Road legal Dunlop GP Racer D212 designed for track days and club level racing
– Full range now available across Europe
– Includes technologies developed in FIM Endurance World Championship success and cascaded from the D212 GP Pro
The Dunlop GP Racer series has long been a favourite choice of race and trackday riders. This month, the new GP Racer D212 goes on sale across Europe following its successful introduction in race events last year.
Dunlop had already previewed the tyre in demanding racing events. The first production-spec GP Racer D212 was used in the final round of the French Superbike Championship helping Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) win both Supersport races. Prototype tyres had already been validated in the FIM Endurance World Endurance Championship.
New Front Profile from TT winning GP Pro D212
The GP Racer D212 includes technologies that are a direct cascade of the Isle of Man TT winning GP Pro D212, but tuned for track day and club class racers. Indeed, the new mould profile and casing construction is derived directly from the GP Pro, vastly reducing steering effort allowing sharper, faster direction changes compared to its predecessor.
Can be tuned for road and track
Dunlop’s latest Heat Control Technology ( included in 190/55ZR17 and 200/55ZR17 rear Endurance versions) increases the tyre’s resistance to tearing, by allowing a very strong and enduring outer compound, whilst at the same time offering race-like levels of grip with heat generated by the softer base compound.
The tyre also features the latest version of Dunlop’s innovative NTEC system which allows pressure tuning, as Technology Director, Sebastien Montet, explains: “NTEC allows riders to run lower pressures for track use, providing an increased contact patch for maximum mechanical grip and more even wear without compromising rider feedback and confidence. This, coupled with our latest Heat Control Technology and MultiTread compound, has been a major factor in creating a track day tyre that can also win top-level races”
