaaigaura]

That composite was only for aerodynamics and thermal loads. It was about as strong as a piece of porcelain.

[@frankirvine316]

Great explanation ✅ Seriously expensive no doubt✅

[@thrizzt9177]

hey scott. can u do an Q&A maybe? there are so many question in my head i wanna ask. as an example: how a driver notice when the spoiler stays too much in the wind? greetz from germany

[@jimmybob3756]

Are you asking about downforce? Of course every driver wants to balance the car for their driving style....so if you are getting understeer you increase front wing etc....but there is more to it....suspension settings. 👍

[@Douce92601]

It’s always fun listening to someone who knows what they’re talking about

[@HollywoodCod]

Carbon carbon brakes baby. can’t use them in gt because they’re too good

[@staomruel]

I always wondered how changing braking balance worked mechanically, thanks for the upload.

[@frederf3227]

I'm so surprised it's two cylinders. I would have guessed one and a proportioning valve.

[@g0etzome]

Learned a lot I didn't know. Thanks for the great content yet again.

[@formulafan4428]

Had a hard week and this was just what I needed after this day to make it a bit better . Formula video + listening to the music I like (Delta Parole, Metallica and other) make me feel the speed and excitement!

[@RoadToTheF1]

Fantastic video. Didn’t think I’d actually watch a whole video about how brakes work, but here I am 11.5 minutes later a whole lot wiser than I was.

[@NistenTahiraj]

That was unexpectedly thorough, fascinating and actually easy to understand. Good job man

[@hoelefouk]

This video will give me so many bragging opportunities!

[@larrywhitesell4139]

I've always been curious about the mechanic systems of F1 cars and was never able to get great information like this. Amazing technology very well explained in this video.

[@KX36]

series should be called "how to nick a car from work, one part at a time".

[@siliquaesid703]

Johnny Cash beat him to it.

[@avaydon7679]

Worth of subscription man really appreciate it. It's sad people are more into awkward stuff rather than hard to find glimpse of workpiece and knowledge. Really appreciate it man, all the best wishes. 👍🏎️

[@RobertMajors]

2nd, btw thankyou for doing videos during this harsh time..! And hopefully everybody reading this is staying safe, healthy, and happy! Have a good day everyone!

[@jamiegoddard2495]

Floating not just for expansion, but to allow the disc to move independent to the hub. If you ride a curb the hub deflect. Without a floating disc, the disc will push back on the pistons giving a long pedal for the first contact after riding the curb. If the disc floats, the hub can deflect and the disc remains constrained to its original axis.

[@tokenride04]

11:11 that looks crazy. Why is the inside of the wheel barrel stippled like that?

[@shi01]

Temperature managment. The Pirelli tyres have a pretty narrow temperature window where they work properly. So teams started to use the rims as heat sinks to keep the typre temperatures better under control.

[@gasscooterdude]

@@shi01 seriously amazing

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

It increases surface area to aid cooling

[@mad-maxx2211]

F1 Drivers are constantly on their toes. They have cat like reflexes. Very incredible.

[@martindepunkt3770]

Great content, thanks ! Questions: What type of brake fluid is used in F1? Is there one type all teams use or does everybody going own ways ?

[@Max-dj5qj]

Hydraulic oil^^

[@sik59rt]

Motorsport has had some good articles about the rotors and how teams have pushed development in the cooling holes and the quantity of them

[@DeeTofa]

How F1 cars Brake: "Bleeding Nipple" Me: Interesting

[@_Bram]

The smallest cilinder in the calliper will come out the quickest (assuming the inside diameter is equal to the outside.) I think this is done to get a more gradually buildup in braking force and it prevents the pads from making squeaking noice while breaking.

[@garywillis8737]

Just add WD40 on disc to improve stopping distance.

[@nealhere]

Holy cow. To be able to write the script for this and keep it all in order was a feet of ginormous proportions. Great job is too tame a compliment. all the best neal in Florida waiting for a hurricane

[@gsfcdy]

7:37 i thought he was going to say asbestos for a second

[@KingKong-bo7nk]

Adjusting brake bias on the fly mind blown 🤯 make perfect sense just never knew it was a thing

[@cocosloan3748]

Great content as always...TY!

[@fastfiddler1625]

All this crazy tech on these cars and braking bias is controlled by a little leverage. Love it.

[@Sk1ds87]

Oh look! No holes drilled in the surface of the rotor!

[@AGD_27]

Its not necessary for carbon brakes but for steel brakes having holes in the disc does improve efficiency.

[@Sk1ds87]

@@AGD_27 How does removing rotor surface improve efficiency? Prove it! Meanwhile I'll prove to you why it's just for show and why I cringe when I see a sports car with drilled rotors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWnak5uqaJpoiJo

[@juneyz7264]

Sk1ds The holes are sometimes used to clean the rotor and pads. This is not necessary on a racetrack because there is less dirt/grime on the road.

