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

 
3 1,828 views October 13, 2006

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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?



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  1. By David Posted: 10/13/2006 11:05am PDT

    It is the tires that are limiting braking distances now and not the brake systems.
     
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  2. By Jim Posted: 10/15/2006 9:00pm PDT

    that is just a regular BMW 3 series coupe.
     
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  3. By admin Posted: 10/15/2006 10:55pm PDT

    You're right Jim, there are none of the regular strakes on the side of a M3. It looks like it has a M3 bodykit though, which is what originally threw us off.
     
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