The Brembo preview of the 2024 Emilia Romagna F1 GP follows
Having archived the sparkling GP Miami, Formula 1 returns to Europe for the Emilia-Romagna GP: in 2023 it was canceled because the flood that hit the region would not have allowed the safety of fans, teams and staff to be ensured, as well as not to exercise further pressure on emergency services. For the 3rd year, the venue for the GP is the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack in Imola, named after the founder of Ferrari and his son.
GP data
According to Brembo technicians, the 4,909 meter long Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari falls into the category of circuits that are moderately demanding on the brakes. On a scale of 1 to 5 it deserved a difficulty index of 3 because despite there being 9 braking points per lap, only one exceeded 100 meters of braking and 2 seconds of system operation. However, the braking power index of the entire GP is the highest of this part of 2024.
Play at home
Way back in 1948, in Imola, Enzo Ferrari had a vision: «That hilly environment could one day become a small Nurburgring due to the natural difficulties that the construction of a road strip would have summarized, thus offering a truly selective route for men and machines». The testing was carried out on 19 October 1952 by Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina and Luigi Villoresi on Ferraris, plus Guerino Bertocchi on a Maserati, Umberto Masetti on a Gilera and Enrico Lorenzetti on a Guzzi. Formula 1 debuted on this track in 1963 as a non-championship race. A second GP, again outside the World Championship, was held in 1979, a preview of the debut on the calendar in 1980. Both of the red cars from Maranello were presented with Brembo brake discs, with which the collaboration had begun in 1975. Subsequently the relationship with the Scuderia Ferrari grew thanks to the creation of radial-mount aluminum calipers and later Ferrari decided to rely on Brembo also to equip its road cars.
The hardest curve
The hardest corner at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari for the braking system is the 17th in which the single-seaters go from 296 km/h to 114 km/h in 2.17 seconds during which they travel 105 metres. The effort required of the riders in that situation is notable: 4.6 g is the maximum deceleration to which they are subjected and 169 kg is the load they must exert on the brake pedal. The braking power is 2,364 kW.
Elio and Brembo
So far only two Italians have been capable of winning at Imola in Formula 1: Elio De Angelis in 1985 on Lotus and Riccardo Patrese on Williams in 1990. Precisely in 1985 Lotus had decided to use Brembo calipers and the choice was less fortunate, so who won 2 of the first 3 GPs of the season: the 2nd round in Portugal with the rising star Ayrton Senna and the following in Imola with De Angelis who took advantage of Alain Prost’s disqualification for the underweight car, prevailing with a lap advantage over his pursuers .
Ayrton
That would remain De Angelis’ last victory in F.1 and he would die in May 1986 at Le Castellet. Senna, on the other hand, was celebrated at the beginning of the month on the thirtieth anniversary of his death, right in Imola. The Brazilian was the first driver to understand the importance of the technological evolution of F1 brakes: Ayrton loved experimenting with new solutions, from calipers with 4 pads, to those with 8 pistons up to aluminum alloys which gave greater rigidity and power to the ‘plant.
Source images and texts: Brembo
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