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Hypersport Test 2018

Hypersport Test 2018

25.05.2018

Success for Pirelli DIABLO ROSSO™ CORSA II in comparative tests organised by European motorcycle magazines

he latest addition to the Pirelli range is elected best hypersport tyre from the German publications Motorrad and PS and the Italian website Red-live.it which decree its superiority over rivals; Continental Race Attack Comp. Endurance, Dunlop Sportsmart TT and Michelin Power RS

The new DIABLO ROSSO CORSA II tyre, presented by Pirelli to the international press at the beginning of April in South Africa at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, has achieved victory in the hypersport tyre comparison tests organised by the prestigious German magazines MOTORRAD and PS and the Italian website Red-live.it. These all illustrate its clear superiority over main competitors Continental Race Attack Comp. Endurance, Dunlop Sportsmart TT and Michelin Power RS.

This is the final ranking, with relative scores, of the comparative test organised by Motorrad:
 
1) PIRELLI DIABLO ROSSO CORSA II (275 points)          
2) CONTINENTAL RACEATTACK Comp. Endurance (266 points)
3) DUNLOP SPORTSMART TT(261 points)
4) MICHELIN POWER RS (248 points)

Hypersport Test 2018
Hypersport Test 2018

And it’s not only the testers of the German magazines who declare the new PirelliDIABLO ROSSO™ CORSA II as the best hypersport tyre: the authoritative Italian online magazine Red-live.it, in a large and complete article (available here) compares the same tyres but the result does not change: the winner in the final classification, again the latest born of the DIABLO™ family.

This is the final ranking expressed on a maximum value of 5 and the best average lap times on both dry and wet for each product.
 
1) PIRELLI DIABLO ROSSO Corsa II (4,21 points) - 1’43.01 / 40.722          
2) DUNLOP Sportsmart TT (3,57 points) - 1’45.10 / 44.270
3) MICHELIN Power RS (3,43 points) - 1’45.32 / 42.578
4) CONTINENTAL Race Attack Comp. Endurance (3,07 points) – 1’44.80 / 45.267

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