I'm not sure if the isometric 1s were slightly better than the 2s. I tried Michelin sport3 and would say the f1s were better I wore the Michelins out in 4 months on the front but drive hard. The f1s were definitely better in the wet which matters in England. Back to f1 eagle for me.
Best Tyres for the Ford Focus RS Mk1
Ford Focus RS Mk1 drivers have left 9 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 36,000 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
This page covers the Ford Focus RS Mk1 specifically. For the full picture, the Ford Focus RS page combines 35 reviews from every variant. All Ford Focus RS reviews →
- 9owner reviews
- 36,000 milescovered on them
- 6different tyres rated
- 83%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 8.5 Current version: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 | 86% from 3 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from Ford Focus RS Mk1 drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the Ford Focus RS Mk1
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Ford Focus RS Mk1 to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.
Summer tyres
The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Ford Focus RS Mk1 is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 - 86% from 3 owner reviews across 14,000 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2
Replaced by Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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86% | 3 | 14,000 miles | 8.5 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.
The best rated tyres that fit the Ford Focus RS Mk1
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Ford Focus RS Mk1 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/40 R18 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.
Summer tyres
Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Ford Focus RS Mk1 reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Ford Focus RS Mk1 driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Ford Focus RS Mk1 reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Winter tyres
No Ford Focus RS Mk1 driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Ford Focus RS Mk1 reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Nokian Snowproof 3P
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tyre reviewed on the Ford Focus RS Mk1
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 4 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 Replaced by Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 | Summer | 86% | 3 | 14,000 miles |
| Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 Replaced by Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 | Summer | 79% | 2 | 12,000 miles |
Tyre sizes Ford Focus RS Mk1 drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.
What Ford Focus RS Mk1 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I run these on the front of my RS. The tyres are good all rounders, and give particularly good feedback and unexpected grip in wet conditions.
In the dry, at times, they struggle to handle out of corner grip in the RS but this is pretty rare.
In the dry, at times, they struggle to handle out of corner grip in the RS but this is pretty rare.
I run these on the back of my RS, having swapped some ageing Pilot Sport Two's for them. I have no complaints in how this tyre performs, they feel very sticky and give quite a comfortable ride.
Another 6000 summer miles have past with these tyres on the rear of my car. Can't really fault them in general, they are generally very grippy and seem to be wearing very well considering. They can't quite match the grip of the newer Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 2's I have on the front so the car can be a little tail happy in the wet due to the alteration of balance. They are progressive and feelsome enough to know when this is going to happen though.
They are also a little noisy and hard in use due to their hard sidewalls, but this also has it's handling upsides.
They are also a little noisy and hard in use due to their hard sidewalls, but this also has it's handling upsides.
I have been very impressed with these tyres. Extremely grippy in the dry, but also quieter and more comfortable than my previous Michelin Pilot Sport tyres.
What is really impressive though is traction in the wet, better than any tyre I've previously used.
What is really impressive though is traction in the wet, better than any tyre I've previously used.
This was my second winter running these Falken winter tyres. In comparison to last year, this ended up being a very mild winter, with no snow in my area at all, and temperatures often being above 7C.
On the few occasions that I drove in freezing conditions, with black ice on the roads, I found the tyres again, excellent. They were grippy, predicable and confidence inspiring.
The rest of the time driving in mild dry and wet conditions I found the tyres bearable but not ideal. When the weather is on the warmer side the tyres feel extremely soft and are not particularly responsive to steering inputs compared to a summer tyre. In warm wet weather lateral grip was somewhat unpredictable. Main problem areas were the slow speed slides around roundabouts, at speeds as low as 20mph. These arent really criticisms, as the tyres were operating in conditions outside of their design, just observations.
The other area of comment is wear. They havent worn at all, very impressive considering the road conditions!
On the few occasions that I drove in freezing conditions, with black ice on the roads, I found the tyres again, excellent. They were grippy, predicable and confidence inspiring.
The rest of the time driving in mild dry and wet conditions I found the tyres bearable but not ideal. When the weather is on the warmer side the tyres feel extremely soft and are not particularly responsive to steering inputs compared to a summer tyre. In warm wet weather lateral grip was somewhat unpredictable. Main problem areas were the slow speed slides around roundabouts, at speeds as low as 20mph. These arent really criticisms, as the tyres were operating in conditions outside of their design, just observations.
The other area of comment is wear. They havent worn at all, very impressive considering the road conditions!
I have had these on the rear of my car. In the dry I found the tyre extremely grippy, quiet and long lasting, barely wearing in the 6000 miles ive used them. In the wet they were a little slippy but gave up grip progressively and were easy to control.
These tyres were fitted to the rear of my car when I purchased it. They had been on the car since new and had done around 52000. I have subsequently done around 6000 miles on them since then, on the front of the car.
The tyres are good overall, however at the extremes of use definitely show their age. I found it surprisingly easy to spin the wheels in 2nd gear in warm dry conditions, and mid corner grip was not consisten. Normal day to day driving though the tyres were fine.
The tyres are good overall, however at the extremes of use definitely show their age. I found it surprisingly easy to spin the wheels in 2nd gear in warm dry conditions, and mid corner grip was not consisten. Normal day to day driving though the tyres were fine.
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