Pons to finish the season with J.Juan Thumbrakes

Pons to finish the season with J.Juan Thumbrakes

Pons Racing, one of the teams with a fighting chance at the Moto2 World Championship, will be sporting J.Juan Thumbrake systems from the Silverstone GP on. These thumb brakes have proven very succesful the last couple of years.

The new agreement will allow Aron Canet and Sergio García Dols to better control their rear brakes for the last 12 races. Our Thumbrake allows you to control your rear brake with your left thumb, without conflicting with your rear brake pedal. Sometimes, you tilt your bike to extreme angles, and you get your foot off the pedal, but the thumb can still control the rear brake.

Pons Racing, one of the leading teams in the championship, has been very willing to colaborate with us and improve with our system, which does not replace their current system, but is a complementary safety system for the pilots. With their support, the brake systems by the Catalan firm might improve quite a bit.

Sergio García Dols has raced with our systems since he started his career at the Spanish PreMoto3 Championship, now rebranded to ESBK, just like Aron Canet, who is going to try to win the championship in these last few races.

For Giuseppe Micheletti, “it’s an honor to be able to interact with a Moto2 team like Pons Racing, which is one of the championship’s most iconic teams. We are proud to be one of their technical sponsors”.

Edgar Pons said “everyone in Pons Racing is proud and happy to have J.Juan on their side. They come to us with valuable experience and we can help them improve and develope their products. Also, we celebrate the fact that two firms founded in Barcelona work together and share values at the box and beyond, which make them unstopable.”

J.Juan is the world leader in the manufacture of meshed metallic hydraulic tubes and the second European manufacturer of motorcycle brakes. It is a company founded in 1965 in Barcelona (Spain), employs 640 people directly. The company is part of the Brembo Group, world leader of brake technology, founded in 1961 in Bergamo (Italy), with more than 12.000 employees in 15 countries on 3 continents, with 29 production and business sites. Brembo owns prestigious brands such as AP, AP Racing, Breco, Bybre, J.Juan, Marchesini and SBS Friction.

Rea wins his sixth consecutive world championship in SBK. All with J.Juan

Rea wins his sixth consecutive world championship in SBK. All with J.Juan

Estoril was the end of the Superbike season, which is an atypical season because has seen its racing schedule reduced. Despite the reduction of races, the season has maintained excitement for each and every one of the three events held each weekend.

In Estoril, Jonathan Rea, who equips his bike with a J.Juan hydraulic systems, was break historical records again. He reached the test as the top candidate for the title, leading the overall classic with 340 points compared to 281 of the next closest rider (Scott Redding).  He has 4 points left in the three races in Estoril to rise to his sixth consecutive world title.

And it happen in the first “set ball”.

But, there’s more. In Estoril he achieve his 100 SBK victories. This season alone he was 12 victories with 5 won by Scott Reeding. Five other drivers (Chaz Davies, Michael Van der Mark, Alex Lowes, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael Ruben Rinaldi) have each have a single victoryduring 2020.

Remy Gardner wins second place in Moto2 with J.Juan’s rear brake

Remy Gardner wins second place in Moto2 with J.Juan’s rear brake

Remy Gardner, the Australian rider of the Onexox TKKR SaG team, achieved a spectacular second place in motorbike2 on the Le Mans circuit in France and he did it using the high-competition rear system manufactured by J.Juan.

Gardner is a driver with a very brave and risky driving style that bets on the brakes of the double jack company for the past two seasons. This season he has already achieved a double pole position, several first lines of departure, a third place of Aragon (2020) and now a second place in Le Mans, in a test won by Sam Lowes of the Estrella Galicia team Marc VDS.

Finally, Gardner has maintained his progression in the races held at Motorland, conquering fifth place (October 10) and fourth place (October 18), respectively, starting from the first starting line. Will Ricardo Tormo win at the circuit?

Remy Gardner’s screening this season has been very positive to the point that he has already signed up for next season with the KTM Red Bull Ajo team.

Braktec dominates one more year in the world trial

Braktec dominates one more year in the world trial

For another year, and in 9 seasons since 2012, Braktec has been the brake system that has won the Trial World Cup. Again, Toni Bou and Adam Raga have played a short but intense championship that, although it has seen its competition venues reduced, has had the novelty of playing two events every weekend.

Both drivers have starred in a very intense sporting rivalry this season with alternation at the top of the podium, which led to a final date with the two swords at the top.

As he has subscribed in recent years, Toni Bou prevailed over Adam Raga and won his 12th world trial, a figure that matches the World Cups he also holds in the indoor event.

Both drivers, like the rest of the participants of the elite of the competition, equip their bikes with the Braktec brakes produced by J.Juan for the past several seasons. This year, both have taken advantage of the latest technology from the Barcelonese manufacturer and have equipped their state-of-the-art CNC caliper, called Gold.

Not only has Braktec shone in the top men’s category, but also in the women’s competition where Enma Bristow has won her sixth consecutive world cup, and where Sandra Gomez and Berta Abellán have also excelled.

J.Juan dominates the first Pre-Dakar test in SxS

J.Juan dominates the first Pre-Dakar test in SxS

The Dakar is already alive and well. The start of October has seen the first Pre-Dakar test of this atypical year of competition. The test was to take place in Morocco, as it does every year, but it had to move to the surroundings of Jerez (Spain) because of COVID-19 issues

The test served to prove that the favorites of each category are the favorites for a reason. In Side by Side, the brakes created and manufactured by J.Juan showed their excellence again with a resounding triumph.

J.Juan tripled the final podium in the SxS category, where two members of the Monster Can Am J.Juan team took first place and second place. The Polish Aron Domzala was the winner, followed by Gerard Farrés. Third place was taken by the Portuguese Rui Carneiro