[@Sk1ds87]

@@juneyz7264 Not the drilled ones. The slotted rotors might clean the pads and prevent glazing. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1034%26context%3Dauto_pres&ved=2ahUKEwjI9qvt0eLoAhWDCewKHYDVAssQFjAKegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw1UCzpMuVyuwlRpplTkdI5W&cshid=1586686066914

[@AGD_27]

@@Sk1ds87 The video you sent me literally says how it could. It's a bit out dated now but it's not just some random idea a guy came up with and used for no reason.

[@Cibbylad]

As someone that works for a commercial brake company I wish we did these, 1.5kg sounds so much nicer than 16kg disks

[@MrYoumitube]

Braking failure would really suck on an F1 car.

[@Rixhz34]

@statorworks 345 woah that was crazy! That's a pucker up moment right there! Thanks for sharing that link

[@ichewtoast111]

The different size pistons is really interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@LYLE-lt8vg]

Nobody: ME: "Bleeding nipple"'😂

[@Bazzookie]

I think the most interesting part of an F1 car's braking system is the part that most wouldn't consider part of a braking system at all, the aero. The fact that F1 cars produce so much downforce that it actually allows the drivers to adopt a different driving style where you mash the brake and slowly taper off as you get to lower speeds and lose the downforce is super interesting to me. The cars are being pushed to the ground so hard, and have so much extra grip, that you can essentially take advantage of pretty much all of the brake's capabilities without worrying as much about a lock up until you lose the downforce. As a auto/driving enthusiast, I'm no professional, but i take it pretty seriously, even if it's just for fun, and all the cars I've driven require you're "typical" braking techniques. I've never driven a modern F1 car in real life, or any high aero car for that matter, but even in a sim like rfactor or assetto corsa, the difference in technique is somewhat mind bending at first and completely the opposite of what you would be used to braking into a corner, and it's fascinating when you understand why. It's like when my friends who have only driven rwd cars on windy roads, then try to drive my modified Golf GTI on the same road.

[@devanshubharadwaj]

When he said 100°C I laughed so hard 🤣

[@Hector55Munoz]

He meant 540° Celsius as the 1000° Degrees Fahrenheit appeared. I'm guessing that would almost melt aluminum.

[@HeLaNoR]

Reservoirs are used both ways. 1 when pads are going low the lines get more fluid and 2. When the fluid gets hot expands and some go back to the reservoir

[@alanscott989]

How hazardous is the carbon brake dust , you see some when the pit crew are doing a wheel change . That can not be good for your lungs

[@Andreabay90]

dno but carbon isnt much of a problem in ur lungs

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

@@Andreabay90 Something tells me you're not a pulmonologist.

[@WickerOctopus]

This was incredibly interesting. I really enjoyed all the pieces that you edited throughout.

[@TheCarsfan4ever]

What car is this brake system from?

[@Borals]

A 99' civic

[@lalmuanzuala2292]

F1

[@TheCarsfan4ever]

@@lalmuanzuala2292 so many F1 cars...

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

I thought this was going to be a boring video because I know how a brake system works on a street car/truck but it turned out to be a very interesting video. What amazing tech goes into the fastest motorsport in the world.

[@Hari-mb4uz]

100c that was funny 😄

[@ccasazza8016]

When you see how much each of these teams has thought of every small detail, such as the different sized pistons, it's amazing to me that they ever think of anything new. What else could be improved?!

[@hxtchybk1]

How about we put those brakes in a normal car, see what happens

[@RiotHRC]

Potato very bad things would happen lol

[@CHR1SZ7]

immediate lockup lol, by far the biggest difference between f1 and normal cars (and pretty much any other class of motorsport) is the grip

[@Hermes8A8A]

Between the time the video starts and the first time he says "explain" at 0:04 An F1 car had decelerated from 200mph to 0mph. By the time it took you to finish reading this 3 to 5 F1 cars have decelerated from 200mph to 0mph. 🤘😎🤙

[@petyrkowalski9887]

8:33 you mean ...up to and over 1000 oC

[@markhughes7927]

The Brembo F1 brake system you describe started with Auto Parts - a UK firm that sold to Brembo in 1970. It will have been much modified since....

[@josedacunhafilho]

8:30 We all know you meant to say "one thousand degrees Celsius" and you were aided by type on the bottom, but this is something that should have been rectified end re-edited before it went in the air. Just saying. Great video, nevertheless.

