Overview - g-Force™ R1™
g-Force™ R1™
Legendary performance for the track. What it is: the ultimate high performance DOT Street legal racing tire derived from our extensive experience and knowledge gained in the highly competitive SCCA Trans-Am racing series. Who’s it for: designed for the owner for whom winning is a major consideration.
Overview - g-Force™ R1™
| Benefit: | One second faster laps than the competition on a 1 mile road course.* (*Test conducted by The Tire Rack at the Michelin LPG facility) |
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| Feature: | g-Control™ Sidewall inserts generate tremendous cornering force with excellent driver feedback |
| Benefit: | Helps to turn your fastest laps. |
| Feature: | Predictable grip inspires confidence and helps lower your lap times. |
| Benefit: | Minimal break-in required. Molded to 4/32nds of an inch tread depth. No shaving required. |
| Feature: | Competition ready |
| Benefit: | The g-Force R1 tread compound formulation offers quick warm-up, superior cornering power and consistent grip lap after lap. Don't give up anything. |
| Feature: | Best in R1 DOT street legal class dry grip |
| Benefit: | Split second steering response and precise turn-in enable steering precision at the track. |
| Feature: | Razor sharp steering response |
| Benefit: | Predictable grip character that's forgiving, easy to drive at the grip limit, and confidence inspiring for the quickest lap times in amateur road race competition. |
| Feature: | Easy to drive at the grip limit |
| Benefit: | Can be used at different vehicle wheel postions, and rotated in both directions, to maximize tread life with an even wear profile for the most possible laps at the race track. |
| Feature: | Symmetric, non-directional tread design |
| Benefit: | Excellent strength, consistent footprint shape and maximized tread contact area under high-speed conditions. |
| Feature: | ETEC System™ (Equal TEnsion Containment System) |
| Benefit: | Improved wheel damage protection†† |
| Feature: | Rim protector |
| Benefit: | Tread crown stiffened longitudinally and laterally to help keep the tread area from distorting under high acceleration, braking and cornering force loads |
| Feature: | Two full-width steel belts |
| Benefit: | Generates tremendous cornering force |
| Feature: | g-Control™ Sidewall Inserts help resist deflection |
| Benefit: | High speed stability and control, plus more consistent cornering performance even at higher temperatures on track |
| Feature: | Special racing radial nylon carcass construction |
