Stunning BTCC comeback for Turkington at Oulton Park
TerraClean-sponsored touring car ace Colin Turkington pulled off a thrilling comeback to recover from starting last in race one, to win the final race of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) weekend at Oulton Park. The four-time BTCC champion produced a legendary performance to take his 65th career victory, after a technical infraction meant Turkington had to start the first of three races on Sunday at the very back of the grid.
Continue ReadingSoft Pirelli Scorpion KX WRC to tackle rain, mud on Kenyan Safari Rally
Pirelli engineers predict its soft compound Scorpion KX WRC are the optimal choice for World Rally Championship contenders in Kenya, as the WRC Safari Rally commences on 22 June. Rain and muddy conditions, as well as loose stones and rapidly changing road conditions greet competitors, who have chosen to load up on the soft version of the Scorpion KXs. 28 sets per car – the 24 assigned by regulation plus the additional four for the shakedown – allow drivers to fit four new tyres at each of the seven services over the course of the race weekend.
Continue ReadingToyo Tires with Ring Racing gets Nürburgring podium in NLS4
Toyo Tires with Ring Racing had a successful outing in its recent visit to the Nordschleife, achieving a podium finish in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Series race. After qualifying fourth in their Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2023, Heiko Tönges took the start in car number 170, with Michael Tischner taking over for the middle stint and team principal Uwe Kleen bringing it home for the finish. The Toyota GR Supra was equipped with Nürburgring-soec Toyo Proxes Slicks.
Continue ReadingRecord 40 entries on Pirelli tyres at GT World Challenge Asia
Pirelli tyres will be fitted on a record 40 cars at the next round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS at Fuji in Japan this weekend. The event also represents the opening round of the Fanatec Japan Cup event. Pirelli is sole supplier to all the GT3-based championships organised by the SRO Group around the world. These events showcase racing equivalents of roadgoing supercars, making them particularly suited to Pirelli’s core business of supplying OE and replacement market tyres to performance vehicles for the road and track. The tyre manufacturer says it uses motorsport for the development of road tyre products in its P Zero and Cinturato ranges.
Continue ReadingYokohama supplying Pikes Peak division for 6th consecutive season, looks to repeat 2022 success
Yokohama is returning as the exclusive tyre provider for the Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy Division for the sixth consecutive year. Every Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport vehicles will compete on Advan A052 tyres. In extended hill climb competition, 27 drivers in multiple divisions will run on Yokohama Advan tyres during the legendary 12.42 mile “Race to the Clouds,” which takes place June 25 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The tyre manufacturer wants to repeat its overall successes from 2022 when its Advan branded tyres were used by the overall champion, picking up 10 podium finishes, four division wins and four of the top five overall finishers.
Continue ReadingYokohama Advan shod GT500 racer wins at Suzuka
The TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh’s WedsSport Advan GR Supra of Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi won in the GT500 class in round three of Japan’s 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series, giving tyre supplier Yokohama and its flagship Advan brand a long-awaited victory. The third round of the country’s premier touring cars series was hosted by the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on 3–4 June. Yokohama has positioned Advan as headline sponsor of the series, and targeted victories on its rubber to maximise the impact of this sponsorship. Yokohama’s corporate strategy in the passenger car tyre market is to increase sales of its high performance products for premium vehicles, chasing the generally higher margins offered at this end of the market.
Continue ReadingApollo truck racer wants to push on with podium in sight
With the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship’s 2023 season two meetings and eight races old, the purple-liveried SL Apollo Tyres Trucksport is competing at the top end of the driver’s championship. German 35-year-old driver Sascha Lenz says that the truck is ready to compete following mechanical challenges in pre-season practice, having stepped up the pace in the season to sit in fourth position in the driver standings. The championship has visited the Autodromo Misano World Circuit in Italy and the Slovakia Ring so far, with the new Polish round at Poznan coming up on 24-25 June. Lenz pronounced himself and the team “satisfied” with the team’s improvements in the new race truck: “My initial feeling after the testing was that we were far from where we wanted to be in terms of set-up. However, we have proved that we are going in the right direction.”
