BREMBO RECONFIRMS AS A TOP BRAND AT THE 81° EDITION OF
LE MANS 24 HOURS WITH THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE
VICTORY SINCE 2004
Growning achievement of ten years of great successes, Brembo triumphs in all categories;
the Italian Company has supplied 73% of teams

Le Mans, France, 23rd June 2013 – The 81° edition of the classic Le Mans 24 Hours, the world’sgreatest endurance race, was characterized by the supremacy of Brembo equipment in top LMP1
category with Audi R18 e-tron quattro nr. 2 of Joest team (Duval, Kristensen, McNish); in the LMP2
category victory for Morgan nr. 35 of Oak Racing team (Baguette, Gonzalez, Plowman); in the
category GTE Pro first position for Porsche nr. 92 of Manthey team (Lietz, Dumas, Lieb); in the
category GTE AM victory for Porsche nr. 76 of IMSA team (Vernay, Narac, Bouret).

Brembo has been collaborating with Audi since the debut of German cars manufacturer at Le Mans
in 1999. Always with Audi in 2001 Brembo carbon materials completed for the first time the Le
Mans 24 Hours without carrying out any discs or brake pads change.
In brief, the ten consecutive victories achieved by Brembo equipment at Le Mans 24 Hours in top
LMP1 category are the following:
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

AUDI
AUDI
AUDI
AUDI
AUDI
PEUGEOT
AUDI
AUDI
AUDI
AUDI

Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers
Brembo calipers
Brembo calipers + carbon discs
Brembo calipers + carbon discs

With the success obtained in 2013 edition, 22 are on the whole absolute not consecutive victories
achieved by Brembo since 1989: 12 with Audi, 4 with Porsche, 3 with Peugeot, 1 with McLaren,Mazda and Mercedes.
For the 2013 edition of the prestigious French competition, the Italian Company leader in theproduction of brake systems has supplied 73% of the teams, that is 41 of 56 race cars coming fromaround the world. Also GTE category car, including every Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche wasBrembo-equipped.
For Le Mans, Brembo’s focus is on lightweight long-lasting brake technology, especially for thenew hybrids where reduced weight is critical for success and podium finishes. The majority ofprototypes used lightweight monobloc aluminium calipers with carbon-carbon disc, 380mm in frontand 355 or 337mm on the rear axle, while GT cars required to use the heavier cast iron rotors.

Brembo brand is synonymous with success since 1975, when Enzo Ferrari relied on the Italianmanufacturer of high-performance braking systems to equip his legendary Formula One car. Fromthen on Brembo has equipped the most important teams and manufacturers dominating in themost prestigious categories.
Racing teams and manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Audi, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford,Honda, Peugeot, Porsche, Maserati, Mercedes demand the best and turn to the expert in braking
technology and performance: Brembo. The excellent trusted relationships that Brembo has withmore than 30 original equipment manufacturers and hundreds of championship-winning race
teams in F1, IndyCar and NASCAR, are based on the fact that Brembo is the industry benchmark.

About Brembo SpABrembo SpA is the world leader and acknowledged innovator of disc brake technology for automotivevehicles. Brembo supplies high performance brake systems for the most important manufacturers of cars,
commercial vehicles and motorbikes worldwide, as well as clutches, seats, seat belts and other components
for racing. Brembo is also a leader in the racing sector and has won more than 200 championships. Todaythe company operates in 16 countries on 3 continents, with 22 production and business sites, and a pool of
about 7.000 employees, about 10% of whom are engineers and product specialists active in the R&D. 2012
turnover is € 1.388,6 million (31.12.2012). Brembo is the owner of the Brembo, Breco, Bybre, Marchesini,and Sabelt brands and operates through the AP Racing brand.

For further information please contact:

Massimo Arduini
Brembo Media Relation Consultant Manager
GSM: +39.348.3147680 - @: m.arduini@lpditalia.it

Monica Michelini
Brembo Media Relation@Monica_michelini@brembo.it