Mazda MX-5 Cup

TYRES

• Semi-slick compound, front 27.5 PSI, rear 28.5 PSI cold — targets ~31–32 PSI hot.
• Optimal operating temperature window: 80–95°C for peak grip; avoid exceeding 100°C to prevent falloff.
• No tyre blankets permitted (spec series, cold set).

ELECTRONICS

• TC: N/A
• ABS: N/A
• Engine Braking: Fixed (spec, no adjustment)
• Brake Bias: 58.5% front

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 105 mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: 21500 N/m / 21500 N/m
• ARB: 14 N/m (max stiff setting per scale)
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
• Brake Bias: 58.5%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 110 mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: 18500 N/m / 18500 N/m
• ARB: 8 N/m
• Diff Preload: 30 Nm
• Diff Coast: 0.5
• Diff Power: 0.4

DAMPERS

AERO

• N/A — no aero package on MX-5 Cup. No wings, no brake duct adjustment available.

KEY SETUP NOTE

• Navarra's long Turn 1/9 sweepers and fast Turn 5-6 complex punish a car that isn't fully loaded on all four corners — keep ARBs and springs on the softer end of viable to maximize mechanical grip through the high-speed direction changes, since the MX-5 has zero aero to fall back on at speed.

TRACK GUIDE

• Turn 1 (fast right-hander after the long front straight): carry min 130 km/h, late light brake touch only, trail off smoothly — overslowing here costs the whole back section.
• Turn 5-6 esses: this is where lap time is won — commit to a smooth, continuous arc, sacrifice a fraction of min speed in T5 to maximize exit speed onto the back straight.
• Final corner onto main straight: this is the most critical traction zone — get the car rotated early and get on power progressively, as straight-line speed down the front straight defines your lap/sector time.
• Heavy braking zone into the tight final-sector hairpin: trail brake deep but smoothly — locking a front tyre here in the MX-5 kills rotation entirely due to low grip reserve.
• Use curb aggressively only on entry-stabilized corners (not mid-corner) — the MX-5's soft setup transmits curb strikes into unsettling yaw if hit while loaded.

THEORETICAL BEST LAP

• 1:52.800 — theoretical optimal sector composite, dry track, ambient 20°C, based on spec MX-5 Cup pace at comparable 3.9km circuits.

REAL WORLD RECORD

• No official record — Navarra Speed Long configuration is not a standard homolog