Bugatti Bolide, so breaking the brakes will break the record

When the first images of the concept of Bugatti BolideExtreme hypercar at the level Aston Martin Valkyrie, the stupid side of all of us will be thinking: “Very cool, but the end result will be fat, ugly and too similar to the base car”. But it didn’t happen that way.

NUMBER ONE. Applause to Bugatti, therefore, because not since the days of the Audi TT a car planned to land under the lights of the assembly line has remained the same model. Bugatti’s “track-ready” car deserves a quick reference: the W16 derived from the Chiron produces 1,600 HP (which rises to 1,850, if it flows through the cylinders. petrol is 110 there) and is required to move a weight of about 1450 kg, half a ton less than the “standard” Chiron. In terms of aerodynamics, the value of the down force (the force that pushes the car down, holding it to the pavement) equal to twice the weight of the carwhile the ultra-lightweight carbon monocoque was designed to meet the more stringent requirements of FIA.

RECORD BRAKES. The Molsheim company’s ambitious project, which began three years ago, is nearing completion. Now we are at the definition of the last “description”, where quotation marks are mandatory, given that we are talking about …brake system. The fastest hypercar The Bugatti will feature the largest and most powerful carbon brakes Brembo has ever offered to the automotive industry, with 390 mm discs at the front (with hydraulic calipers) and rear (with six-piston calipers). If you add four pads to each wheel, it’s not hard to imagine a shorter stopping distance, which is even more surprising when you consider that each of the four discs weighs more than 3 kilograms.Â

JUST FUN. The entire brake system and brake fluid have been he read from scratch, with the aim of making the Bolide brake model of endurance racing. But, obviously, it’s not just the brakes that will surprise you on the big Bugatti car. Temporary data speaks of a future acceleration of 2.8 g, and one “0-100” in 2.2 seconds and an estimated top speed of 500 km / h. Possible data, the latter, given the terrible weight/power ratio, but with all those shortcomings…