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So, one of our all time favourite tyres, and arguably the tyre that first got us into rubber has had
a facelift! With big expectations the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 certainly has a lot to live up to. Lets
see what's new...
Well, the tread pattern is new, but only very slightly. The original Pilot Sport had the old school
aggressive directional tread pattern, but with the introduction of the the Pilot Sport 2 came a new
asymmetric design. The Pilot Sport 3 continues this by slightly altering the snipe pattern, but
very little else.
TUV have tested the tyre back with the Pilot Sport 2 and found the new tyre has "Better road-holding in bends
and three metres shorter braking distance on wet roads", which is a significant change in wet performance. To
help us understand better Michelin have published this neat little graph to show the improvements over the PS2.
Here at tyrereviews we can't wait to get our hands on a set for a long term test. If anyone from Michelin
happens to be reading, please feel free to drop us an email! If you have any experience with the PS3 then please
head over to our Michelin Pilot Sport 3 review page and let the world know how good (or bad!) they are.
Progressiveness
85%
Performance Key: Trackday and Competition > Extreme Performance > Max Performance > Ultra
High Performance > High Performance
Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 (3) 93% 87% 93% 93% 77% 97% 100% 91% 6,000
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (48)
95% 90% 93% 88% 89% 91% 91% 91% 257,000
Nokian zLine (43)
94% 96% 93% 90% 81% 91% 91% 91% 246,200
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003
97% 88% 93% 89% 86% 85% 95% 91% 35,000
(11)
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (69) 97% 89% 94% 88% 84% 85% 94% 90% 413,622
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ZP (2) 95% 95% 95% 90% 80% 80% 95% 90% 32,000
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (136) 95% 88% 88% 87% 80% 86% 88% 87% 2,562,853
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric
92% 90% 87% 85% 81% 89% 87% 87% 2,408,323
2 (294)
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta
92% 89% 87% 86% 79% 86% 88% 87% 1,997,407
(213)
Bridgestone Potenza GIII (3)
93% 90% 90% 93% 83% 63% 93% 87% 40,000
Nokian Z G2 (27)
90% 91% 88% 85% 82% 86% 84% 86% 404,400
Syron Street Race (3)
100% 90% 100% 93% 73% 40% 100% 85% 20,300
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3
91% 90% 86% 85% 74% 85% 81% 85% 2,469,529
(196)
Continental SportContact 2 SSR
92% 86% 86% 88% 82% 76% 80% 84% 95,000
Run Flat (5)
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002
91% 84% 83% 82% 78% 79% 86% 83% 533,215
(75)
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric
91% 88% 83% 78% 70% 80% 79% 82% 1,555,893
(129)
Michelin Pilot Sport (33)
92% 82% 86% 80% 73% 75% 78% 81% 450,825
Continental ContiSportContact 5
91% 87% 84% 84% 66% 81% 69% 80% 281,261
P (39)
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (102)
90% 88% 84% 83% 59% 85% 70% 80% 642,595
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
90% 75% 70% 80% 65% 85% 90% 79% 31,000
Pole Position (2)
Bridgestone Potenza S001 RFT
84% 84% 82% 70% 75% 73% 76% 78% 42,550
(8)
Bridgestone Potenza s02 (13)
88% 77% 85% 85% 68% 67% 73% 78% 137,300
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (21) 84% 81% 78% 81% 70% 82% 68% 78% 240,600
Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole
90% 80% 70% 90% 60% 70% 80% 77% 15,000
Position (1)
Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO
87% 77% 78% 81% 73% 73% 70% 77% 521,516
Asimmetrico (24)
Continental Sport Contact 3
88% 81% 82% 77% 62% 76% 70% 77% 2,724,283
(200)
Hankook Ventus S1 evo (33)
83% 76% 76% 75% 77% 75% 75% 77% 413,300
Pirelli P Zero Runflat (12)
87% 79% 76% 73% 65% 73% 78% 76% 118,500
Continental Sport Contact 5 (99) 89% 86% 82% 78% 55% 78% 62% 76% 876,913
Bridgestone Potenza S001 (34) 86% 83% 79% 77% 65% 68% 72% 76% 381,013
Pirelli P Zero (58)
87% 76% 81% 76% 67% 72% 68% 75% 1,192,969
Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (6)
83% 67% 75% 77% 65% 73% 73% 73% 149,200
Continental Sport Contact 3
84% 75% 74% 73% 75% 61% 59% 71% 231,031
SSR Run flat (18)
304,430
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (33) 85% 76% 75% 78% 60% 70% 55% 71%
13,000
10,000
128,518
45,000
200
10,500
22,014
13,000
66,000
7,700
345,665
5,000
270,320
59,110
28,000
50,000
1,000
112,010
332,242
7,500
463,700
20,000
35,000
50,000
20,000
145,000
546,010
3,000
15,000
65,313
74,075
30,000
13,000
26,800
3,000
5,000
5,000
67,018
42,000
6,000
53,400
37,926
87,050
1,000
86,530
62,700
10,000
300
11,000
36,000
40,000
15,000
73,910
90,014
25,006
44,100
47,022
500
2,000
68,000
83,500
17,500
800
70,050
4,000
54,511
55%
46%
67%
20%
55%
56%
60%
70%
55%
54%
48%
20%
59% 26,000
58% 997,745
57% 19,016
57% 30,000
17,000
54,000
86,000
29,050
55,000
76,040
10,000
47%
27%
10%
35%
35%
45%
46%
40%
47%
45%
39%
36%
60%
44%
41%
59%
56%
60%
52%
66%
62%
60%
60%
48%
37%
43%
37%
20%
33%
30%
50% 155,819
47% 70,502
46%
8,000
46% 363,462
44% 272,206
70%
31%
29%
33%
20%
20%
40%
31%
50%
42%
44%
42%
30%
47%
50%
38%
30%
40%
38%
36%
40%
40%
40%
35%
30%
61%
58%
56%
70%
57%
40%
59%
80%
46%
49%
47%
40%
37%
30%
36%
10%
32%
29%
24%
40%
23%
10%
29%
8,000
44% 15,000
44% 318,700
43% 854,761
42% 77,952
41% 35,000
40% 35,000
40%
5,000
40% 396,658
31,010