The budget Chinese tire was still able to surprise the test experts by surpassing the more expensive model from reputed brands in a number of disciplines. However, it still lacks the high-quality braking characteristics on ice and snow, even though it does not fall short that much of the decent friction models of recent years. On ice, it demonstrates good cornering grip, yet, compared to the premium-class tires, it poorly informs the driver about the level of traction, which muddles the handling response. What is still worse, the Firemax tire cannot stand lateral loads, due to which the car becomes absolutely uncontrollable during emergency maneuvers. Hence, the last place.