We are very fortunate in motorsport to be able to see our designs, innovations and developments come to fruition in days, or weeks, from concept. I know designers in the aircraft industry who wait decades to see their work in service.
One of the areas that has seen constant innovation and development is the occasionally undervalued art of braking. Given the constant increases of speed, downforce and grip, the need to stop better has constantly evolved.
Jaguar was the first to use disc brakes in motorsport, at Le Mans in the 1950s. And so, as chief engineer to its Le Mans efforts in the 1980s,
