Silverstone: One of the longest braking zones of the MotoGP season

Following the summer break, MotoGP returns next weekend with the British Grand Prix. The venue is the Silverstone Circuit for the 25th time; the circuit has hosted the Motorcycle World Championship on a rotating or permanent basis since 1977 and was also the venue for a Formula 1 race just a few weeks ago.

According to Brembo, the 5.9-kilometre-long historic circuit is classified as one of the tracks placing moderate demands on the brakes. On a scale of 1 to 6, the engineers at the Italian braking specialist have assigned it a difficulty rating of 3. The riders have to brake eleven times per lap; in total, the brakes are in use for around 35 seconds. Four braking zones are classified as hard, four as medium and three as light.

From 329 to 115 km/h: one corner stands out for Brembo

The biggest challenge lies in Turn 15. There, the MotoGP prototypes decelerate from 329 km/h to 115 km/h. The braking manoeuvre lasts five seconds and spans 273 metres – one of the longest braking zones on the entire MotoGP calendar.

During this, the rider experiences a deceleration of 1.5 g. At the same time, the temperature of the carbon brake discs rises to as much as 520 degrees Celsius, whilst the braking pressure reaches 13 bar. The riders apply up to 6.1 kilograms of force to the brake lever.

An interesting fact: eleven winners in eleven years

Silverstone has also provided plenty of variety on the track in recent years. The last four MotoGP races were each won by an Italian bike. Ducati triumphed in 2022 with Francesco Bagnaia and in 2024 with Enea Bastianini, whilst Aprilia triumphed in 2023 with Aleix Espargaró and in 2025 with Marco Bezzecchi. Remarkably, there have been eleven different winners across the last eleven Grand Prix events.

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Alongside the MotoGP, the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup is also making a guest appearance at Silverstone this weekend. Ahead of the fourth round, Eric Granado leads the overall standings by just two points ahead of Oscar Gutierrez.

Why Silverstone is special for Brembo

Historically speaking, Brembo also has special memories of Silverstone. The Italian manufacturer celebrated its first victory on the circuit in 1983 with Kenny Roberts on a Yamaha.

Three years later, his team became the first to use Brembo’s radial brake master cylinder – an innovation that established itself as the standard in motorbike racing within a few years and is now used on virtually all high-performance production motorbikes.