The Bridgestone Potenza Sport secures its podium finish with best-in-class dry/wet braking and confident dry handling, paired with refined comfort and low noise. While wet handling trails slightly behind leaders, its balanced performance makes it a top UHP summer contender.

Key Features:

Braking mastery: Shortest dry/wet braking distances in the test, prioritizing safety in emergencies.

• Dry-road precision: Agile cornering and stable grip for spirited driving.
• Comfort focus: Quiet, smooth ride uncommon in performance-oriented UHP tires.
• Efficiency trade-off: Higher rolling resistance reflects its sporty, grip-focused design.

Best for: Drivers seeking balanced UHP performance with strong braking, daily-driver comfort, and dry-road agility. Avoid if wet-track dominance or fuel efficiency are top priorities.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport ranked sixth, dominating wet handling (99.34s fastest lap) and subjective wet feedback (10/10), while delivering precise dry dynamics (2nd in dry handling). However, its critically high rolling resistance (10.7 kg/t) exceeds EU regulatory limits, jeopardizing future production. Comfort (8.5/10) and noise (73.3 dB) trailed rivals, and track use revealed rapid shoulder wear.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport 225/40 R18 92Y XL earned a very good rating with its convincing grip, short braking distances, and dynamic handling that deliver an engaging driving experience. However, its aggressively worn tread pattern after rapid cornering may affect long-term durability.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport secured a top-three ranking in 2024 sports tire evaluations, excelling with the fastest wet lap times and sustained hydroplaning resistance. Despite leading in wet track performance, it recorded the poorest braking distances in simulated rain conditions, revealing a critical trade-off.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport exhibited dynamic driving behavior with consistently short braking distances and strong aquaplaning reserves, ensuring responsive handling. However, its limited mileage and very high rolling resistance detract from its overall performance, resulting in a sufficient rating.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport excelled in wet conditions with outstanding grip, secured the shortest dry braking distance, and showcased superior agility during slalom testing. Its performance places it ahead of several competitors, though the elevated rolling resistance may affect fuel efficiency.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport delivers exceptional driving safety with precise steering feedback and very short braking distances on dry roads, while excelling on wet surfaces with secure handling and impressive aquaplaning performance. Its high grip level translates to top-tier performance in critical driving conditions, although its environmental efficiency is diminished by above-average weight and fuel consumption.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport excels as the test winner, showcasing top-tier performance on wet and dry roads. It's adept at handling, offering superb grip and ensuring short braking distances, particularly in wet conditions, which bolsters safety. The tire stands out for its resistance to hydroplaning, adding to its dependable characteristics. Additionally, it's noted for its fuel efficiency due to its low rolling resistance, paired with an attractive price point. The only slight downside is its noise, which, despite being a bit higher, doesn't significantly detract from its overall exceptional performance.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport tire is celebrated for its exceptional quality, delivering impressive driving dynamics. It excels not only on standard roads but also in off-road conditions, offering a versatile performance. The tire is noted for its accurate steering response, which contributes to a more controlled driving experience. It also stands out for its ability to stop quickly in both wet and dry conditions, an attribute that enhances safety and reliability.

The Bridgestone Potenza Sport showcased its prowess in the Autobild Sportscars summer tire test, leading in dry braking and delivering strong performances in wet handling and the wet circle test. Despite a lesser showing in straight hydroplaning and a higher noise level, the tire's dynamic handling, grip on wet surfaces, and short braking distances underscore its balanced and performance-oriented design. However, notable wear and tear after extended dry track use slightly mar its otherwise impressive profile.

Positive: Good handling on wet roads. Safe and responsive behavior on dry roads.
Negative: Dry braking, highest rolling resistance in the test.

Positive: Wet handling. Wet braking. Dry braking.
Negative: Environment.

Positive: New high performance tire with excellent wet and dry handling, good balance, precise steering with good feedback, short braking distances in wet and dry, hydroplaning resistance.
Negative: Increased rolling resistance, average comfort.

Bridgestone delivers superior wet grip, performance and safety in braking, handling and driving stability. The tire responds predictably to changes in load at the limit, but requires active steering correction. Flawless driving performance helps the Bridgestone lap faster than the Continental. In addition, Potenza Sport has the highest rolling resistance, which affects fuel consumption and points.

A sports tire with packed with safety features. It is slightly inferior to its rivals in terms of straight and lateral hydroplaning resistance, environment performance, and noise/ride comfort, but there are no obvious issues that you cannot put up with.

This Bridgestone model ensures excellent handling response on wet pavement, and has a very high rolling resistance; on dry pavement, and has good handling feedback and crisp steering response, for which, obviously, the technologists sacrificed some of the ride comfort.

Excellent handling response and very short braking distance in any conditions. Good hydroplaning resistance. High rolling resistance.

Good hydroplaning resistance. Good handling performance and crisp steering response. Relatively long braking distance on wet pavement. Good.

Good handling and short braking distances on dry and wet surfaces. Precise steering response. Good ride comfort. Increased rolling resistance. Increased noise.

Outstanding cornering stability on wet and dry pavement. Surprisingly good aquaplaning resistance. Fast and precise response to the driver’s actions. Average dry and wet braking performance. Very good.

Strong traction and good handling response on wet and dry pavement. Low aquaplaning resistance. High noise emission. Low riding comfort. Very high rolling resistance. Recommended.

Good handling response and a short stopping distance on wet and dry pavement alike. Excellent lateral stability in the wet. Good hydroplaning resistance. Poor riding comfort. High noise emission. High rolling resistance.

The new Bridgestone Potenza Sport at times feels like a track tyre for the road. The grip levels are extremely high and when the tyre is warm, the grip incredible. The low starting tread depth makes it difficult in the wet due to high levels of aquaplaning, however the grip is impressive when in contact with the road.

Positive: Sporty handling tyre with excellent steering response and feedback, very quick in the dry and wet with short braking distances.
Negative: Low aquaplaning resistance, oversteer balance in wet handling.

Crisp steering response and well-balanced performance in any conditions. Great handling on dry pavement. Short braking distance on wet and dry pavement. Increased noise.

Positive: Very high grip level on wet and especially on dry roads. Direct steering response and high steering precision in dry handling.
Negative: Somewhat sensitive to load changes in the wet. Increased risk of aquaplaning when cornering. Increased rolling resistance.

New top-class sports tires, excellent handling qualities on wet and dry slopes, precise steering response, good balance, shortest wet and dry braking distances, good aquaplaning properties.
Verdict: exemplary.