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durability on many different types of car, in varying race circumstances. At other races, teams can afford to be strategic, but Spa is where everyone can see the true relative performance of all the cars. As a result, teams will be looking to get the most out of the tyres in order to extract every possible advantage.”
With Pirelli completing a tyre change every hour at the Total 24 hours of Spa and the winning car hitting a top speed of 259kph, with an average speed of 180.4kph the round the clock punishment of the tyres demonstrates both performance and reliability. All this directly filters down to our road tyres so next time you’re stuck in traffic know that you could easily be lapping a race circuit on the same tyres...
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