- Hyundai I30N
- 235/35 R19
- 900 miles
My god I had great expectations but it was a lot better than I expected!
My comparison is the PZ(4?) I got with my Hyundai i30N (front left peeled off in chunks after 4 x 30min track on a GP style track - maybe it's me, fair enough), and Continental Sportcontact 7 I used for about 1.5 year, 20k km and 80-90 Nordschleife laps.
The P Zero R is on a whole another level, like a different category. A few months ago I was doing 9:30 Nordschleife laps consistently (9:17 best ever lap) and last week on same type of trackday I just did 9:12, 9:11, 9:07 and 9:00 in basically consecutive laps (and I was held up for several corners by a slow car in this last one! Admittedly I upgraded rear pads and added front brake cooling but I firmly think the majority of my speed was solely from my tyres. The brake cooling just made sure I don't cook my brakes with the added level of punishment.
I felt the days before the track day that I just enjoy more spirited right/left turns, as the car 'leans' on the tyre it just feels better (can't explain) already but man the track experience, best trackday ever. I just wish it didn't end and my brakes could take more punishment, these tyres are something else.
They are firmer compared to my SC7 for sure, like half a suspension setting on my i30n. They look healthy to me now, just a proper heat cycle and some shoulder wear as it's normal with a street car I think, but I don't know how they last in terms of tread OR just stickiness in general. There's no way a tyre this good lasts long. Tyres aren't exactly cheap nowadays but these ones? Considering the price I paid and other tyres cost, this could be say 20-25% more and I would still lean towards buying them (please don't increase price I'm poor and it takes significant lifestyle sacrifice to save up for a couple trackdays a year with all the costs :) ).
I have to say I'm super thankful to Pirelli and Tyrereviews for finding these tyres.
Pic (if they upload in order) are meant to be 2 pics of front left tyre (most used on trackday), then 1-1 of front right, rear left, and rear right.
