trackday tyre

[lvarga]

Please advise me what is the tyre I should use on trackdays with my 968CS which is closest to the racing requirements but still street legal. Is there a kind of official tyre for Porsche championships btw?

Thank you for the advice.

[Don]

The Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tyres recently came top in a tyre test done by Circuit Driver. They are a track day derivation of the road tyre "Pilot Sport". I can vouch for the road tyres - which are long lasting, grippy and excellent wet or dry. Other PHers have experience of the track day tyre.

I was advised NOT to use the track day tyre on the road as they are unsuitable for wet conditions with any standing water.

They are, however, road legal and one can change one's wheels/tyres at home, drive to the circuit and drive home on them.

This is the route I intend to go down at some point - an extra set of wheels shod with the Cup tyres.

[m-five]

Pirelli P-Zero Corsa/C and Michelin Pilot Sport CUP tend to be the prefered track tyres - the P-Zero C works well on my M5 and that weighs nearly 2 tonnes.

[NightDriver]

I have found Toyo Proxes T1r to be a good all round tyre and the Yoko A032R. Decent track tyres will always be a little dodgy in the wet. However that is for sprinting and the P-Zero Corsa/C and Sport Cups are not allowed for production cars so unfortunately never used them.

[lvarga]

NightDriver said:

P-Zero Corsa/C and Sport Cups are not allowed for production cars so unfortunately never used them.

Does it mean I'm not allowed to buy those for my trackday 968cs?

[NightDriver]

If you intend to use your car for sprints as well as track days then you will not be able to use those tyres for both. However if you only plan to do trackdays then, I beleive, the tyre choice is completely free.

[flemke]

NightDriver said:

However that is for sprinting and the P-Zero Corsa/C and Sport Cups are not allowed for production cars so unfortunately never used them.

Perhaps I misconstrue your words, ND, but did not the CSL come with Cups as standard? Some did. Also, a lot of GT3 RSs came from the factory with Corsas (I don't know about the "C" designation).

[NightDriver]

I'm am just going from the rules published in the MSA Blue Book. The Corsa/C and Cup are listed on the tyre list 1b, for sprinting in 'roadgoing cars' class you must use tyres from list 1a.
It was just something to note in case the car might be used for sprints in the future to save another set of tyres being bought.

[lvarga]

if I go for the Michelin Pilot Sport CUP any idea of the tyre pressures I should use on the 968cs for track?

thank you

[paulburrell]

Lajos

31psi hot should do.


Steve