Description
The Bridgestone Potenza Sport is a high-performance tire designed for sports cars and performance vehicles, focusing on superior handling, stability, and wet performance. It features a custom tread pattern, innovative 3D sipes, and a sporty carcass package to enhance grip, steering response, and overall driving confidence. Bridgestone utilizes virtual tire development technology to accelerate the design and testing process.
Here’s a more detailed overview:
Key Features:
- High-Speed Stability:The tire incorporates a new hybrid crown reinforcement and asymmetric wall angle on ribs to provide rigidity and lateral stiffness, crucial for stability during cornering and straight-line driving at high speeds.
- Ultimate Wet Performance:Optimized rib and void distribution with variable rib profiles, along with innovative 3D sipes, improve water evacuation and contact pressure for enhanced wet grip and braking.
- Excellent Braking Performance:The Potenza Sport offers strong braking capabilities, contributing to overall safety and control.
- Sporty Carcass Package:Tailored textiles, bead filler, and shape in the carcass support steering response, stability, and optimize rolling resistance.
- High Performance Profile:Maximizes the contact area with the road surface for enhanced grip and stability.
Bridgestone’s Innovation:
- 3D Sipes:These sipes increase shear stiffness, improving wet braking and abrasion resistance.
- Virtual Tire Development:Bridgestone uses virtual technology to predict tire performance, speeding up the development process.
- Custom Tread Pattern:The tread is designed to optimize contact with the road and evacuate water efficiently.
- New Compound:An optimized compound, combined with innovative mixing technology, enhances both wet and dry handling.
