“I’ve just returned from back-to-back track days on the Nürburgring Nordschleife and Spa-Francorchamps.

“With the car now running the likes of an LSD, semi-slick tyres, a full Milltek exhaust system and some other breathing mods, the upgrade to RP-X pads on my Apollo big brake kit has proven to be very impressive – especially as both circuits remained mainly dry each day!”

“Round 3 of the Caterham Graduates Sigmax Championship was at the famous Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. It was my first race outside of the UK, being only my 9^th ever race weekend. I am still relatively new to the UK circuits, let alone European ones.

“Using EBC pads gives me confidence on the brakes when I arrive at the first corner out of the pits on any circuit and this really gives me confidence when attacking a new circuit.

“I am running EBC’s RP-X pads in my Caterham and the stopping power is brilliant, braking has always been a strong point for me and using these pads has made my braking more consistent.

“Qualifying was mixed unfortunately, with a front wing coming loose, so this required an unplanned pit stop to remove. Time was quickly up and I couldn’t show the pace I had.”

“Race 1 was brilliant in comparison; I had a great start and was able to finish P2. Some nice moves late on the brakes! Race 2 started well but a clutch failure left me only able to drive in 4^th gear! I didn’t give up and managed to finish P3.

“Overall, it was an amazing weekend, a real pinch myself moment to be racing at arguably the best race circuit in the world. Entering Eau Rouge at 120mph in a Caterham is out of this world! Having confidence in your braking equipment as you’ve travelled down the Kemmel straight and entered the heavy braking zone at Les Combes is a priority as it really enables you to make the right overtakes at the right time.

“As always, I would like to thank 91´«Ã½ for supporting me. Motorsport is expensive and to have the support of EBC has been a dream come true.â€�

“I’m back. What a trip! I’ve done just over 1000 miles on the 91´«Ã½ Racing RP-1 pads, including an afternoon session at Spa and two days at the Nürburgring.

“First off, I was really impressed with the quality. They have very serious stainless steel backing plates with no visible fixings in the pad material. They come it 14.5mm thick against the OEM ones at 14.7mm. The backing plate is about 0.6mm thicker so you end up with about 1mm less pad material (EBC has since advised all new production of the GR pads is being built on slightly thinner 5.2mm stainless steel to allow increased pad material and therefore longer pad wear life). The shape is spot-on for the caliper and OEM shim.�

“I was at Spa recently with the 91´«Ã½ Racing RP-X brake pads installed. The car uses standard Lotus calipers with 290mm front discs and 282mm grooved 91´«Ã½ rear discs.

“What can I say? They brake consistently and hard! Brake feel was very proportional to foot pressure, with no increase or decrease in friction while braking. This made it very easy to control. Want more? Press harder. Want less? press less.

“Friction coefficient was high, but not excessive. In the non-servo assisted Lotus Elise, they were easy to use even while blipping the throttle the same time.

“Cold friction was pretty much the same as hot – as expected from a pad of this calibre. They squeal a little when cold, but when hot on track they were silent with a remote mechanical noise transmitted into the pedal from the slotted brake discs – all good and normal.

“I asked a friend who is a very experienced and fast driver to drive my car, first alone and then with me as a passenger. This was properly scary! He is a long-term user of a rival brake pad, but liked RP-X (and the rest of the car) very much.