Goodyear finalises Pure ETCR tyre specification

In August Goodyear unveiled the treaded tyre it will supply to the new Pure ETCR electric touring car championship when it gets underway next year, and since then has benefitted from technical feedback supplied by series promoter Eurosport Events and the technical department at WSC Group. Working with this feedback, Goodyear has finalised the specification of the specially-developed Eagle F1 SuperSport race tyre.

“We have another test at Vallelunga this week, and then the testing programme will continue early next year, when there will be more cars and manufacturers on track, to give us more data and information,” comments event leader Sebastian Trinks, who leads Goodyear’s Pure ETCR and WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup projects. “The tyre itself is finalised. We haven’t changed anything since its reveal in August, because it has performed exactly as expected. We’ve had very positive feedback from the teams’ test drivers, too.

“When the R&D team in Luxembourg and Germany was working on the tyre earlier in the year, they had a good window to do indoor testing and simulations while we couldn’t go out on track due to lockdown,” Trinks continues. “We managed to complete a lot of the testing work in this period, to minimise the amount of work that needed to be carried out on a race track. It was a good example of adapting to the situation and making the most of the circumstances while we couldn’t travel, so an excellent job from the R&D team.”

Working with teams & manufacturers

Goodyear is exclusive tyre supplier to Pure ETCR and is supplying a single tyre specification for use at every track in all weather conditions. The tyre maker works with the teams developing cars for the series. It initially performed Pure ETCR testing with the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR. In November Italian outfit Romeo Ferrarris unveiled the second completed ETCR car, the Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR .

“We know the Romeo Ferraris team already because they run Alfa Romeos in WTCR, so we have worked with them this year and got on very well,” says Trinks. “I’m happy to welcome the second car to be unveiled, and I’m looking forward to a good collaboration. We’ve been working closely with Hyundai so far throughout the testing programme, and look forward to working more closely with Cupra as they continue their development work. It’s great that all of these teams and manufacturers are positive about Pure ETCR and we’re enjoying working with every one of them.”