TTSPORT-Equipped Porsche 718 Wins the GIC Super Track Festival

A full race-spec Porsche 718 running TTSPORT's EMB6/ES4 monoblock big brake kit came from third place to win the lap-time race at this year's GIC Super Track Festival, one of the biggest motorsport events on the Guangdong International Circuit calendar.

GIC Super Track Festival: A Long Day at One of South China's Toughest Circuits

GIC — the Guangdong International Circuit — is one of the most influential race tracks in South China. It's used for everything from automotive product testing and film shoots to driving experiences and stunt work, and it's earned a reputation as a cradle of car culture in the region. This year's Super Track Festival ran from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., combining a lap-time race with a one-hour endurance segment, and the field was aggressive from the green flag.

TTSPORT entered its own car for the event: a full race-spec Porsche 718 built by 8090 Racing, fitted with TTSPORT's flagship precision-forged EMB6/ES4 monoblock calipers (six-piston front, four-piston rear), high-carbon two-piece rotors, and M-05+ race brake pads — a complete braking package built for repeated hard stops at race pace.

Early in the race, the TTSPORT car sat in second or third, chasing quicker lap times under real pressure. As the race wore on, the driver kept chipping away at the gap to the leader, closing it lap by lap through the final stint and eventually taking the lead — and the win.

Why the Brakes Made the Difference

A comeback like this comes down to what happens under braking, late in a run, when the discs are already hot. Every hard stop turns kinetic energy into heat at the rotor-pad interface — and as that heat builds over a long stint, softer setups lose bite (fade), the pedal gets long and mushy, and the driver has to brake earlier and less confidently. A rigid monoblock caliper body resists flex under load, so pad contact stays even and pedal feel stays consistent lap after lap. That consistency is what lets a driver keep trail-braking deep into a corner on lap 40 the same way they did on lap 2.

TTSPORT's product engineers monitored the brake system in real time throughout the race and stayed in close contact with the driver. Afterward, the driver's feedback was straightforward: the system held up with almost no perceptible fade, and pedal feel matched what they were used to from imported-brand calipers.

The car ran the same EMB6/ES4 front-six, rear-four monoblock big brake kit sold to customers today — the only difference on race day was the pad compound, swapped to TTSPORT's M-05+ race pad for the added heat capacity a full day of racing demands.

From the Paddock to the Podium

The result gives the TTSPORT team a solid foundation for future race partnerships, and the plan going forward is to keep entering more events with more allied teams, using race weekends like this one to keep testing and refining the product line. GIC itself faces redevelopment down the road, but the racing spirit it's hosted for years will carry on at tracks across the region.