Braking is also about two related effects - friction and heat. You need friction to slow the car but friction creates heat and heat drops brake performance - what a pain. There are a lot of different ways to lower heat but keep friction but the simplest way is to enlarge the size of pad/disk interface so that heat is dissipated faster and friction created over a wider area.

With the Astra VXR being front engined, front wheel drive car the front brakes will be doing nearly 90% of the work. As a result a good upgrade here will increase your fun regardless of whether you're a late braker or not.

The Alcons are an upgrade we developed with them, carrying our own Thorney Motorsport branding they are the brakes we use on our flagship VXR-S and VXR-R models. The Alcons benefit from a Monobloc caliper design together with the wider discs than the AP's.