Data Explorer / Auto Bild Sportscars
2017 Track Day Tire Test
- Tested size
- 235/35 R19
- Tires tested
- 5
- Disciplines
- 5
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| ft ↓ | mph ↑ | ft ↓ | mph ↑ | mph ↑ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 98.86 | 115 | 73.8 | 98.4 | 112 | 48.4 | 42.9 | 99.2 | |
StrengthsThe track day tire without fault. Accurate steering, balanced driving dynamics and high grip levels in the wet and dry. Excellent aquaplaning performance and good comfort (for a track tire) means this tire justifies the price. ConsiderationsNone mentioned. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.41 × 41% = 40.35 Wet99.18 × 59% = 58.51 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 96.37 | 120 | 73.2 | 96.2 | 115 | 47.8 | 40.8 | 96.5 | |
StrengthsA well balanced tire with excellent steering behavior and good feedback. Good safety reserves in the aquaplaning tests. ConsiderationsAverage grip levels in the wet. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.17 × 41% = 39.43 Wet96.52 × 59% = 56.94 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 98.56 | 112 | 74.0 | 100.0 | 114 | 49.4 | 39.1 | 97.6 | |
StrengthsA very sporty tire with excellent fast lap times in the dry and wet. Good steering precision, especially in the dry. Short braking distances in the dry and wet. ConsiderationsWeak aquaplaning result which marked down the overall result. Most expensive tire on test. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry100 × 41% = 41 Wet97.56 × 59% = 57.56 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 93.31 | 120 | 72.1 | 95.2 | 125 | 46.7 | 39.6 | 92.0 | |
StrengthsWell balanced in the wet making the car easy to drive. ConsiderationsSlow steering in the dry, long wet braking distances. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry95.2 × 41% = 39.03 Wet91.99 × 59% = 54.27 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 91.77 | 115 | 71.3 | 96.7 | 127 | 45.8 | 34.1 | 88.3 | |
StrengthsShort dry braking, low price. ConsiderationsSlowest during the dry and wet handling laps, longest wet braking, weakest aquaplaning result. Very noisy. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.73 × 41% = 39.66 Wet88.33 × 59% = 52.12 | ||||||||||
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Leading with these priorities
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2
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Not ranked: a measurement needed for these weights is missing. Missing results are not treated as zero or redistributed.
Reference tires provide context only. They do not set the benchmark and cannot win the personalised ranking.
Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tires it creates: a discipline in which every tire performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tire Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Dry Weighting 41% Real impact 27%
- Wet Weighting 59% Real impact 73%
- Wet Braking counts for 24.2% of the score but creates 46% of the difference between the tires, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Handling counts for 20.5% of the score but creates only 10% of the difference, because most tires performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 5
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 20.5% | 17% |
| Dry Handling | 20.5% | 10% |
| Wet Braking | 24.2% | 46% |
| Wet Handling | 24.2% | 18% |
| Straight Aqua | 10.6% | 9% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tires, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tires; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tire in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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