Ferrari 599 Gto Carbon Ceramic Brakes And Car-driver Interface

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The 599 GTO achieves benchmark performances thanks also to its new carbon ceramic CCM2 brakes which are lighter and more efficient than the previous version ones. The new brakes guarantee optimal performance and stability even under extreme driving conditions and secure exceptionally high fade resistance despite their lighter construction.

The replacement of the system’s resin brake pads with a new carbon ceramic material ensures better performance when applying the brakes the first time from cold, thus guaranteeing a more consistent pedal response. This boosts the system predictive accuracy and ability to intervene. The carbon-ceramic pads also ensure that the chemical and physical structure do not change even at the highest operating temperatures. The CCM2 system’s constant coefficient of friction allows developing a calibrated ABS for high performance. ABS and CCM2 work in tandem in order to cut acceleration times and deliver shorter stopping distances. The wheel doughnuts, a special F1-derived fairings system, have been employed inside the wheel rim in order to improve aerodynamics ad braking efficiency by optimizing ...
... the brake cooling.

The car-driver interface has been designed to maximize the car performance and allow the driver to constantly and easily keep under control the car status and driving behavior. This has been achieved by a functional displacement of the main vehicle’s commands that guarantee absolute efficiency and minimum distraction to the driver. The constant monitoring of brake, tires and engine unit is essential for professional drivers as well as for the less expert ones. The ergonomics have been designed to achieve the maximum driving performance from the vehicle both on the track and on the road.

The racing manettino firmly puts the emphasis on sport driving typical of the track and offers the driver greater freedom of configuring the car electronic control system parameters. The CT setting deactivates the traction control and gives the driver maximum freedom without preventing the ESP to get activated in the most challenging situations. The control systems can be deactivated guarantying a balanced handling under any driving conditions or surfaces.

The five options are: LOW GRIP for slippery surfaces; SPORT for good grip conditions; RACE for maximum performance in optimal driving conditions which is particularly suited on the track; CT for maximum driving enjoyment under ideal grip circumstances. CST (Stability and Traction Control) allows to deactivate all electronic control systems leaving the driver absolute freedom in his driving on the race track.

The 599 GTO features the Virtual Race Engineer (VRE), a system monitoring the vehicle status and that immediately update the driver on the car performance. Another GTO characteristic is the carbon fiber F1 paddles for an easier, distraction-free usage under higher speed.

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