Continue ReadingKwik Fit to showcase BTCC at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Kwik Fit will return to the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed (13-16 July) for its third consecutive year, showcasing its partnership with the British Touring Car Championship. The company will partner MPA to deliver exclusive interviews, contests, autograph sessions and giveaways, alongside appearances from several leading BTCC drivers. There will also be the opportunity to see several current BTCC cars and 2023 liveries up close. Kwik Fit’s display will also house a sim racing experience for both guests and attendees to battle it out head-to-head.
Continue ReadingMichelin marks 100 years of Le Mans with #WeRaceForChange campaign
Michelin and the ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest) are celebrating the centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 2023. The tyre manufacturer is marking the occasion by reviewing its innovations made in conjunction with this partnership, while also looking towards the future of top-level motorsport in the context of increasingly prevalent and important sustainability considerations. The tyre manufacturer has committed to the use of fully sustainable materials across its entire range of tyres by 2050. Looking both to its history of innovation and current developments, such as the 63 percent sustainable material tyre it has developed for Green GTs H24 hydrogen-powered racing prototype, Michelin makes the case for motorsport as “a unique accelerator of sustainable innovation,” and a suitable proving ground for technologies that lead tyre innovation in this area.
Continue ReadingGitiCompete GTR1 tyres ‘perform brilliantly’ at Nürburgring, as 4 Giti Tire Motorsport cars finish
Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing’s ‘Girls Only’ team displayed camaraderie, determination and spirit to finish the 51st ADAC TotalEnergies 24-hour Nürburgring endurance race with technical issues, no-fault crashes and technical problems all overcome. Heading into the weekend on a high, regular drivers Célia Martin, Fabienne Wohlwend, Pippa Mann and Beitzke Visser in the all-new G82 series BMW M4 GT4, supported by all-women pit and management crews, began at the very rear of the starting group due to a controversial technical offence.
Continue ReadingThierry Sarasyn visits 15 countries in 22 hours on Bridgestone Battlax T32 tyres
The Belgian motorcyclist Thierry Sarasyn set a new touring world record when he visited 15 countries in just 22 hours, surpassing his own milestone of 13 countries in a day. Sarasyn finished his route in the Netherlands at 19:59 on 23 May, just under 22 hours after starting in Poland. The rider achieved this feat on a pair of Bridgestone Battlax T32 tyres, the manufacturer’s next-generation sport touring motorcycle tyre. It is the third biking world record in three years in which the Battlax T32 has been used, all three achieved by different riders on different bikes, following different routes.
Continue ReadingDouble podium success for TerraClean-sponsored Colin Turkington
TerraClean-sponsored British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) ace Colin Turkington took two podium finishes at the latest round of the championship at Snetterton. In hot conditions, Turkington played tyre strategy to his advantage, also capitalising on a strong qualifying performance on Saturday that resulted in the four-time champion starting Sunday’s first race third on the grid.
Continue ReadingGiti Tire, WS Racing, Sparco set to sparkle at Nürburgring 24-hour race
Giti Tire has described its visit to the 51st ADAC TotalEnergies 24-hour Nürburgring race as “a huge weekend” for its motorsport division. The manufacturer is supporting its all-female racing team again and will ramp up its new brand building partnership with Sparco. This means that as well as participating in the event, Giti will have its broadest selection of marketing activities at the event. Stefan Brohs, marketing director - Europe for Giti Tire, promises a “full communication strategy” designed to launch the “Giti – Powered by Sparco” slogan for in-person and online viewers.
Continue ReadingFalken ready for the 24-hour marathon
One of the most sensational motorsport spectacles of the year is heading to the starting grid: this years 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife will start on 20 May. Once again, the teal and blue race cars from Falken are entered for the race: two Porsche 911 GT3 R Type 992 cars aiming for victory.
Continue Reading2024 BTCC calendar unveiled
The 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship calendar has announced after series organisers TOCA confirmed its dates even earlier than ever before. After completing just two events of the 2023 campaign so far, the UK’s premier motorsport series has already locked down its dates for next year, sticking to a tried and tested format.
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