BREMBO: THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS FOR 40 YEARS!
Leadership confirmed with victories in F1, IndyCar, MotoGP, Le Mans Among Others
PLYMOUTH, Mich. – With championships in F1, IndyCar, World Endurance, Le Mans, MotoGP and World Superbike, Brembo, the leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance brake systems, reaffirmed its technological leadership in 2014.
With the 40th anniversary of Brembo’s first world championship – Niki Lauda’s first F1 crown with Ferrari in 1975 – planned for next year, Brembo was hoping for a huge result in 2014 and their teams did not disappoint. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes dominated in F1, finishing 1-2 in the 2014 F1 Championship with Brembo teams winning all 19 races this year. This makes it 20 World Championship Drivers’ and 24 World Championship Constructors’ titles in the past 40 years. In addition, Brembo continued for the third-straight year as the exclusive supplier of brake systems for the IndyCar Series with Australia’s Will Power winning his first IndyCar crown in the #12 Team Penske Chevrolet
When one thinks of Brembo, sports car racing immediately comes to mind and rightfully so. In 2014, Brembo won its 22nd overall victory in 24 years at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the #2 Audi R18 driven by Fassler, Lotterer & Treluyer topped the podium. In addition, Brembo-equipped teams were crowned champions in LMP-L (Rebellion), GTE-Pro (Ferrari) and GTE-Am (Aston Martin).
Dozens of other sports car teams equipped with Brembo Racing brakes were crowned champions in 2014, including the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) where the LMP1 class was won by the #8 Toyota Hybrid of Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi. The GTE Pro class was won by Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander in the #51 Ferrari 458 Italia; Bruni repeating his victory from last year. In the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship, Jon Bennettt and Colin Braun were victorious in the PC class while Kuno Wittmer was crowned the GTLM champion driving his #93 SRT Motorsports Viper. Johnny O’Connell scored a three-peat in the Pirelli World Challenge GT championship in his #3 Cadillac Racing CTS-VR, while Brembo supported Team KIA for the GTS Manufacturers’ crown.
Brembo continues to shine in off-road as well as Steven Eugenio was crowned the SCORE Overall Champion in 2014, winning the SCORE Trophy Truck class driving his #7 Chevy Silverado, while Rob MacCachren won the Tecate Score Baja 1000 in his #11 Ford F-150.
Brembo’s dominance in racing in 2014 was not reserved for four-wheel vehicles as Brembo-equipped motorcycles also won virtually every race (49 of 52) in the three top series this season. Honda’s Marc Marquez was crowned MotoGP Champion for the second-straight year; Sylvain Guintoli rode his Brembo-equipped Aprilia to the World Superbike championship; and Josh Hayes of Yamaha was the American Superbike Champion for the third time. Brembo’s dominance in Moto includes 24 MotoGP championships in the past 27 years, 22 out of 26 in World Superbike, and 22 straight in American Superbike.
Although founded in 1961, Brembo began racing in 1975 when Enzo Ferrari entrusted the Italian high-performance brake manufacturer with the task of fitting its most prestigious Formula One car. Since then, Brembo has been at the forefront of the motorsports arena, winning nearly 300 world championships.
Following is a partial list of Brembo’s 2014 Champions and Championship teams. Congratulations to all!
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2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Partial List)
BREMBO Brake Systems (Cars)
Open-wheel Championships
F1
- Lewis Hamilton; #44 Mercedes
Verizon IndyCar Series
- Will Power; #12 Team Penske Chevrolet
Indy 500
- Ryan Hunter-Reay: Andretti Autosport Honda
GP2
- Jolyon Palmer; Team DAMS
GP3
- Alex Lynn; Team Carlin
World Series by Renault
- Carlos Sainz Jr; Team DAMS
F3 Euroseries
- Esteban Ocon; Team Prema
Super Formula
- Kazuki Nakajima; #37 Team TOMS Toyota
Closed-wheel Championships
FIA World Endurance Championship
- LMP1: Sebastien Buemi & Anthony Davidson; #8 Team Toyota Hybrid
- GTE PRO: Gianmaria Bruni & Toni Vilander; #51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia
- GTE AM: David Hansson & Kristian Poulsen; #95 Aston Martin Vantage
24 Hours of Le Mans
·LMP1-H: Fassler, Lotterer and Treluyer; #2 Audi Sport Team Joest R18
·LMP1-L: Beche, Heidfeld & Prost; #12 Rebellion Toyota
·GTE Pro: Bruni, Fisichella & Vilander; #51 AF Corse Ferrari
·GTE AM: Hansson, Poulsen & Thiim; #95 Aston Martin Vantage
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
·PC: Jon Bennett & Colin Braun; #54 CORE Autosport Oreca FLM09
·GTLM: Kuno Wittmer; #93 SRT Motorsports Viper
Pirelli World Challenge GT Series
·GT: Johnny O’Connell; #3 Cadillac Racing CTS-VR
·GTS: Manufacturers’ Championship: KIA
GT3 Blancpain Endurance Series
- Laurens Vanthoor; Audi WRT
SCORE International Overall & Trophy Truck Class
·Steven Eugenio; #7 Chevrolet Silverado
SCORE International Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
·Rob MacCachren; #11 Ford F-150
Rally Championships
WRC 2
- Nasser Al-Attiyah; Ford Fiesta RRC
WRC Production
·Max Rendina; Mitsubishi EVO X R4
ERC – European Rally Championship
·Esapekka Lappi; Skoda Fabia S2000
BREMBO Brake Systems (Motorcycle)
MotoGP
·Marc Marquez; #93 Repsol Honda
Moto2
·Esteve Rabat; #53 Kalex
Moto3
·Alex Marquez; #73 Honda
World Superbike
·Sylvain Guintoli; #50 Aprilia Racing Team RSV4
World Superstock 1000
·Leandro Mercado; #36 Ducati 1189 Panigale R
American Superbike
·Josh Hayes; #4 Graves Motorsports Yamaha
ENDURANCE
EWC
David Checa; Yamaha Racing GMT94
SUPERSTOCK – Kenny Foray; LMS Suzuki Junior Team
MOTOCROSS
MX1 – Antonio Cairoli; KTM
MX2 – Jordi Tixier; KTM
ENDURO
E1 – Christophe Nambotin, KTM
E2 – Pierre Alexandre Renet, Husqvarna
E3 – Matthew Phillips, KTM
EJ – Danny Mccanney, Team Costa Ligure Beta Boano
EY – Davide Soreca, Team Costa Ligure Beta Boano
TRIAL
TR1 (World) – Toni Bou; Montesa-HRC
RALLY RAID
Dakar – Marc Coma, KTM
MARCHESINI WHEELS
MotoGP
·Marc Marquez; #93 Repsol Honda
World Superbike
·Sylvain Guintoli; #50 Aprilia Racing Team RSV4
World Superstock 1000
·Leandro Mercado; #36 Ducati 1189 Panigale R
JSB
Katsuyuki Nakasuga; Yamaha
GP2
Driver: Yuuki Takahashi, Moriwaki
ENDURO
EJ – Driver: Danny Mccanney, Team Costa Ligure Beta Boano
EY – Driver: Davide Soreca, Team Costa Ligure Beta Boano