Bridgestone has unveiled its newest semi-slick monitor tire, the Bridgestone Potenza Race R. The tire debuted alongside the 2026 Lamborghini Revuelto SV (Tremendous Veloce) as a bespoke variant of the monitor tire for the brand new SV supercar.
Elevating the monitor efficiency of the Bridgestone Potenza Race, the Potenza Race R combines a motorsport-inspired compound with a brand new aggressive sample for excessive dry grip and dealing with. The high-grip tire reportedly affords quick warm-up and constant instances from the primary to final lap, maximizing the Revuelto SV’s capabilities. It’s absolutely homologated for public roads.
Bridgestone, Lamborghini’s official technical associate and unique tire provider, has developed a bespoke tire line-up for the Revuelto SV. The vary contains the Potenza Race R, Potenza Sport and Blizzak LM005, protecting monitor, high-performance and winter driving necessities.
Powered by a V12 hybrid powertrain and influenced by Lamborghini’s racing heritage, the Revuelto SV is the quickest and strongest manufacturing Lamborghini in-built Sant’Agata Bolognese. It has a high velocity of greater than 345km/h and accelerates from 0-100km/h in 2.4 seconds.
“The Lamborghini Revuelto SV is the right car to introduce our new, bespoke Bridgestone Potenza Race R and showcase what it will possibly do. And Lamborghini has been a superb associate in serving to convey our imaginative and prescient to life,” stated Adrien Thormann, director of OE gross sales at Bridgestone Europe. “In 2023, Lamborghini selected Bridgestone as unique tire associate for the Revuelto, its first-ever tremendous sports activities V12 HPEV. Three years later, the unbelievable Revuelto SV launches with Bridgestone as sole tire associate as soon as once more.”
Based on Bridgestone, the ultra-high-performance fitment delivers distinctive high-speed efficiency and steering precision on dry and moist surfaces. Revuelto SV drivers can choose the customized Potenza Sport with Bridgestone’s Run Flat Expertise (RFT). RFT allows drivers to proceed safely after a puncture for 80km at as much as 80km/h with 0-bar stress.
Finishing the line-up, Bridgestone has developed a bespoke Blizzak LM005 winter fitment for difficult cold-weather situations.
Bridgestone’s fitments characteristic the distinctive Lamborghini marking – highlighting their unique growth – and can be found in 20in and 21in (front-rear) sizes: 265/35 ZR20 (99Y) and 345/30 ZR21 (111Y). All 4 fitments have been developed and manufactured in Italy.
“At Lamborghini, Tremendous Veloce signifies excessive efficiency, which is completely embodied by the brand new Revuelto SV,” stated Alessandro Farmeschi, Automobili Lamborghini Revuelto product line director. “Each element has been optimized – from aerodynamics and energy supply to the bespoke Bridgestone tire line-up that matches the car’s extraordinary capabilities. The pairing of the Revuelto SV and the brand new Bridgestone Potenza Race R displays our shared dedication to engineering on the slicing fringe of efficiency.”
The Revuelto SV’s bespoke Bridgestone tire line-up was developed utilizing Bridgestone’s proprietary Digital Tyre Growth (VTD) expertise, which improves the effectivity and sustainability of the tire growth course of. Based on Bridgestone, VTD can cut back uncooked materials consumption and CO2 emissions by as much as 60% within the growth part.
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