It would unequivocally have been a bright day for Audi as the brand’s young lad made its more proficient siblings’ hearts fill with pride. The recently launched RS3 sedan made a new record in the compact car category, clocking a lap at the 20.8-kilometre long Nurburgring circuit in a staggering 7m40.748s, shattering the previous record registered in 2019 by almost 4.64 seconds. This glory comes to Audi after 2 years and was made possible thanks to Pirelli’s P Zero Trofeo R tyre that has been designed not only for the track but also for the street.

Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R Tyre Engineering

Engineered jointly by Audi and Pirelli professionals, the P Zero Trofeo R tyre boasts non-identical dimensions:

Front tyre dimensions: 265/30ZR19
Rear tyre dimensions: 245/35ZR19

The relatively larger tyres at the front provide a better experience to the driver as they stick to the ground more firmly and provide better grip.

Audi RS3 Tyre

Tailored Tyres for Performance

The RS3 is the entry-point into Audi's bandwidth of performance machines, and it's quite obvious that its owners would spend a great deal of time as hooligans conquering the streets rather than working the engine hard at the race track. Hence, Pirelli has come up with a tailor-made version of this tyre for the RS3 using Pirelli’s new technology for the compound, structure, and tread pattern.

Enhanced Tread Pattern Design

To ensure nimbleness and faster manoeuvring, the tread pattern design has been considerably overhauled so that the car can move with swift pace and vigilance not only on drag strips and straight roads but even around the cambers without the driver feeling overwhelmed or confused. This specially made tyre also helps in reducing braking distance. This personalised variant is made at the company’s Izmit factory in Turkey, where all other types of tyres meant to bear a lot more pummelling are also produced.

Sustainability and Environmental Considerations

If you have perused through our recent articles, then you might be cognizant of the fact that MNCs, corporates, and automakers are taking steps to produce products that come with modern technology and provide additional benefits to their progenitors but are environment-friendly. This comes after the challenges we have faced in contemporary times. Brands switching over to electric powertrains, using recycled materials in place of leather and veneer, and other such tactics are paradigm examples to depict that. To make sure it does its part in contributing towards this direction, Pirelli has come up with another tyre that doesn’t harm the environment and has been conceived on pillars of sustainability.

Pirelli P Zero - The Eco-Friendly Alternative

Finely built exclusively for the RS3, it’s called the P Zero, which provides greater comfort, swiftness, and the ability to ford through slaloms while being easy on the environment at the same time. Its framework and composition have been designed such that the rolling resistance is minimized, which has earned it an “A” rating on the European tyre label. As a result, fuel consumption has been reduced, ultimately benefiting the environment. To keep time and costs of production in check, Pirelli’s virtual design and simulation tools were utilized to ensure the tyre was produced with optimum benefits, fitting Audi’s requirements as well. Such is the level of finesse at Pirelli that they have rated this tyre with an ‘AO’ certification mark to denote that the tyre is ideal for Audi and conforms to the tyre masterpiece maker's ‘perfect fit’ strategy.

Big or small, innovations always make things happen which provide a slew of benefits to society in general, and one such example is the Pirelli P Zero Trofeo tyre.

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