Modern Tires Have Done More For Performance Than 1,000 HP Cars

… you wouldn’t be able to fully use the potential of a 1,000-hp car if it weren’t for the rubber that meets the road. And this means that cars that have far less outright power than those 1,000-hp machines can compete very effectively in the real world.

Take the Chevrolet Corvette C8 as an example, because it is certainly not a brutal hypercar. The vehicle sits more in the middle of the modern performance spectrum. However, the latest ‘Vette can certainly provide outstanding braking and cornering, and record lap times that would have humiliated a far more powerful car not that long ago. Much of the magic of that performance motoring today is not down to outrageous power outputs at all, but advanced tire technology. …

Source: Car Buzz