Pirelli P Zero, a 40-year long performance. And with the new generation, safety increases

MONZA – Having the ability to always renew itself, pursuing technological progress but above all the maximum in terms of performance and safety. In five generations and 40 years on the road, Pirelli P Zero has become synonymous with all this and much more. A tire capable of becoming an icon but also an institution, a must for the highest performing cars and for the most renowned brands. From Pagani to McLaren, from Ferrari which with the F40 was among the first, to Lamborghini, also passing through Porsche just to name a few of the brands that have had faith in the innovation brought forward at Bicocca. The generational leap of the new P Zero was the result of the times, with the Italian company that has experimented as much as possible also exploiting artificial intelligence and virtual simulations, thus bringing optimization to the research process and increasingly cutting-edge solutions.

As per tradition, the strong points of Pirelli P Zero are handling and braking distances: improved the former, reduced the latter, not only on dry asphalt but also on wet and especially on the track thanks also to direct experimentation. The focus is also clear on current market needs, with a transversal tire suitable in its variants also for electric vehicles. A family of over 50 products, with sizes from 18 to 23'' guaranteeing optimal coverage for over 50% of the high and very high-end segment that has long chosen the Italian brand. After all, those who effectively invented the Ultra-High Performance (UHP) tire market, evolving over the years could not fail to take a further step towards the future. And so on the asphalt of the Monza racetrack we were able to test the characteristics of this new generation at their best.

“P Zero is a leader in the luxury segment of mobility worldwide,” explained Andrea Casaluci, CEO of Pirelli. “It is also a platform that we use to introduce new technologies every time. This is the case of Elect, which equips the most powerful electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the world. And, in 2021, the famous CyberTyre technology. We work to transform a tire from a pure element that transfers forces from the car to the road, which is extremely important, fortunately for us, into an intelligent object, capable of collecting data, processing it through our software and then using this information to integrate it into the car’s control unit, improving the driving experience, mainly in terms of safety, but not only.”

From the Lancia Delta S4 Stradale to the Lamborghini Urus, over four decades the Pirelli P Zero has remained a constant in terms of reliability and performance research. A cutting-edge and avant-garde tire.