So we a small bunch of us were having a discussion about Handling & Grip and there's 2 claims:
A Claims that Tyre = Grip, but Tyre is also considered part of the car's handling because it not just provide "Grip".
B Claims that Tyre = Grip, and is not related to or affect a car's handling.
The reason this discussion came out is we're trying to compare handling of different cars, just normal cornering, not going anywhere near the tyre limits.
A stated to make fair comparison of handling of different cars, apart from same road condition, driver, speed, the cars should be using similar tyres in order to make a fair comparison on the cars' handling.
B stated you don't need to have similar tyres to make a fair comparison because tyres only affect the grip and not the handling of a car, while it's true since we don't go near the tyre's grip limit, and doing simple zigzag or obstacle run would give drivers a good idea a car's handling without taking the tyres into account.
So in short one is claiming tyres need to be taken into account a car's handling, while the other claims tyres don't, so if car A is using Comfort tyres, car B is using Ultra Grip tyres, the journalist should still be able to give a fair review of both car's handling and tyres should not affect the outcome.
what's your take? i know many people agree with B, me too.
Is Tyre part of "Handling"