Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Both the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S and Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS are amongst the best in their respective classes, this shows the different design intentions and the resulting carcass differences between a multipurpose street tire and something more focused on going really fast in the dry.
Both the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S and Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS are amongst the best in their respective classes, this shows the different design intentions and the resulting carcass differences between a multipurpose street tire and something more focused on going really fast in the dry.
![The NEW Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 [MO1] vs Cup 2 R!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S800muYblKI/mqdefault.jpg "The NEW Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 [MO1] vs Cup 2 R!
This is the story of the new Michelin Pilot Sport S 5, and how Michelin and Mercedes worked together to make it the ultimate tire for the new Mercedes AMG GT63!
The Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 is the successor to the hugely popular Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, and aims to be better in every way, but in particular better steering reactions which is something i always found lacking on the PS4S.
The MO version of the tire has taken the base of the PSS5 and tuned it even further to work perfectly with the new Mercedes AMG GT63.
In this video we interview the lead Michelin / AMT development test driver, and compare the new Pilot Sport S 5 [MO1] against the track focused Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R [MO1]
The tires in this video are:
https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Michelin/Pilot-Sport-S-5.htm
https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Michelin/Pilot-Sport-Cup-2-R.htm
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= Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Interview
02:37 What is soft handling?
05:50 Interview Part 2
10:00 Dry Handling
13:35 Wet Handling
16:41 Final Thoughts")
