As detailed in our season preview, Nissan is the ‘known unknown’ of this year’s SUPER GT title battle, having brought in a new base model in the form of the Z to replace the old GT-R. But there’s another factor that makes it even hard to predict how things will go this season: tyres. More specifically, Michelin tyres.
Michelin has been ever-present in SUPER GT since 2009, winning four titles in that time against the might of its old Formula 1 arch-rival Bridgestone, the benchmark tyre maker that supplies nine of the 15 cars in the GT500 field. Michelin on the other hand supplies just two, namely the pair of factory NISMO-operated Nissan Zs, the #3 car and the #23.
