Pirelli has launched a brand new model of its final efficiency tire. Known as the P Zero Trofeo RS, it debuts as authentic gear on the Pagani Utopia supercar.
The P Zero Trofeo RS is an evolution of the P Zero Trofeo R, in line with a Pirelli press launch. However the place that that tire was meant for aftermarket fitment, the Trofeo RS is designed to be used as authentic gear from the manufacturing facility. Pagani was the primary automaker to request it.
Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tire
The brand new tire incorporates a multi-compound tread that may be tailor-made to particular functions. For the Utopia, engineers needed to bake in sufficient functionality for monitor classes with out compromising on-road usability. This was completed partly by giving the rear tires a extra “performance-focused” compound, in line with Pirelli.
Pirelli engineers additionally used simulations to evaluate completely different tire profiles and call patches earlier than constructing any bodily prototypes, testing a lot of potential designs extra shortly.
Pagani Utopia
The tire has a treadwear ranking of 180, a traction ranking of AA, and an A temperature ranking. Whereas these scores are decided by the automaker as an alternative of an business commonplace, a 180 treadwear ranking signifies the tire shall be good for greater than just some thousand miles—offered these miles aren’t all on the monitor.
Pirelli will supply the P Zero Trofeo RS to different automakers, and as an aftermarket possibility. The P Zero Trofeo R may even stay in manufacturing.
The Utopia was unveiled in 2022 because the successor to the Pagani Huayra, making it solely the third new mannequin in Pagani’s 25-year historical past. Following Pagani custom, it is powered by an AMG-sourced V-12, on this case a twin-turbo 6.0-liter engine producing 852 hp and 811 lb-ft of torque. Pagani additionally claims a 2,822-pound dry curb weight, because of a carbon-titanium monocoque in a form that is recognizably Pagani, however incorporating new options resembling lively aerodynamic gadgets.
