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Kovalainen Victorious in Hungary

Heikki Kovalainen drove his McLaren to its first victory in Formula One at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa failed to capitalise on his lead entering the final four laps, retiring after engine failure with the finish minutes away.

Timo Glock of Toyota finished impressively in second – claiming his first ever podium – while Kimi Raikkonen regained some of his form, which has been absent for some time, taking the chequered flag in a strong third place. Lewis Hamilton was able to hold on to his Championship lead, finishing fifth – and just behind rival Fernando Alonso – after a puncture scuppered his chances of a podium.

4th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon Tyre GT Takes Class Behind the Scenes

Engineers in the Avon Tyre Crew for the company-sponsored British GT Championship gave youngsters participating in the Young Engineers initiative the chance to glimpse their potential future careers.

The initiative is designed to encourage children to think about the importance of engineering and to develop an interest in the field to take through to higher education and beyond. Avon’s engineers showed the 19 11-year olds of All Saints Junior School in Hastings the ropes at the event at Thruxton race track on Sunday, June 29, which presented the ideal opportunity to promote this aspiration to the younger generation.

23rd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon Tyres British GT Champions Crowned at Brands Hatch

Dodge Viper pilots, James Gornall and Jon Barnes, were crowned 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Champions at Brands Hatch (13th July). Gornall and Barnes needed to score only five points more than their rivals at the Kent circuit in order to secure the prestigious sportscar title. In the weekend’s two 60-minute races around the famous 2.3-mile Grand Prix loop, the Viper scored a win and a seventh place, more than enough to take the crown.

The Team Trimite Brookspeed duo’s victory was their fourth of the season, with the potential to increase that tally at the remaining rounds in Silverstone (August 17) and Donington Park (October 12).

22nd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Hamilton Storms German GP Despite Team Error

Lewis Hamilton took his McLaren to the top of the Formula One Drivers Championship this weekend, winning the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. The British frontrunner seemed to be in trouble following a strategy error that saw him drop to fifth place, having started on Pole.

After the race, McLaren boss Ron Dennis apologised for the team’s mistake of not calling Hamilton to the pits when the use of a safety car saw the evaporation of Hamilton’s 11-second lead. Hamilton eventually reached the pits for refuelling on lap 50, rendered a mere spectator as four drivers passed him. However, one suspiciously easy passing manoeuvre on team-mate Heikki Kovalainen later, only a further eight laps were necessary to pass Filipe Massa’s Ferrari and Nelson Piquet’s Renault, as Hamilton made a mockery of suggestions that he may be slowed through the use of softer tyres in the final third, regaining the lead seven laps from the end.

21st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Name-checked on Ferrari Game

Pirelli has been given a name-check, as the virtual-competition sponsor in the title of the new racing game, Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli. The Italian tyre manufacturer features in-game, with its tyres expertly modelled in similar detail to the lovingly-rendered cars.

The game, which has received its UK release, has garnered mostly positive reviews and is released on Playstation 3 and 2 platforms, in addition to Nintendo’s Wii and DS.

11th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Wet Weather Rubber the Difference in Hamilton Victory

Lewis Hamilton’s victory at Silverstone was to a large extent decided by the contrasting tyre selections of the McLaren and Ferrari teams. The British team’s car places greater loads on its tyres than its Italian counterpart, which was – for the rain-hit British Grand Prix at least – an advantage, as it allowed the McLaren’s tyres to attain critical racing temperature quickly: one of the difficulties in using Bridgestone’s F1 wets was overcome.

7th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Aims for New Heights at Adria

Following a GT2 class second place for Babini-Malucelli-Ruberti at the Le Mans 24 Hours race, Pirelli says it is entering the third round of the FIA GT Championship aiming for GT2 class victory. The international FIA GT Championship resumes at the twisting Adria circuit near Venice, Italy for the third round of the series. As was the case last year, the two-hour race will take place during the evening, getting underway on Saturday 21 June at 7:50pm. Pirelli reports it will attempt to repeat the excellent results achieved during the first two rounds of the championship with the PZero Racing-equipped Ferrari 430 GTCs, which saw a third place ranking for Malucelli-Ruberti (BMS-Scuderia Italia) in GT2 at Silverstone and fourth for Babini-Davies (Scuderia Ecosse).

20th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Brembo Range Arrives in the UK

Power and Performance Products (Triple P) has introduced the UK to a new two-piece brake disc set from renowned Italian specialists Brembo. Triple P is the exclusive importer for Brembo High Performance products in the UK, and the new Turismo range is aimed at some of the market’s best-performing road cars. Turismo is suitable for the Audi R8, BMW M5 and M6 (E63), Lamborghini Gallardo, Mini Cooper and Cooper S, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan 350Z, Porsche 996/997 – C2S/C4S, and the Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

14th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone F1 Tyres ‘Essentially the Same’ as 2007

Bridgestone reports that Formula 1 teams are busy testing ahead of the 2008 season, with most running their new cars at the latest test session at Valencia in Spain, and teams have the benefit of racing on tyres that are fundamentally the same as those tried and tested last year. Interest in the new season seems at an all-time high with a staggering 35,000 crowding the track to watch the Ferrari duo of Felipe Massa and defending World Champion Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest times.

