TPT Grip Box — Tyre Performance Technology

What the Grip Box does

Surface grip,
mapped precisely.

The TPT Grip Box is a new device developed in-house by Tyre Performance Technology. It measures the friction level of paved surfaces and combines those measurements into a detailed grip map — showing exactly where grip is high, where it is low, and how it varies across any surface.

Measures surface friction directly

The Grip Box measures the friction coefficient of the surface itself — asphalt, concrete, painted lines, kerbs, or any solid road surface. This is the surface being characterised, not the tyre — giving a fixed reference independent of which vehicle runs on it.

Full grip heat maps

Measurements across a surface are combined into a visual heat map — showing grip levels across the full area. High grip zones and low grip zones are immediately visible, with precise location data tied to every measurement point.

Works on any paved surface

Asphalt, concrete, tarmac, painted surfaces, brick, stone — the Grip Box works on any solid surface where friction matters. Equally suited to a race circuit, a public road, a parking garage, or a cycling path.

For sale and rental

The Grip Box will be available both to purchase and to rent from TPT. Rental includes TPT-operated surveys — where TPT performs the measurement and delivers the grip map and analysis — as well as self-operated rental for organisations with their own survey needs.

TPT Grip Box output — illustrative

Surface Grip Heat Map

Grip coefficient across a track section. Green = high grip · Red = low grip.

The heat map shows immediately where grip is available and where it is not — allowing drivers and engineers to adjust lines, braking points, and throttle application based on measured surface data, not accumulated track experience alone.

Who it is for

Motorsport and
beyond the track.

The Grip Box serves two distinct markets — each with different needs, but the same core requirement: to know exactly what the surface they rely on actually does.

Motorsport

Racing Teams & Circuit Operators

Surface grip varies enormously around a circuit — and that variation changes with temperature, rubber laydown, weather, and track evolution. The Grip Box maps those variations before and during an event, giving teams measured data that was previously only available through accumulated laps of experience.

A grip heat map of the full circuit gives the engineering team a starting point for tyre strategy, setup, and raceline decisions that is grounded in real data rather than assumption.

Full circuit grip maps before a race weekend

Corner-by-corner grip variation for raceline optimisation

Track evolution monitoring through an event

Kerb and painted surface grip characterisation

Circuit operator surface condition reporting

Infrastructure

Municipalities & Facility Managers

For roads, parking garages, bicycle paths, pedestrian areas, and public spaces, surface grip is a safety parameter — and one that is rarely measured directly. The Grip Box makes it possible to survey the friction level of any paved surface and produce a documented assessment of its current condition.

Low-grip areas can be identified before accidents occur — rather than investigated after. The grip map provides an objective, documented basis for maintenance decisions, safety assessments, and liability management.

Road surface safety surveys for municipalities

Parking garage and multi-storey surface assessment

Bicycle path and pedestrian area grip mapping

Industrial floor and facility safety surveys

Wear state documentation for maintenance planning

TPTGrip Box.

Surface grip,mapped precisely.

Motorsport andbeyond the track.

TPT
Grip Box.

Surface grip,
mapped precisely.

Motorsport and
beyond the track.