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Following the recent introduction of the new Eagle F1 SuperSport range, Goodyear announced that the Eagle F1 SuperSport RS was homologated for the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and 911 GT3 RS for the sizes 265/35 ZR 20 (99Y) XL and 325/30 ZR 21 (108Y) XL.
Lead Engineer Porsche Motorsport Jan Frank comments on the new tyre: “The new Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport RS has proven to provide the very high-performance level that we from Porsche require. Goodyear has designed a -
Setting lap times at the Nardò Porsche Test circuit in new Eagle F1 SuperSport RS, which marks Goodyear’s return to the Ultra Ultra High Performance (UUHP) market segment. Nick Harley, managing director of Goodyear OE in the EMEA region, comments: “In the development of the SuperSport RS we have leveraged our talented en- gineering teams and world class development facilities to produce a world-beating UUHP tyre. The tyre is designed to enhance the performance and handling characteristics of the most specialist machinery on the roads today and in
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Fitted with 265/35ZR20 (99Y) XL (front) and 325/30ZR21 (108Y) XL (rear), the GT2 RS usage scenario was said to be particularly challenging. Porsche Motorsport required tyres capable of predictably and exploitably transmitting 700hp and 750Nm through the rear wheels, a challenge compounded by peak torque arriving from just 2500rpm, transferring power to straight-line and cornering perfor- mance resulting in superior lap times.
“The list of tyres truly competitive in these conditions is RS to receive the praise it has from a manufacturer with as relentless a pursuit of improvement as Porsche, truly
The homologation entails that Porsche would retail the N0-marked Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport RS tyres through its dealer network to owners seeking performance and steering precision in dry conditions.
Goodyear developed the Eagle F1 SuperSport RS spe- cially for Porsche Motorsport, with a brief to facilitate re- cord performance on track. Xavier Fraipont, VP EMEA
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