BEYOND 50% MORE LAPS AND FASTER(1) THANKS TO TECHNOLOGIES FROM ENDURANCE COMPETITION

Track longevity technology 2.0®

- Slower wear of the outer shoulder
- Reinforced external shoulder with special rubber highly resistant to abrasion 
For improved endurance / track longevity 
 

Bi-Compound Technology

- Two different rubbers used on outside and inside of the tread
• outside: a “High Molecular Chain” elastomer guarantees exceptional grip espacially in tight bends
• Inside: a more rigid elastomer optimizes steering control and wet grip

Deeper tread versus previous Cup generations

+20% (2) deeper tread WET grip: Delay Aquaplaning and Improve safety on WET road

Michelin

Michelin is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world behind Bridgestone and larger than both Goodyear and Continental.In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the Kléber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company, SASCAR, Bookatable and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man, who is a humanoid consisting of tyres.

Michelin's numerous inventions include the removable tyre, the pneurail (a tyre for rubber-tyred metros) and the radial tyre.

Michelin manufactures tyres for Space Shuttles, aircraft, automobiles, heavy equipment, motorcycles, and bicycles. In 2012, the group produced 166 million tyres at 69 facilities located in 18 countries.