Continental’s latest generation ultra high performance tyre, the

ContiSportContact 5 P has just been launched. Sports car drivers need to be able to drive safely on both wet and dry roads and as their only contact with the road, the high-tech tyres fitted to these vehicles must provide maximum support.



Continental has found new solutions for the composition of the tread compound and the reinforcing material in the new ContiSportContact 5 P. New carbon blacks and resins introduced into the compound supports the flexibility of the rubber and the rigidity of the tyre. The tyre features a large number of small tread blocks on the middle and side areas of the tread, resulting in a large number of transverse edges on the tyre surface. These edges cut through the film of water on the road like a windscreen wiper, quickly diverting water away from the tread blocks. Instead of using nylon in the carcass, as is typical for sports tyres, Continental’s engineers decided on a mixture of aramid and nylon threads.

The ContiSportContact 5 P is already OE approved on the Renault Megane III Sport RS, the Audi TT RS and the Mercedes AMG C-Class and E-Class.