Video: BMW 3-series vs. Williams F1 braking test

Here’s a video of one of our favourite road cars of all time against a Williams F1 car, circa 2003. We apologise in advance for the French, but you can simply mute the video because all the distances and times are shown graphically.



This reminds us of the observations we made when looking at Autobild’s 0-100kph-0 test of most modern sports cars. The difference in braking between a $50,000 car and $300,000 car in terms of distance was negligible. Sure, the $300,000 car would probably come with carbon ceramic brakes that resist brake fade when going around a track, but they still don’t brake in less distance. Is this a sign of stagnant development in brake systems?