Giti Tire back as VW Fun Cup Endurance Championship official tyre partner
Giti Tire is official tyre partner of the VW Fun Cup Endurance Championship for the ninth consecutive year. All cars will continue to race on GitiCompete GTR2 tyres and the Giti logo will appear on official clothing, media microphones and backdrops, across all social media activities and around each circuit. The company will also have a large allocation of VIP and general access tickets for its partners.
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Pirelli celebrates the Miami Grand Prix with a special Podium Cap
With Max Verstappen seemingly unstoppable, and already a two-time winner in Miami, Formula 1 exclusive tyre supplier Pirelli has found one way to bring some novelty to the podium at the Miami grand prix. Whichever three drivers take to the podium, they will wear a special edition of the Podium Cap Pirelli supplies to the top three finishers and the representative of the winning team. Pirelli says the turquoise cap is inspired by the waters that border the city’s beaches, featuring a stylised palm tree and the stars and stripes of the United States flag.
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Max McRae wins on FIA Junior ERC debut on Hankook rally tyres
Britain’s Max McRae won the opening round of this season’s FIA Junior ERC in Hungary on 12-14 April. Up until the fifth special stage, Estonian Jasper Vahar held the lead in a Ford Fiesta Rally4, but McRae used the strong performance of the Hankook tyre to make up a lot of time and take the lead on SS6.
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Hankook kicks off Nürburgring season as RCN tyre partner
Hankook-supported Circuit Challenge Nürburgring (RCN) kicked off the 2024 season on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife on 13 April. Around 160 cars running on the grippy Hankook Ventus Race UUHP track tyre competed at the event, including former German football international Max Kruse.
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Pirelli sticks with softest F1 tyre compound trio for three more grands prix
Pirelli will supply the same selection of compounds for all three grands prix of Emilia-Romagna, Monaco and Canada: the C3 as P Zero White hard, C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as P Zero Red soft. While these nominations are identical to the 2023 season – the compounds themselves have remained the same – the three softest compounds were never put to the test in Imola last year, since the event was cancelled at the last minute due to flooding.
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Motul joins Castle Combe Circuit as a circuit partner, event sponsor for 2024
High-performance engine oil and lubricants supplier Motul has been announced as a Circuit Partner & Event Sponsor of Wiltshire’s Castle Combe Circuit for the 2024 season. The news means that the circuit’s Media Centre is now dubbed the ‘Motul Media Centre’, and Motul becomes the title sponsor of the upcoming German Action Day car show, set to be held on Saturday, 17 August.
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Pirelli bringing new wet GT tyre into second DTM season
Pirelli has evolved its Cinturato WHB to develop a new wet weather tyre for Gran Turismo cars that is “completely renewed in design and optimised in its main performance features.” The tyre maker will provide the tyre for all GT championships in which it is involved, beginning with the start of this year’s DTM and ADAC GT Masters championship, which Pirelli is serving as sole tyre supplier for a second season.
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Dunlop-shod teams’ 24h Le Mans performance ‘proves motorcycle tyre performance’
The 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans opened the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) season in mid-April. The race offered more success for the Dunlop brand at the famous French circuit, as the tyre supplier shod 35 of the 48 teams that entered. Using the Dunlop tyres, the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team took the second podium step overall, while Dunlop Superstock winner, National Motos Honda, finished in P5 overall. The fastest laps were set towards the end of stints, demonstrating enduring tyre performance in demanding conditions, Dunlop said.
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Massimo Tyres names MX5 driver as brand ambassador
Following the news that Massimo Tyres is sponsoring the MX5 Cup, the brand is continuing its support of grass-roots motorsport by announcing the addition of Mary Barnard to its roster of brand ambassadors.
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Hella sponsors own driver in British Kart Championships
Hella has signed on as one of the main sponsors for veteran kart racer Alex Magee’s run in the Wera Tools British Kart Championships 2024. Magee is one of their own team members, working in the Product Support department for Hella Gutmann Solutions.
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Sustainable Toyo tyres winning NLS races
Cars equipped with Toyo Proxes slick race tyres containing sustainable materials have own two of first four Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie races. The Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVOs of team Toyo Tires with Ring Racing were victorious in the first rounds of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in the SP10 class as well as in 24H Nürburgring Qualifier races.
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Yokohama Rubber partners with Haupt Racing Team
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has entered into a partnership agreement with Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT), under which it will supply Yokohama Advan racing tyres to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 that HRT enters into the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS). In dry conditions, the car will wear Advan A005 racing tyres in 300/680R18 (front) and 330/710R18 (rear), and in the wet will compete on Advan A006 tyres.
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Kumho becomes Formula Drift tyre supplier
Kumho Tire USA reports that Kumho has become the official tyre of Formula Drift as a major sponsor of the Formula Drift Pro Championship. “As an ‘Official Tire of Formula Drift,’ this will provide a national footprint to elevate the brand in the United States, reaching millions of motorsport enthusiasts,” said Shawn Denlein, president of sales and marketing, Kumho Tire USA.
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Sailun an FIA-approved tyre supplier
The FIA updated its list of homologated suppliers for tyre barcodes and RFID tags on 22 February, and for the first time this list features a Chinese tyre maker – Sailun Group. Reporting its inclusion on the ‘List of Suppliers for Tyre Barcodes and RFID Tags Homologated by the FIA’, Sailun says it is now able to exclusively provide racing tyres for numerous international professional racing events.
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Ecobat backs Paul Barker in Superstock 1000 series
As the official license holder for Lucas batteries throughout Europe, Ecobat Battery is shining a spotlight on the brand by sponsoring Paul Barker and his Honda CBR1000RR for their combined British Superstock 1000 series campaign, which is a prominent championship that supports the popular British Superbike (BSB) competition.
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