Any experience with Pirelli CINTURATO P1s?
Discussion
Just looking at part worn version of this tire and not sure about it. £30 a pop. I have recently purchased some semi-slicks but only managed to get x2, was hoping for more but they appear to be delisted.
Reviews on the internet are quite old, which means this tire compound itself is also quite old (10 years at least).
Think these will be lethal on the track? I was intending to run the semi-slicks on the front, and these on the back. It's a stock MX-5.
I currently have x4 Toyo Proxes in the garage but these things suck on the road never mind the track, I don't think they will perform at all when they get hot.
The P1s are used in the Ginetta Junior series. Logic I have is, if it's good enough for that it should be good enough for me right? These 14 year old kids probably go considerbly faster than me.
Reviews on the internet are quite old, which means this tire compound itself is also quite old (10 years at least).
Think these will be lethal on the track? I was intending to run the semi-slicks on the front, and these on the back. It's a stock MX-5.
I currently have x4 Toyo Proxes in the garage but these things suck on the road never mind the track, I don't think they will perform at all when they get hot.
The P1s are used in the Ginetta Junior series. Logic I have is, if it's good enough for that it should be good enough for me right? These 14 year old kids probably go considerbly faster than me.
errm, well pirelli themselves say the p1 is an eco compatible tyre suitable for city and compact cars... they're probably a control tyre for ginetta juniors because they're on very light cars, and were deliberately chosen because they offer low grip... i'd be very surprised if you found anyone who actually deliberately chose them to run on a track car...
brillomaster said:
errm, well pirelli themselves say the p1 is an eco compatible tyre suitable for city and compact cars... they're probably a control tyre for ginetta juniors because they're on very light cars, and were deliberately chosen because they offer low grip... i'd be very surprised if you found anyone who actually deliberately chose them to run on a track car...
Hm yeah that was kind of my thoughts. I'm not sure how much tread these have from new, but Tyretek has them at £28 each and they apparently all have 6mm+ of tread left. Which means these are either absolute dogs
t once you have used the first couple mm or they turn to hard plastic after a few heat cycles.I'm curious to know more on these tyres too. I've seen some as low as £20/corner plus postage of circa £7
I sourced a handful of sets, of the old Michelin PS3's, and they were a cracking deal, they had plenty of life left in them and have been a brilliant tyre.
I run an MX5 Mk2 in Clubman events, autosolos etc. I'm running on 195/50/15.
Anyone else doing similar events in an MX5? What tyres are you running?
I sourced a handful of sets, of the old Michelin PS3's, and they were a cracking deal, they had plenty of life left in them and have been a brilliant tyre.
I run an MX5 Mk2 in Clubman events, autosolos etc. I'm running on 195/50/15.
Anyone else doing similar events in an MX5? What tyres are you running?
HarvB said:
Just bought a set of these, provided I can get them fitted to a set of wheels before next Thursday, I'll be using them at Brands and can give an opinion. Paid £80 for a set on 5mm from a guy locally.
How did you get on buddy?Were you on a trackday? Or was it a Autotest or similar?
dpj1978 said:
I'd be running same tyres all round.
I've run PS3's up front with some rather worn Coopers on the back, that was an interesting day to say the least!
Ha yeah my logic was to reduce understeer as much as possible and rely on low grip for rotation since the car has no power it can't really spin tires up on exit too much. My logic was wrong btw, I never did buy these P1s and instead just bought AR-1s all around and despite those being a grippy tire I was able to rotate perfectly fine with aggressive trail braking.I've run PS3's up front with some rather worn Coopers on the back, that was an interesting day to say the least!
My concern was over-tiring the car but it seems that isn't a thing if you go fast enough really.
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