Leclerc’s New Brakes Impress in Barcelona Practice: Vasseur Confirms Smooth Debut

Leclerc’s new brakes impress in Barcelona practice: Vasseur confirms smooth debut

Charles Leclerc’s high-stakes brake gamble paid off in Barcelona, silencing doubters after weeks of Ferrari’s technical woes and injecting fresh hope into the team’s championship ambitions. On a tense Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, all eyes were glued to the Ferrari garage as Leclerc debuted a radical new braking setup in free practice. The Monegasque star, plagued by frustrating brake issues in both Montreal and Monaco, rolled ou…

Fred Vasseur explains Charles Leclerc’s new brake system adaptation in Barcelona

F1 Barcelona, focus on Leclerc and new brake system After the issues encountered in the last two race weekends in Montreal and Monaco, at Barcelona Charles Leclerc is testing a new “mixed” solution on his braking system. Following a similar approach to what Lewis Hamilton has been using since Japan, the Monegasque driver is running discs and brake pads supplied by the French company Carbone Industrie, while still retaining Brembo calipers, brake…

The early verdict on Leclerc's Ferrari brake experiment

Charles Leclerc was conducting an important experiment during practice day at Formula 1’s Barcelona Grand Prix with his switch from Brembo to Carbon Industrie brake discs.Leclerc hoped switching to the CI discs that team-mate Lewis Hamilton had moved onto from the Japanese GP onwards would give Leclerc a better feeling when slowing down his SF-26.Especially after his Monaco crash at the last race, where he said three of his four brakes weren't w…