Fixed-calliper disk brake for a motor vehicle, comprising a brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle, with at least one guide which has a receiving region (130, 132), at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110) with a brake pad carrier (112, 114) to which a brake pad (116, 118) is attached, wherein the brake pad carrier (112, 114) comprises at least one guide surface (122, 124), at least one guide means (126, 128) with a guide section which is fitted in the receiving region (130, 132) of the at least one guide, wherein the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110) is guided displaceably in the region of the guide of the brake calliper by means of the at least one guide surface (122, 124) of the brake pad carrier (112, 114), which at least one guide surface bears displaceably against the at least one guide means (126, 128), and wherein the brake pad (116, 118) can, by means of a braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), be placed in interaction with a brake disk in order to realize a braking action, wherein the guide means (126, 128) comprises an elastically deformable restoring element (154, 156) which is supported relative to the brake pad carrier (112, 114) and which is designed to, as a result of the braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), exert a restoring force on said brake pad arrangement owing to an elastic deformation, which restoring force counteracts the braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), characterized in that the restoring element (154, 156) is arranged at least partially in a recess (158, 160) of the brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle, wherein the recess (158, 160) of the brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle is formed in the region of the receiving region (130, 132) of the at least one guide or adjacent thereto, wherein the restoring element (154, 156) is formed in one piece with the guide means (126, 128). a brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle, with at least one guide which has a receiving region (130, 132), at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110) with a brake pad carrier (112, 114) to which a brake pad (116, 118) is attached, wherein the brake pad carrier (112, 114) comprises at least one guide surface (122, 124), at least one guide means (126, 128) with a guide section which is fitted in the receiving region (130, 132) of the at least one guide, wherein the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110) is guided displaceably in the region of the guide of the brake calliper by means of the at least one guide surface (122, 124) of the brake pad carrier (112, 114), which at least one guide surface bears displaceably against the at least one guide means (126, 128), and wherein the brake pad (116, 118) can, by means of a braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), be placed in interaction with a brake disk in order to realize a braking action, wherein the guide means (126, 128) comprises an elastically deformable restoring element (154, 156) which is supported relative to the brake pad carrier (112, 114) and which is designed to, as a result of the braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), exert a restoring force on said brake pad arrangement owing to an elastic deformation, which restoring force counteracts the braking-action-inducing displacement of the at least one brake pad arrangement (108, 110), characterized in that the restoring element (154, 156) is arranged at least partially in a recess (158, 160) of the brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle, wherein the recess (158, 160) of the brake calliper fixed with respect to the vehicle is formed in the region of the receiving region (130, 132) of the at least one guide or adjacent thereto, wherein the restoring element (154, 156) is formed in one piece with the guide means (126, 128).