Below are all the data points for the 2017 Sport Auto UHP and Track Day Test, displaying how each tyre performed across all test categories. The spider chart below provides a complete overview of performance, where one hundred percent represents the best performance in each category. The larger the area covered by each tyre's plot, the better its overall performance.
How to read these charts:
For each test category, data is presented relative to the best performing tire. The direction indicates whether lower or higher values are better - pay close attention to this when interpreting results.
Performance Overview
This radar chart shows relative performance across all test categories, with 100% representing the best performance in each category. Reference tires may have gaps where data is not available.
Continental Sport Contact 5
Pirelli P Zero PZ4
Toyo Proxes Sport
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2
Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo
Kumho Ecsta PS91
Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R
Michelin Pilot Sport 4
Toyo R888 R
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3
Dry Performance Overview
Dry Braking (M)
Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)
Key Insight: The best performer was Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R with a result of 32.8 M. The difference between best and worst was 12.3%.
Dry Handling (Km/H)
Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Key Insight: The best performer was Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 with a result of 87.1 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 4.1%.
Wet Performance Overview
Wet Braking (M)
Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)
Key Insight: The best performer was Toyo Proxes Sport with a result of 32 M. The difference between best and worst was 19.2%.
Wet Handling (Km/H)
Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Key Insight: The best performer was Michelin Pilot Sport 4 with a result of 78.5 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 15.4%.
Overall Findings
Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:
| Position | Tyre | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 | 0% | |
| 2 | Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R | 0% |
| 3 | Toyo R888 R | 0% |
| 4 | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 | 0% |
| 5 | Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 | 0% |
| 6 | Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo | 0% |
| 7 | Continental Sport Contact 5 | 0% |
| 8 | Pirelli P Zero PZ4 | 0% |
| 9 | Toyo Proxes Sport | 0% |
| 10 | Kumho Ecsta PS91 | 0% |
Maybe im not reading it right but on each graph how can you tell which tyre is which ? I cannot see any names on the left hand side ?
Sorry, there was an error with the database. This has now been fixed :)
In your listing (& with other tests like the AutoBild one), would you be able to make clear whether the "L" or "S" version of the PZ4 is being tested. (In each case, the picture is of the "L" version, which seems implausible.) I also suggest a quite separate PZ4 review page to avoid confusion with past generation P Zeros.
It's a good suggestion and something we've been meaning to do, it's just working out the best way of doing so.
Pirelli haven't done anyone any favours with the P Zero PZ4 naming!
Two observations, both wet braking focused:
First, the T001 has clearly undergone some mid-life modification of some sort (compounding?).
Second, note that the R888R is slightlybetter than the estimable SC5. It seems to me to be the pick of the track day tyres despite its reported wet handling nervousness (which could probably be ameliorated by some judicious tyre pressure tuning of the handling balance).
We suspect the T001 tested is the T001 EVO which has had a significant mid life update and now has wet grip. Just waiting for confirmation, Bridgestone confused the matter by not printing EVO on the sidewall of the new tyre, just the label.
yep
(it was never bad laterally but braking in the wet seemed decidedly weak in most tests)
now all they have to do is make the tread stabler under lateral load in the dry
what's your unpacking of the "nervous" wet handling comment on the R888R?
Eh?
The Cup 2 scored higher than the R888R & the Trofeo R, yet it came 3rd??? Please explain...
An extreme weighting on the dry scoring.
I'm not sure I agree either, but this is Sport Autos test.
Ah, ok. Thanks...