The MotoGP pre-season tests allow riders to test new parts designed and created over the winter by the manufacturers but also new elements that could prove useful over the course of the season. These include technical parts and all riders at the Losail track have been able to make use of a new disc by Brembo, which will once again supply all teams in the top class this year.

Important new features

This is a new generation of front disc, modified in terms of its cooling. The new carbon disc, 340 mm in diameter, is designed to encourage better heat exchange between the braking system parts so as to better control peaks in temperature, which should never exceed the safety threshold of 800 degrees. 

This new option has been designed particularly for circuits at which the braking systems may suffer, also considering the weather conditions, so tracks like Spielberg and the three Asian tracks of Sepang (Malaysia), Motegi (Japan) and Buriram (Thailand).

Translated by Heather Watson

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