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Brake pads is one component in the braking system that directly touches or rubs against the rotating part which serves to reduce speed or stop the vehicle. In general, brake pads are made of asbestos material and alloys, where this material has a temperature resistance of 800˚C, but asbestos materials have carcinogenic properties that have a negative impact on the environment and human health. This research was developed to answer these environmental and health problems, namely to look for alternative brake pads that have a good wear rate and are still able to work at high temperatures. Brake pads is made from a composite hybrid material reinforced with mountain rock waste, shellfish powder, alumina and bound using a phenolic resin polymer (PR-51510i). This brake pads material is produced through a sintering process with an emphasis of 2000 kg for 30 minutes at a fixed temperature of 250° C. The research aims to investigate hardness characteristic and wear rate of hybrid composite that test using the vickers according to standard ASTM E-384. The reinforced materials and matrix polymer composition is 60%: 40%. The results show for the average hardness VHN to 24.72, 25.40, 25.67, 25.74 and 26.53. The average hardness hybrid composite shows the hardness harder than asbestos materials. The value of asbestos lining pads wear is 0.00011 g/m, while the wear value of composite hybrid brake lining pads is 0.00009 g/ m to 0.000071 g/m.