FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBREMBO CARBON BRAKES TO “PACE & RACE” THE INDY 500
The Exclusive Brake Supplier for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series
Remains the Choice of Champions
INDIANAPOLIS, May 24, 2012 – As the exclusive brake supplier for the Izod IndyCarSeries, Brembo will equip all of the drivers taking the green flag at the 2012 Indy500, including the Corvette ZR-1 pace car, the only American production carwith carbon ceramic brakes.
Both race cars and production cars can take full advantage of carbon lightweighttechnology. The new carbon-carbon brake system for the new Dallara chassis isreliable, strong, yet lightweight intended to yield high performance. Unlike previousyears, the same system will be used for both ovals and road courses, so thisweekend will witness the oval debut of the new carbon brakes at the Indy 500.
Brembo celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011 with more motorsport victories in major
competition than any other brand and now looks forward to adding the 2012 Indy 500
to its list of great racing wins at venues like Monaco and Le Mans.
Brembo Racing is a fascinating success story less than 40 years in the making. Since
1975 when Enzo Ferrari entrusted the Italian high-performance brake manufacturer
with the task of fitting his legendary Formula One cars. Brembo-equipped teams havedominated the world of racing on two and four wheels.
In Formula One, Brembo-equipped teams have won 22 F1 Manufacturers’ and 17 F1Drivers’ championships, beginning with Niki Lauda of Ferrari in 1975 and, mostrecently, for Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull-Renault the past two years.
Brembo’s dominance in racing is not reserved for four-wheel vehicles as Bremboequipped bikes have won the MotoGP Championship 21 of the past 24 years since
1988, including 18 straight. Eddie Lawson of Yamaha won the championship in 1988
while Casey Stoner of Honda was victorious last year. The results in World
Superbike are similar with Brembo riders winning 20 of the past 24 years starting with
Honda’s Merkel in 1988 while Ducati’s Carlos Checa won in 2011. Interestingly,
Brembo bikes won 41 out 43 races in these two series in 2011.
When one thinks of Brembo, sports car racing immediately comes to mind andrightfully so. In 2011, Brembo won its eleventh overall victory in twelve years at the 24
Hours of Le Mans as the #2 Audi RD18 driven by Fassler, Lotterer and Treluyer
topped the podium. In the past 23 years since Brembo was first victorious with theSauber Mercedes with Dickens, Mass and Reuter, Brembo-equipped teams have 20
overall crowns and many more class wins. And this doesn’t include victories by AP
Racing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brembo.
While Brembo’s involvement in NASCAR isn’t as lengthy as the other series, since
Jeff Gordon and his Hendricks’ Chevrolet won his NASCAR Cup championship in1998, Brembo Group racing products have equipped 13 of the past 14 championshipteams, including Tony Stewart’s victory last season. In addition, Brembo GroupRacing has won most of the Nationwide and Truck Championships in that same era.
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So, it is with great excitement that Brembo begins its next 50 years expecting more
success for its drivers and teams in all forms of championship racing, particularly theIZOD IndyCar Series where Brembo returns with a major presence.
Brembo is very proud to be one of the few manufacturers ever to equip the championsof the Monaco GP, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indy 500!
Racing teams and manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Audi, Chevrolet, Ducati, Ferrari, Ford,Honda, Peugeot, Porsche, Maserati, Mercedes and Yamaha, who demand the best, turn tothe experts in braking technology and performance: Brembo. The strong support and trusted
relationships that Brembo has with more than 30 original equipment manufacturers andhundreds of championship-winning race teams in F1, NASCAR, sports cars and motorcycles,
is based on the fact that Brembo is the industry benchmark.
Congratulations to all of Brembo’s Champions and Championship teams over the past 50years###Brembo is the world leader and acknowledged innovator of brake disc technology for automotive
vehicles, with US$ 1.5 billion in revenues. Brembo supplies high-performance brake systems for themost important manufacturers of cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes worldwide, as well as
clutches, seats, seat belts and other components for racing only. Moreover, Brembo is a leader inmotorsports winning more than 200 championships. Today the company operates in 15 countries on 3continents, with 35 production and business sites with a staff of 6,700 employees, about 10% of whomare engineers and product specialists active in R&D. Brembo sells its products under the following
brands: Brembo, Breco, Bybre, Marchesini, Sabelt and AP Racing.
For more information visit us at www.brembo.com or contact Brembo North America.
Jack Gerken
Brembo Public Relations Consultant
714-436-9900 – Jack@Gerken.org

Caroline Fallara
Brembo N.A. Communications
cfallara@brembo.com###