Carbone Lorraine C44 Brake Pad failure video

[vw151]

A few weeks ago I had a brake pad failure at Barber.  I just wanted to share it with the rest of you so you can take the necessary precautions.

What you are seeing is a brake pad failure where it seems the friction material separated from the back plate all at once causing a gap in the brakes which caused a sudden loss of brake pressure.  The brake pressure came back as I got into the pits because the back plate made contact with the rotor.   Luckily I didn't damage the rotor because it happened right before pit entrance. 

Carbone Lorraine C44 Brake Pad Failure

[Turf]

Woa, quite lucky that could have easily ended quite badly. Think you should be getting in touch with them. Big ups for handling it calmly though, just watching you squeeze the lever that way made me uneasy.