[@JessBoolin]

This isn't telling me more than I could infer knowing how to work on road cars, But it was very in depth and informative from an objective standpoint. thumbed up

[@remcok4113]

Incredible to see that the working principle of the brake system of an F1 car is pretty much identical to that a shifter kart, just with an additional caliper at the rear. Fancy materials and fabrication processes aside it is about as high tech as a bottle opener. Love it though! Means the driver actually still has to make the difference (at least when it comes to breaking).

[@vardengutierrez108]

My favorite channel by FAR! Keep on the good work!

[@LD-bv1pm]

Nico Rosberg just did a Hungary track guide and he talked about changing brake bias between corners. Thanks for explaining how it's done.

[@operaguy1]

Very grateful for the pace, detail, intelligence, and organization of your presentation. Also that you don't add horrible "music!"

[@nigelrg1]

1. Nothing glows at anywhere near 100 deg. Celsius. Try 1,000 deg. for the deep orange color shown. 2. F1 cars need far more than brake discs to achieve 5g. They need a huge amount of downforce from the car's aerodynamics. Without that, the tires would lose grip at a little over 1g. 3. 200-0 in 4 secs. is an average of 2.3g. The higher g-forces are only achievable at the upper end of the speed range, when downforce is at a maximum. Other than that ...

[@SimonWorlds]

2 piece rotors are designed to limit a brake rotor effect called coning. When a one piece rotor hat is integral to the disk, the rotor disk expands from thermal load and the rotors hat prevents it from radial expansion. The 2 piece design allows for radial expansion and the rotor disk remains flat and floats independently from the rotor hat. The coining effect makes the rotors disk bend and deflect and the surface area of the brake pads to the disk rotors is greatly reduced when at high brake temps. A 2 piece brake rotor also lasts longer without the risk of brake rotor fractures or failure's. It can radially expand and contract without deflection.

[@20karun]

Absolutely love the videos, the pacing, the nation style and the intercut b roll and photos! Can't wait for more!

[@daves1412]

Really good. Simple but incredibly refined. It’s funny how so often paring things down to their minimum makes them better, isn’t it?

[@rfreitas3298]

The best video about F1 brakes ever

[@massimocrimi5796]

Great way to explain the F 1 brakes !! that steering wheel looks so complicated .. allot buttons probably will take time for learning everything .

[@littlejohn-pi7kk]

Learned something new. F1 brake system is so much more sophisticated than a road car although they look similar

[@victoarino]

The breaking balance also lets the driver “take care” of the tires as they wear. Different circuits wear tires differently so as the race develops you can start losing grip at some corner of the car and with the breaking balance you can adjust it so that the wear is more equal across the tires ;) ;)

[@adow77]

Just the same as my 7, apart from the electronic balance control, carbon fibre and about a million bucks. Amazing that the brake diameter is only 270mm, about the same as an early Cortina. Good video.

[@RobertJaqui]

This channel is a blessing. Realy

[@jayjays3592]

very interesting. Thanks. I thought I knew a lot about F1 until I stumbled across your engineering videos.

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

brakes glow red all the time, but I have seen F1 brakes glow white a couple of times... gives me goosebumps

[@rafaelamartins6750]

Your video is incredible! My first language is not English, so for me is quit hard to understand technical names, but you explained so well I am surprise I understand how a F1 brake works. Thank you so much!

[@d00dEEE]

The position of the caliper is a compromise between lowering the center of gravity and minimizing the vehicle's moment of inertia about the vertical axis. If you want to lower CG, you mount directly on the bottom. If you want to minimize polar moments, you locate towards the center (rear of front wheels, front of rear wheels). Luxury road cars often place the calipers as outboard as possible, front on the front, rear on the rear, in order to /increase/ the pitch moment and thus lower the magnitude and frequency of pitch as you cross bumps. F1 wants to reduce yaw moments as low as possible, so the car rotates, hence the location you show.

[@dylanmorgan5589]

I just had a thought worth exploring. If the cooling holes were angled around the inside of the pad they could create a minor suction and therefore have more efficient cooling.

[@csakben99]

Good job i was boomed when they discontinued science garadge at donut and this series is higher quality as well

[@AdarisTempest]

Kind of amazing that F1 brake calipers have "only" six pistons. Well, six is a lot of pistons, but a lot of higher-end sports cars these days have gotten in this kind of piston war, where more pistons supposedly means better braking. More pistons can equate to better and more consistent pedal feel, but they aren't the end-all that marketing would have you believe. I don't want to be too reductive, but this video is a fantastic example for laymen to demonstrate how brake friction material and heat management (the latter of which includes things like pad and rotor size as well as ducting) are the most important aspects of a braking system when it comes to terminal braking ability and fade resistance.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Interesting to see how these technologies are making their way down to road cars slow. Although as a road driver I don't see why I would need these kinds of brakes. The day I start racing may be the day I need that much stoping power. ;)

[@alexandrelefebvre3847]

Big thanks from Québec Canada 🇨🇦