Michelin has joined the development of the Ferrari 458 Speciale and has put its bit, or rather, a huge stone. This is Pilot Sport Cup tires 2 developed especially for the supercar and will be presented officially in February 2014.

The tires Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 They have jointly developed the Italian supercar Ferrari 458 Speciale. A car needs optimal racing compounds that resist the force transmitted by this animal 605 CV and ensure contact with the asphalt quality without affecting the performance as maintained and demanding the ‘Cavallino‘.

Fewer traces but more effective

The new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 gain in effectiveness fastest lap dry, in grip on wet asphalt and harnessing the benefits of ‘Speciale’. In fact, the tire firm has made sure to offer its customers a tire that lasts double laps on the track and also allows speed half higher. The rims from 20 inches Part of this Italian tires are mounted on measures 245/35 front and 305/30 behind.

It has been much care design, in which we can see that it has dispensed with many of the grooves with models that feature Pilot Sport Cup and Cup +, demonstrating invested work and research, both in the factory and in simulations and in tests real. In addition, these grooves have a depth of 5.8 mm, It is in the case of 4.8 mm Cup and Cup + 5 mm. It is an almost perfect blend of high performance tire dry and another wet. Creation with two compounds High development make the Pilot Sport Cup 2 a lightweight and highly resistant product, five times stronger than a steel of the same weight.

Glued to the asphalt

In FREEWAY we could try both the Ferrari 458 Speciale their new ‘shoes’ Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2. Handling and stability give a good account of the great work collaboration between the Italian company and the French, being able these ‘rubber’ to hold both push bestial supercar as a braking limit not give opportunity to landslides of great danger. For a car of great power is more nerve and causes tires needed such that if either bit, are able to reduce the consumption -lower coefficient of friction with the floor and of course, the emissions noxious CO2. As an example, we had in Michelin that a Porsche Panamera Hybrid You can save a 3,000 euros registration taxes if mounted tires like these instead of a conventional.