[neor]

For the Veyron I know they developed special tires with Michelin to be able to handle the extreme high speeds.

Such development might help "normal" tires improve in durability.

I can imagine this is something that happens in a lot of area's. Pushing every part to the extremes might help make them more reliable under normal usage.

Ultra high speeds also require efficient aerodynamics, which in turn helps reduce drag/fuel usage.

[ska]

It wasn’t just tires, but rims as well. If I recall correctly for the original at top speed the useful life of rims was about 30min, tires about 15. You on my had 12 min of fuel at that rate though. Rim + tire replacement was something like 100k USD. Not that anyone was going to be able to put many top speed minutes together in practice.

[tobylane]

I recognise James May's delivery of those numbers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0PgyPWE3o

[ska]

I didn't remember that but it must have been what stuck it in my head!