Top 10 Things You Should Know About the McLaren P1

7. NASA-Grade Brakes

Power is useless without control. To keep its 903-pony corral safely in check engineers fitted the P1 with some impressive brakes. The car’s binders were developed by Akebono, the company’s Formula 1 partner. As such, the P1 is fitted with a brand-new kind of carbon-ceramic disc. Apparently they’ve been used in space but have never been fitted to a road-going car before. They’re said to be stronger than “regular” (if there is such a thing) carbon-ceramic brakes, more effective at dissipating heat and even lighter.