Drivers will face more than 300 competitive kilometres, over 21 special stages. Milan – Rally Sweden, based in Karlstad this weekend, is round two of the World Rally Championship and one of the toughest tests of the year for any tyre. In order to tackle the specialised stages, which consist of layers of snow and ice on top of fast gravel tracks, drivers will rely on specially studded tyres that bite into the loose surface to generate grip. In total there are 384 studs with Tungsten tips, protruding seven millimetres, which are locked into the tyre (preventing stud loss) in a unique vulcanisation process patented by Pirelli. The tyre comes in 205/65-15 size, so that it can be mounted on...
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