Goodyear's Dunlop announced that the new Sport Maxx Race 2 has been approved by Porsche as original equipment for on road use on the new 911 GT2 RS in the sizes 265/35 ZR 20 (99Y) XL and 325/30 ZR 21 (108Y) XL.

The successor to the Sport Maxx Race has been developed together with Porsche to meet the exceptional performance requirements for its new 911 GT2 RS: excellent performance on dry surfaces and delivering ultimate track lap time for dedicated performance drivers.

With the Sport Maxx Race 2 tires already approved for the new 911 GT3, Dunlop continues its offering of specialist tires for Porsche vehicles.

"The Sport Maxx Race 2 is a great evolution of the previous Sport Maxx Race and an excellent match for our 911 GT2 RS, in terms of dry performance, grip and steering precision. Dunlop fully understood our requirements,” said Jan Frank at Porsche.

Dunlop’s winning motorsport experience is a fundamental asset to design and develop Ultra High-Performance tires for sports cars like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Motorsport represents the ultimate test and proving ground since it enables to collect substantial amounts of data, feedback from drivers and allows to compete directly with other tire brands to push the boundaries of innovation. Winning a 24H race is the ultimate test of durability, performance and consistency for any tire manufacturer, and Dunlop succeeded in transferring what was learnt at 24H Nürburgring and at 24H Le Mans race into on-road performance tires.

"Working to develop a tire for platforms like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS means making full use of our experience in motorsport and our capabilities in delivering tailor-made solutions for the most prestigious OEMs,” said Nick Harley, Managing Director OE Consumer EMEA

After intensive testing on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany and on Porsche’s proving ground in Nardò in Italy, the Sport Maxx Race 2 was approved as OE Fitment for the 911 GT2 RS.

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Dunlop picked as OE tire for Porsche 911 GT2 RS