Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

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Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by bar555 » 13 Jul 2009, 12:19

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Length Km : 5.148
Number of laps: 60
Race Distance km : 308.863
Type of brakings: medium
Number of brakings: 8
corners : 9 right/6 left
Pole 2009: 1:32.230 Webber
Time spent under braking per lap: n.a.
Full throttle : 62%

Wear on the brakes is not a major concern. None of the braking zones are particularly severe and there is no reason to think that wear levels on the discs and pads should be abnormally high as a result.



Kurve 1 – Castrol S
Initial speed: 295 Km/h
Final speed: 93 Km/h
Stopping distance: 109 m
Braking time: 2.32 sec
Maximum deceleration: 5.02 g
Braking power: 2.060 KW
Maximum pedal load: 133 Kg



Kurve 2 – Mercedes Arena
Initial speed: 222 Km/h
Final speed: 95 Km/h
Stopping distance: 72 m
Braking time: 1.75 sec
Maximum deceleration: 3.30 g
Braking power: 994 KW
Maximum pedal load: 84 Kg



Kurve 3
Initial speed: 271 Km/h
Final speed: 232 Km/h
Stopping distance: 21 m
Braking time: 0.31 sec
Maximum deceleration: 4.39 g
Braking power: 1.656 KW
Maximum pedal load: 115 Kg



Kurve 4 - Ford Kurve
Initial speed: 209 Km/h
Final speed: 136 Km/h
Stopping distance: 43 m
Braking time: 0.92 sec
Maximum deceleration: 2.99 g
Braking power: 856 KW
Maximum pedal load: 78Kg



Kurve 5
Initial speed: 274 Km/h
Final speed: 116 Km/h
Stopping distance: 89 m
Braking time: 1.82 sec
Maximum deceleration: 4.49g
Braking power: 1.715 KW
Maximum pedal load: 119 Kg



Kurve 6 - Michelin Kurve
Initial speed: 292 Km/h
Final speed: 183 Km/h
Stopping distance: 57 m
Braking time: 0.89 sec
Maximum deceleration: 4.95 g
Braking power: 2.017 KW
Maximum pedal load: 132 Kg



Kurve 7 – NGK Chicane
Initial speed: 294 Km/h
Final speed: 114 Km/h
Stopping distance: 95 m
Braking time: 1.84 sec
Maximum deceleration: 5.00 g
Braking power: 2.050 KW
Maximum pedal load: 133 Kg



Kurve 8 – Coca Cola Kurve
Initial speed: 229 Km/h
Final speed: 151 Km/h
Stopping distance: 44 m
Braking time: 0.86 sec
Maximum deceleration: 3.44 g
Braking power: 1.070 KW
Maximum pedal load: 89 Kg



Data source : Brembo official site

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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by sejtur » 20 Jul 2009, 19:28

Huh there's more than 8 turns if I remember correctly... :confused:
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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by phil1993 » 21 Jul 2009, 08:25

Its probably the 8 turns where braking happens - like I think there are 15 turns but some of them you are accelerating or flat out.

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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by bar555 » 21 Jul 2009, 12:19

Turn actually equals to a braking zone on the track :O

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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by blizzard » 21 Jul 2009, 14:46

thx for the info mate.


Brembo should get their act together, the Audi S is known as the Michael Schumacher S since 2007 :O
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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by sejtur » 21 Jul 2009, 15:43

bar555 wrote:Turn actually equals to a braking zone on the track :O
I disagree with that, a turn can also be a slight change of direction, as long as it's not straight. So you don't have to neccesarily brake before one.

I see it's only 8 places where you brake on the nurburgring, but they should change the numering of the corners, or only put in the names of the corners.
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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by bar555 » 21 Jul 2009, 17:37

sejtur wrote:
bar555 wrote:Turn actually equals to a braking zone on the track :O
I disagree with that, a turn can also be a slight change of direction, as long as it's not straight. So you don't have to neccesarily brake before one.

I see it's only 8 places where you brake on the nurburgring, but they should change the numering of the corners, or only put in the names of the corners.

We are actually saying the same thing . There are only 8 turns combining both change of direction and braking in Nurburgring ( and to those turns i was referring to ) but there are more than 8 turns in total including those where only change of direction occurs combined with a little throttle paddle press release or not ( those turns are not under investigation on this topic )

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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by sejtur » 21 Jul 2009, 18:31

But you said that a turn equals a braking zone, and then I said that some turns don't require a braking zone. Or I have misunderstood you. :p
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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by bar555 » 21 Jul 2009, 18:45

sejtur wrote:But you said that a turn equals a braking zone, and then I said that some turns don't require a braking zone. Or I have misunderstood you. :p

A numbered turn equals to a braking zone on the Nurburgring track image

Now there is no more misunderstanding

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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by sejtur » 21 Jul 2009, 19:07

Ahhhhh okay then. :)
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Re: Germany Nürburgring - Braking Analysis

Post by TwistedArmco » 28 Jul 2009, 10:35

You were both saying pretty much the same thing, just in different ways.. :p
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