Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
you cant compare pirellis with Kubica-Prokop and fiestas,against Ogier with polo and michelins and have a safe conclusion.
somebody else can say that Kubica with private fiesta was plenty of times faster than works fiestas with michelins.
Pirelli at some terrains/surfaces are better.And these are measured with same car/driver.These tests were at asphalt and gravel.Its not something new,its something that happens for years.Some years depenting from tyre evolutions,michelins were overall better,some years were pirelli overall better.
Except these tests there are also real world examples from gravel and asphalt worldwide.
You are not reading what I wrote, the problem with Pirellis is not pure speed but more consistency, as I said they are fast over a short test probably on any surface (especially wet gravel, and Snow but also tarmac) the problem is the performance drops rapidly compared to Michelin. If you don`t believe me ask the drivers mentioned!! And I wasn`t comparing to Ogier I was making an overall comparison! But this is not the thread to discuss this.