What happens when the rubber hits the road? Who better to ask than Pirelli, who generously offered to give me the drive of my life (and not end it, obvs), to show what their latest generation of P Zero tyres can do. Shamefully, I have taken insufficient interest in tyres before, but a few laps of the Monza circuit that placed unprecedented G-forces on my body have made me reconsider my priorities.
The answer to what happens when the rubber hits the road is “quite a lot”, obviously, because those four terribly neglected round black things at the corners of your car are the only component that actually touches the ground, are crucial to your safety and that of your passengers, and, to look on the brighter side, can add much to your enjoyment of driving.
