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Originally Posted by drronh Tire compounds are the most important aspect of braking performance. More important than ceramic vs steel, pad compund and rotor diameter/thickness/construction. Most cars are supplied with a compromise tire. Some manufacturers put competetion tires on their cars for magazine road tests, esp the Italian exotics. The magazines don't tell you that. I'm suprised the GT3 cup wasn't more in the lead because of its slick Michelin race tires. That tells you how good the cars near it do on street of possibly R1 tires (tires like the Michelin PS cup, P-zero corsa, etc). |
Yeah, agreed. Luckily Sport Auto tells you if different tyres have been used. The F430, Gallardo, V8 Vantage, RS4 and M6 were all using P-Zero Corsa's while the 997 GT3 was running on Michelin Pilot Sport Cups and the CLK DTM on Dunlop SuperSport. All of these tyres are optional, but road legal, so as you said it's amazing that cars like these can brake these figures. Some of the more amazing times, done by the Carrera GT and Zonda F were done using the regular Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tyres, which are standard and the only option available on both vehicles, now that is amazing.
