The performance levels of the most modern sports cars and the technology they contain enable them to give their best above all on the racetrack. Driving pleasure becomes absolute, while the active and passive components work to ensure safety under extreme conditions.

Pirelli – with over a hundred years’ motorsport experience – adds to that satisfaction with the new P Zero™ Trofeo: a tire designed mainly for the racetrack on powerful road cars.

P Zero™ Trofeo is an innovative, ultra-low profile road tire for racetrack driving on dry surfaces:
it enhances the experience, it transmits safety, it reacts with precision on command.

Its winning ways:
High grip
Millimetre precision when approaching bends
Exceptional lateral rigidity for extreme cornering
Precise steering response
Constant trajectories.

An asymmetrical tread, with two wide central ribs and large regular blocks, the inner area with
greater groove density, the outer area with a pattern derived from asphalt rally applications.
The inner area, together with the longitudinal grooves, responds to the demands of wet surfaces and aquaplaning. The imposing ribs in the centre guide the trajectories and withstand the structural
stresses on braking; the transversal cuts ensure motricity and braking.
The outer area guarantees the required rigidity to cope with the stresses during cornering, typical of racetrack driving.

In extreme use on the racetrack or on the road, you will recognize the P Zero™ Trofeo’s design qualities:
high grip in bends, acceleration and braking, always ensuring safety for the driver.

Profile
Design innovation with the aim of redesigning the contact area, from the point of view both of the size and the pressure distribution, now more uniform to ensure better grip, more even wear and driving comfort.
Compounds
Pirelli has developed new formulas, in order to maintain high performance over longer times in the presence of very high thermal stresses, without penalizing handling on wet surfaces.

tire SIZE FITMENT
mm
mm (min / max)
225/40 ZR18 92 Y 643 232 2020 7,5J - 8J - 8.5J - 9J Porsche Boxster - BMW Z4
235/40 ZR18 95 Y 650 244 2041 8J - 8.5J - 9J - 9.5J front Porsche
245/40 ZR18 WRC 97 Y 658 255 2066 8J - 8.5J - 9J - 9.5J Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
Subaru WRX Sti
265/40 ZR18 101 Y 672 282 2112 9J - 9.5J - 10J - 10.5J rear Porsche
265/35 ZR18 93 Y 647 282 2032 9J - 9.5J - 10J - 10.5J rear Porsche Boxter - Cayman S
295/30 ZR18 98 Y 638 302 2004 10J - 10.5J - 11J rear Porsche GT3 RS
255/40 ZR19 100 Y 693 262 2177 8.5J - 9J - 9.5J - 10J front BMW M5-M6
225/35 ZR19 88 Y 646 225 2028 7,5J - 8J - 8.5J - 9J front Ferrari
235/35 ZR19 91 Y 651 239 2044 8J - 8.5J - 9J - 9.5J front Ferrari-Porsche-Lamborghini
265/35 ZR19 98 Y 672 282 2112 9J - 9.5J - 10J - 10.5J Porsche Carrera GT - BMW
285/35 ZR19 103 Y 686 294 2155 9.5J - 10J - 10.5J - 11J rear Ferrari 430 Scuderia
295/30 ZR19 100 Y 665 302 2090 10J - 10.5J - 11J rear Lamborghini Gallardo
305/30 ZR19 102 Y 665 320 2090 10.5J - 11J - 11.5J rear Porsche GT3 RS
325/30 ZR19 101 Y 682 335 2142 11J - 11.5J - 12J rear Porsche 911 GT2

Pirelli best green performance
The challenge: reconciling extreme performance with respect for the environment. An ambitious project that sees in P Zero™ Trofeo a synthesis of Pirelli’s impressive efforts to achieve green performance on the latest generation of tires.

P Zero™ Trofeo already meets laws which will come into effect in the coming years regarding the use of 100% HAOF compounds – that is with no highly aromatic oils – and enabling the reduction of noise levels inside and outside the car: a result obtained developing a “racing” tire with a tread pattern similar to the most evolved road tires – central ribs and longitudinal grooves – and working on the offsetting of transversal grooves, and on the layout of the shoulder blocks.

For maximum performance and safety on a circuit, first make sure that the vehicle itself is in perfect working order, particularly with respect to brakes, steering and suspensions.

Most modern cars can be driven on a circuit without significant modification, though for sustained
circuit driving, for example on a track day, it is recommended that the brake pads be changed to a competition version so as to withstand the extra heat generated by the constant use that circuit driving demands.

The ultra hard and constant braking and acceleration used in circuit driving is the principal reason for using a tire like P Zero™ Trofeo, rather than a standard tire.
P Zero™ Trofeo can withstand constant hard use and the high temperatures generated, delivering perfect lap times, lap after lap.

tire Set-up for Circuit Driving
Having quite a stiff construction, P Zero™ Trofeo does not necessarily need extra pressure to deliver its performance. In fact it is designed to run at pressures around 2 bar, the finite adjustments depending on vehicle type.
Critical to understanding the set-up is to appreciate that this pressure is the ‘operating pressure’ of the tire when it is fully warmed up to working temperature and that the difference in temperature between ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ tires can be very significant, typically 0.5 bar.
Set-up procedure: set the tire pressures when cold to approximately 0.4 bar (6lbs/sq.ins) less than the required operating pressure. Drive the car on the circuit for 3-4 laps to bring the tires up to temperature, re-enter the pit-lane and immediately re-set the pressures to the required operating pressure. Continue to check the ‘hot’ pressures during continued use on the circuit if that is possible.
Pirelli recommends the use of normal compressed air to inflate the tire, providing the above procedures are followed. Specialist gasses such as nitrogen are not required unless the air source suffers from excessive contamination of humidity.
Always use a high quality air pressure gauge for consistent results. The use of metal rather than rubber valve stems is recommended as these are more resistant to high temperature.
Do not forget to reset tire pressures after driving on track!

tire Set-up for Circuit Driving
Having quite a stiff construction, P Zero™ Trofeo does not necessarily need extra pressure to deliver its performance. In fact it is designed to run at pressures around 2 bar, the finite adjustments depending on vehicle type.
Critical to understanding the set-up is to appreciate that this pressure is the ‘operating pressure’ of the tire when it is fully warmed up to working temperature and that the difference in temperature between ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ tires can be very significant, typically 0.5 bar.
Set-up procedure: set the tire pressures when cold to approximately 0.4 bar (6lbs/sq.ins) less than the required operating pressure. Drive the car on the circuit for 3-4 laps to bring the tires up to temperature, re-enter the pit-lane and immediately re-set the pressures to the required operating pressure. Continue to check the ‘hot’ pressures during continued use on the circuit if that is possible.
Pirelli recommends the use of normal compressed air to inflate the tire, providing the above procedures are followed. Specialist gasses such as nitrogen are not required unless the air source suffers from excessive contamination of humidity.
Always use a high quality air pressure gauge for consistent results. The use of metal rather than rubber valve stems is recommended as these are more resistant to high temperature.
Do not forget to reset tire pressures after driving on track!