raymondu999 wrote:I don't think that was Hamilton. Wasn't it Peter Windsor who was talking about those? In his "Racer's Edge" column. The guy has a brake fetish.
Now that you mentioned Peter i realized where the quote came from.
Regarding the change from Brembo to Akebono,
Peter asked if you needed to adapt (in terms of changing brakes) but Hamilton said,
"you don´t need to adapt, they are just better, they´re just outright better"
And that when Hamilton came to the team, Rosberg tried them and realized they were simply better and subsequently changed brakes he too.
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So it does seem like the Akebono´s are simply better. The reason for some drivers not using them could be down to pure driving style.
There´s a quote somewhere from Hamilton´s F3 boss explaining how he mastered the late braking aspect.
And Hamilton said that Rosberg has been the only guy to ever really match him in late braking, specifically saying that Alonso never braked later then him which i found quite interesting.
That bit though will be tough to find, i can´t remember where that was written i just remember what had been said.
(like this time so maybe you can say some more names and it will pop up
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I got downvoted the last time i said this but he really is one of the latest, late-brakes in F1.
It´s one of his signatures with the inside locking wheel if you have followed his career.
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"
