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Originally Posted by DSilk
With respect to the criticism of carbon ceramic brakes for track use, I would just point out that both Formula 1 and LMP class LeMans race cars use carbon ceramic brakes.
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F1 brakes aren't carbon-ceramic. They are carbon-carbon, which isn't useable in street cars for various reasons, including operating temperature range, extreme cost, the fact that they take forevvveerrr to produce (~9 months for F1 discs), short life, etc. Not 100% sure but I believe LMP cars use the same. Carbon-ceramic discs were actually a development of compromise to bring carbon brake technology into street cars rather than a track optimized technology.