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Chris Okula

Can F1 Tires Make Your Road Car Faster?

Can a set of tires from an F1 turn your normal street car into a high-performance machine? The guys at Driven Media decided to put this idea to the test and fit a set of F1 tires onto their Caterham 270R.  So, can tires from an F1 car improve the performance of a track-capable road car, let’s find out?

If you’re a fan of Formula One then you’ll be very familiar with the sports obsession with tires. Pirelli is the sole supplier of tires in F1 at the moment and it's one of the few components that all F1 teams share. F1 teams pour millions of dollars, and countless man-hours, into the development of their car, but much like road cars, this engineering is all sent to the pavement via the tires.

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