Perhaps most impressive, however, was Nico Rosberg who finished third on the timesheets in the new Williams FW30, which had only had its first shakedown the day before. Rosberg’s best time was just a tenth behind Raikkonen and two-tenths faster than McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen. The man most of the crowd had come to see – Spain’s double World Champion Fernando Alonso – finished the day with the sixth fastest time behind countryman and McLaren test-driver Pedro de la Rosa.

24th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Control Tyre for New UK GT Cup Series

The organisers of the new GT Cup racing series have chosen Dunlop Motorsport as the sole tyre supplier to the inaugural series. The new televised series will consist of eight ‘double-header’ events at the UK’s top circuits, including Silverstone, Donington and Brands Hatch, and will be open to production GT cars such as Ferraris, TVRs and Porsches. Dunlop are a leading supplier to GT racing around the world, having won the GT2 class of the 2007 Le Mans Endurance Series with Virgo Ferrari team. Dunlop tyres are also used in other leading supercar and GT championships such as the International GT Open, Spanish Endurance Championship, Britcar, Dutch Supercar Challenge and Danish Endurance series.

11th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Revolution Opens In Style

Tuning company Revolution threw open the doors to their £1.4m premises in November and not only did the ‘Who’s Who’ of the tuning World turn up to help them celebrate, but also droves of their loyal customers. Yokohama rolled up with their full roadshow rig and tuned BMW demo car. Toyo presented the impressive Pontiac drag car of Malcolm Francis, and Buddy Club showcased their stunning DC5 Integra ATC racer. There really was something for everyone. Even KITT from the cult 1980s television programme Knight Rider put in an appearance! Also on hand were representatives and demo cars from the likes of Eibach, Koni and Whiteline.

15th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

A1GP and Ferrari Announce Partnership

A1GP Chairman, Tony Teixeira, has announced a “ground breaking partnership” between Ferrari and the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Ferrari has signed a six-year agreement to manufacture and supply all A1GP engines and will consult on the design and manufacture of all A1GP car chassis for use in Season Four (2008/09).

The partnership with Ferrari extends to an exclusive licensing agreement for all A1GP merchandise to use the Ferrari name and phrase ‘Powered by Ferrari’ from January 2008.

11th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Ferrari Blame Email for Tyre Embarrassment

Only a matter of weeks after the FIA released e-mails supposedly proving alleged inter-team espionage was taking place in Formula One, once again the humble email is at the centre of Formula One controversy. This time it was Ferrari blaming a late email for an embarrassing tyre error this year’s rained-out Japanese Grand Prix.

According to Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari had not been told they had to start on extreme wet tyres. As a result both he and Felipe Massa were obliged to enter the pits after the race had got underway. “After the race I heard there were some rules to force everyone to start on full wets but the FIA (International Automobile Federation) or race control forgot to tell our team,” Raikkonen told the post-race news conference.

A team spokesman told Reuters they received an e-mail after the start of the race that they had to use extreme wets and were then told by radio that both drivers had to pit or be disqualified.

1st October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

FIA Reveals Details of McLaren Ferrari Scandal

The FIA has released details of the email conversation between Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa that led to McLaren being excluded from this year’s Formula One constructor’s championship amid accusations of spying. Interestingly, the emails which were exchanged over the course of three months centred Ferrari’s tyre inflation gas, brakes and weight distribution.

According to the FIA, de la Rosa emailed Alonso on 25 March identifying identified an unspecified gas that Ferrari uses to inflate its tyres to reduce the internal temperature and blistering. The e-mail concludes with a statement (in relation to the gas) that “we’ll have to try it, it’s easy!”

Alonso replied that it is “very important” that McLaren test the gas that Ferrari uses in its tyres as “they have something different from the rest”, and “not only this year. There is something else and this may be the key; let’s hope we can test it during this test, and that we can make it a priority!” de la Rosa replied stating the following: I agree 100% that we must test the [tyre gas] thing very soon.

18th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Commemorates 60 Years of Ferrari

Iconic supercar manufacturer Ferrari celebrated its 60th birthday in June 2007 and the tyremaker whose association with the company dates back to Enzo Ferrari’s racing days before the Second World War was on hand to pay tribute to the legendary marque. Pirelli took part in the celebrations held at Ferrari’s home town of Maranello, Italy, awarding a prize to the racing Ferrari judged the most beautiful out of those vehicles participating in the parade around the carmaker’s Fiorano circuit on June 24.

During the festivities Pirelli held a display outlining the close relationship between the two famous Italian brands. The tyremaker began supplying Scuderia Ferrari in the 1930s when Enzo Ferrari’s team was running Alfa Romeos, and when the company began producing its own vehicles after the war Pirelli was again the tyre of choice – on 166 MM Touring Barchetta of 1949 – and remained a Ferrari favourite for the following six decades. The original P Zero was famously designed with Ferrari’s F40 in mind, and today the latest generation of this UHP tyre is fitted as standard to the 599 GTB Fiorano, 612 Scaglietti and the F430.

28th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors