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Originally Posted by jedrinck
Are you talking about these specific racing tires or just about the general reputation of the brands? As you may know, Michelin provides spec tires for the F Renault euroseries and Kumho for the F3 euroseries.
These 13" slicks for light single seaters have absolutely nothing to do with the range of road legal tires made by these companies so no conclusions can be drawn about how well they work just buy saying that Michelin generally makes better tires.
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Their respective race tires. If you have a spec tire then you use that.
When competitors have a choice, Kumhos are chosen more for cost benefit then for speed. Michelin are chosen for speed, up to 2 sec a lap faster, but are much more expesive.
If the price is close, go with the Michelin.