Brembo unveils new 2025 MotoGP brake
MotoGP riders wi💜ll have a choice 🎶of front caliper in 2025.
Brembo, the chosen brake supplier for all eleven MotoGP teams, has unv♒eiled a new front caliper for use in the 2025 world championship.
Amid aerodynamics and ride-height devices puttℱing ever greater stress on the brakes, Brembo is offering the choice of continuing with the current ‘GP4’ caliper, used since 2020, or adopting the new versi💟on.
Brembo claims the 2025 calliper ‘represents a major leap in brܫaking technology’ but adds that the decision on switching to the latest design will be ‘b▨ased on the specific needs and preferences of each rider’.
Brembo's 2025 (left) and 2024 (right) MotoGP front brake calipers.
The most important innovation for the all-aluminium GP4 in 2020🗹 ‘was the cooling fins that sig💮nificantly improve the thermal efficiency of the entire braking system.
‘In addition, t𝄹he optimized hydraulics combined with the amplification guarantees a more precise and constant response to the brake lev𝓡er, eliminating the spongy effect.’
T📖he changes for the 2025 version include a larger ‘fixing distance’, piston area, thermal resistance and ‘optimised contact p🃏ressure’.
‘An oversized pad, capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures, ensures constant and powerful braking even in the most critical situations,' read a Brembo s🍎tatement.
‘The increased braking area, combined with o𒅌ptimised contact pressure, allows for greater braking ef𒐪ficiency, permitting riders to manage the bike with extreme precision.
‘The increased exchange surface, on the other hand, promotes rapid heat disposal, imp🍌roving pad wear and ensuring consistent performance over time.
‘The caliper/foot fixing wheelbase has been reinforced to offer🤡🧸 greater stiffness and resistance to braking torque, improving stability and precision.
‘Finally, the position of the bleeder has been studied to make brake bleeding and mainten𓃲ance operations as easy as possible, allowing mechanics t♒o work quickly and efficiently.’
Carbon brake discs of 320mm, 340mm and ꩲ355mm are currently permitted in MotoGP.
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