Hankook’s i*cept RS 2 winter tyre has been reaffirmed as one of the best after coming first in five categories and second overall in the Auto Express 2018 Winter Tyre Test.

It is the second year running that Hankook has taken second in the programme which back-to-back tests tyres from several brands at a facility in Finland for snow driving and at a purpose-built handling centre in Germany.

In the tests the Hankook i*cept RS 2 was competing against seven other winter tyres in 205/55R16 size fitted to many family cars.

The i*cept RS 2 toppled the tests in frozen Finland where it took a clean sweep of the test wins.

Auto Express wrote ‘it was our undoubted star in the snow’ and ‘proves that it’s effective in wet and dry road conditions as well.’

In the wet the i*cept RS 2 performed the best in the deep-water aquaplaning tests with a win and a runner-up finish.