MOTOGP 2012 Brembo confirms status as leading supplier of brake systems to MotoGP teams All official teams competing in the 2012 season use Brembo brakes while 75 of 86 riders registered to race have selected the Italian company’s products STEZZANO, Italy, April 5, 2012 – The 2012 international motorcycle racing season sees Brembo well placed “” as ever “” for further success. The company will be supplier to the majority of teams competing in MotoGP and Moto2, and in the new Moto3 class, which replaces the former 125. No less than 18 of the 21 riders entered for the MotoGP Championship have Brembo systems fitted to their machines. These include the bikes of the three Manufacturers Association teams involved, namely Honda, with reigning World Champion Casey Stoner, Ducati and Yamaha. Elsewhere, 29 of the 33 riders in the Moto2 class have Brembo brakes, and 28 of the 32 riders racing in Moto3 will also be relying on the performance of Brembo systems. Looking to strengthen its leader status acquired in recent years, Brembo continued to research and develop components during the winter. In reality, this work has also been necessary in order to ensure compliance with the new technical regulations introduced by the Federation: first and foremost the increased engine displacement, reverting from 800 cc to 1000 cc. The bikes are now heavier, but with upgraded performance and a higher top speed, which means that Brembo has had to come up with a brake system capable of meeting these new demands. The design and testing program began during the 2011 championship and continued through the winter, with the new regulations particularly in mind. Development of the system has been held up to a degree by the severity of the new regulations, which impose a limit of 320 mm in disc diameter; but Brembo engineers have made important progress nonetheless, with new calipers offering even better rigidity and performance. At the same time, a system has been developed and set up specifically for the “Claiming Rule Team (CRT)” class, a new category added to the MotoGP calendar for privateers running machines equipped with race-modified standard production engines, rather than prototypes, hence with typically lower operating costs. The 2012 Championship starts April 8th at the Losail circuit in Qatar and will be contested over 18 races, concluding November 11th in Spain at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack, Valencia.