Club-level circuit performance without burning through your budget or your patience.
“Confidence into the corner is worth more than power out of it.”
Cheaper pads fade when the temps climb and leave you guessing at the threshold. The W5 holds a consistent friction coefficient through repeated hard stops, so your braking points stay where you set them. For drivers chasing lap times at club level, the cost-per-session value is hard to argue with.
WinmaX call W5 their standard circuit model, and it is the compound most Australian club racing runs on. It asks for around 100°C before it is at its best, so it is a full-session race pad rather than a road one, and holds friction to 750°C. If you are choosing one compound for a club race weekend and nothing else is known, this is the sensible starting point.
These are the compounds we stock for the Nissan Silvia / Skyline (standard calipers) whose published friction and operating temperature come closest to WinmaX W5. They are a starting point for switching brands — not a guarantee of identical feel, because each manufacturer measures friction on their own equipment.
Circo S99
Very closeEntry-level racing and 2WD rally, working from cold up to 700°C.
Matched on published friction and operating temperature.
From $382Circo M220
CloseA GT endurance compound for 12-hour-plus racing.
Matched on published friction and operating temperature.
From $701Compare every compound for the Nissan Silvia / Skyline (standard calipers)