High performance brake components provide enhanced stopping power by improving friction while reducing brake fade.

Ferrari claims the carbon ceramic brakes will not fade even after 300-360 laps at their test track.

The other consequence of overheating is brake fade.

The third advantage is that the single wheel covers less of the brake unit, which allows faster cooling and reduces brake fade.

The most common failure is "brake fade," usually caused when the drums or discs and the linings of the brakes overheat from excessive use.

They also helped avoid brake fade.

Fade - As a brake heats, it may become less effective, called brake fade.

It is more difficult to arrange for cooling air to flow over the wheel, and air ducting can be required, to prevent brake fade.

This occurs only under extreme conditions, though, as does the occasional brake fade (repeated stops from 160mph to 40mph at the end of the main straight).

This friction caused heat and gases to build up inside the drum, which often resulted in a loss of braking power known as brake fade.