Prometeon Tyre Group returns with Dakar champion Macík
Prometeon Tyre Group has renewed its partnership with Martin Macík Jr., reigning trucks category champion of the 2024 Dakar Rally. As Macík prepares to defend his title in the 2025 edition, Prometeon reaffirms its commitment to top-tier motorsport by equipping six rally trucks from Czech-based MM Technology, including Macík’s factory truck, with its newly developed S02 Rally tyres.
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Drive me to the Moon – Pirelli’s 2024 F1 stats
The USA is headed back to the Moon in a couple of years and several other countries have landed vehicles on the lunar surface. Pirelli hasn’t been there and – as far as we know – isn’t planning a mission, but the Italian brand comments that the Pirelli tyres used over the course of the 24 Grands Prix in this longest ever Formula 1 season covered a distance that almost would reach the Moon “on an imaginary road linking our planet to its only natural satellite.”
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Goodyear continues Team De Rooy support in Dakar Rally 2025
The partnership between Goodyear and Team De Rooy will continue for the upcoming Dakar Rally 2025. As official tyre supplier, Goodyear will equip the Dutch team with its Goodyear OffRoad tyres and TPMS, helping to ensure reliable performance throughout the rally’s demanding stages.
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‘Sustainable’ Toyo tyres for Dakar rallyers
Toyo Tires is bringing its sustainable content off-road tyres to January’s Dakar Rally, supplying two versions of its Toyo Open Country M/T-R to selected competing vehicles. This means that Toyo tyres containing up to 60 per cent non-fossil materials by weight will negotiate the approximately 5,000-mile route around one of the world’s largest oil producing countries.
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Kumho completes season as official Mazda MX-5 Championships tyre sponsor
Kumho Tyre, the official tyre sponsor of the British Racing and Sports Car Club’s (BRSCC) Mazda MX-5 Supercup and Championship race series, has celebrated a thrilling season after the final round of the series at Brands Hatch on 19 and 20 October 2024 saw Aiden Hills winning the Supercup and Thomas Langford clinching the Championship title, while Jonathan Greensmith was victorious in the Clubman series, marking a successful year for both drivers and Kumho’s high-performance tyres.
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Michelin confirmed at WEC Hypercar tyre supplier until at least 2029
Cars competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s headlining Hypercar class will race exclusively on Michelin tyres until at least 2029 thanks to an extension of existing agreements. Michelin has supplied tyres to top-flight WEC racing since the world championship’s inception in 2012 and equipped every car at this level since 2020, initially serving as sole tyre supplier to the LMP1 category and then, from the following season, as exclusive tyre partner to the new Hypercar class.
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Goodyear continues ETRC title sponsorship
Goodyear has confirmed the extension of its title sponsorship and exclusive tyre supplier role for the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) for the 2025–2027 seasons. The series official moniker thus remains the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship.
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Le Mans & Donington BTRC highlights for Giti in 2024
Official tyre partner of the British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC), Giti Tire has identified Le Mans and Donington’s Convoy in the Park as 2024’s big highlights among another rip-roaring season.
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Goodyear named 2025 ELMS 4 Hours of Silverstone title sponsor
Goodyear is to serve as the Official Title Sponsor of the 2025 Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone, an event that marks the much-anticipated return of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) to the United Kingdom. The race is set to take place on 14 September 2025, following a six-year hiatus from the calendar.
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Pirelli launches new custom-touring, motocross motorcycle tyres for 2025
Pirelli is extending its Diablo and Scorpion motorcycle tyre ranges in 2025 with a new custom-touring tyre and a successor to the Italian brand’s “most successful” Motocross World Championship product. The Diablo Powercruiser is Pirellis sporty interpretation of the custom-touring tyre for sport Cruisers and Baggers; the Scorpion MX32 Mid Soft will offer 2025 competitors in the FIM Motocross World Championship new rubber to follow an exceptionally successful predecessor.
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Pirelli talks F1 Adrenaline in Box Box Box vodcast
Pirelli has premiered the latest edition of its Formula 1 vodcast, Box Box Box, in which host Tom Clarkson talks to leading F1 personalities, Christian Horner, Laurent Mekies, and Nico Hulkenberg on the topic of Adrenaline. Among other subjects, Horner, Red Bull Racing team principal, discusses what makes Max Verstappen such a formidable racer after the Dutchman clinched F1’s world championship title for a fourth consecutive season, praising his “mental strength” and “resilience at the key moments.” The Box Box Box vodcast runs over six episodes on a different theme each time (Speed, Education, Dedication, Time, Adrenaline, Challenge). It is available on YouTube and on Spotify, with the latest episode also embedded below. It will conclude for 2025 with its sixth and final episode, online on 3 December, with Valtteri Bottas, Gunther Steiner, and Rebecca Lee, the official starter for the Formula 1 Grands Prix.
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Davanti Tyres becomes technical partner of 750 Motor Club Swift Sport Challenge
Swiftly following the UK tyre brand’s three-year deal with the Mini Challenge Clubsport, Davanti Tyres has signed a technical partnership with 750 Motor Club’s new Swift Sport Challenge. The Davanti Protoura Race semi-slick tyre, supplied and fitted by BMTR Motorsport, will become the control tyre of the new entry-level formula championship from January 2025. The Swift Sport Challenge combines several concepts that aim to reduce the “cost to be competitive.” Regulations will include details such as incentivising road-going cars, disincentivising spending on pre-race test days, sharing car setup data, and removing the ability to use costly performance-enhancing data logging equipment.
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Dunlop becomes official tyre partner to inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games
Dunlop has been appointed as the official tyre partner to the first-ever FIM Intercontinental Games (ICG). The event will take place at the Circuito de Jerez on 30 November and 1 December, 2024, coinciding with the FIM’s 120th anniversary. Dunlop will supply tyres from its renowned KR racing series to 48 competitors from 19 nations, representing the six continental teams. The Games unite all six FIM Continental Unions for the first time, offering a platform for young riders to compete on an international stage. The inaugural ICG will be dedicated to circuit racing, featuring two classes, Supersport and Supersport 300 with riders competing on Dunlop-equipped Yamaha R7 and R3 bikes in each of the two classes, respectively.
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Overall NLS Speed Trophy victory for Falken Motorsports
Falken Motorsports has claimed victory in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) Speed Trophy, with its #4 Porsche 911 GT3 R securing the top spot in the standings. The team outperformed strong competition, including the Manthey Porsche and a Mercedes-AMG GT3, to take the title. Further highlighting its dominance, Falken’s second entry, the #3 Porsche, achieved a commendable fourth place in the overall rankings.
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Davanti Tyres becomes Mini Challenge Clubsport technical partner, commercial sponsor
Davanti Tyres has signed a three-year technical and commercial partnership with the Mini Challenge Clubsport, commencing in January 2025. The UK tyre brand’s Protoura Race – its first semi-slick track tyre – will be the new control tyre of the championship, supplied and fitted by BMTR Motorsport. The championship is known for producing competitive action on-track, and organisers stated that they were pleased to introduce a new control tyre with “high levels of research and development.”
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