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Known for its style, speed and performance marketing values, Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational company based in Milan, Italy, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922, with a temporary privatization period by the consortium led by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ChemChina.

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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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Yokohama, Pirelli execs join BTMA Board

At a meeting on 15 October, the Board British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (BTMA) welcomed its first ever female member. Marisa Hever-Smith, Managing Director at Yokohama HPT, joins the Board as one of two new additions. Dimitrios Papadakos, who Pirelli recently appointed as CEO of Pirelli UK, also takes a place on the BTMA Board.

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  1. Hever-Smith to become Yokohama HPT managing director
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Pirelli launches new custom-touring, motocross motorcycle tyres for 2025

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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 Pirelli’s 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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  1. Pirelli launches Scorpion Trail III motorcycle adventure-touring tyre
  2. Pirelli adds Jerez to World Superbike event sponsorships
  3. Pirelli tyres homologated for Jaguar F-Pace
  4. Pirelli riders win MXGP and MX2 classes in grand prix of Spain
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62,000+ Metzeler/Pirelli two-wheel tyres recalled

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On 20 November 2024, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), the German Federal Motor Transport Authority, detailed the worldwide scale of the previously-reported recall of certain Pirelli-manufactured Metzeler-brand “Tourance Next” and “Tourance Next II” as well as Pirelli-branded “Scorpion Trail II” tyres. In short, 62,526 units are said to be affected worldwide, which is considerably more than it first appeared at the point of the initial North American recall of some 3,100 tyres.

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  1. Pirelli recalls over 3000 motorbike tyres in America
  2. Metzeler Tourance Next and Tourance Next 2 tyres recalled in Europe
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Pirelli talks F1 Adrenaline in Box Box Box vodcast

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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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Pirelli continues ‘Box Box Box’ Formula 1 vodcast with third episode

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Pirelli has debuted the third in its series of six Formula One vodcasts, featuring the biggest names in the series and presenter Tom Clarkson. The episode, entitled ‘Commitment’, features Charles Leclerc talking about the opportunity to go head-to-head with Lewis Hamilton on equal terms as team-mates at Ferrari in the 2025 season. The episode also features interviews with Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the FIA (International Automobile Federation), and Pirelli director of motorsport, Mario Isola.

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Sport tyres – not for everyone

Optional sport tyres always deliver better performance, right? Not necessarily, says auto motor und sport (ams). When the German motoring publication tested the latest Porsche Macan Turbo Electric, the model they received didn’t arrive on standard 20-inch rims, rather with 22-inch wheels fitted with “performance tyres” – an option that costs £464 in the UK.

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Pirelli sustainability measures, UK commitment seals Tyre Manufacturer of the Year award

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Pirelli UK was named Tyre Manufacturer of the Year at the Tyre Industry Awards 2024, recognising the company’s excellence in product innovation, sustainability, and beyond. The NTDA Tyre Manufacturer of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of manufacturers that have made significant contributions to the tyre industry, with the winner decided by a select panel of independent industry experts. Pirelli’s success stems from its unwavering commitment to quality, safety, and sustainability, exemplified by products like the P Zero range, including the P Zero E tyre: the first UHP tyre on the market with more than 55 per cent bio-based and recycled materials.

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Pirelli announces administrative inquiry into CNRC’s potential breach of Italy’s Golden Power regulations

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Pirelli announced on 6 November that Italy’s Prime Minister’s Office has initiated an administrative procedure to investigate a potential breach by China National Tire and Rubber Corp. (CNRC) of Italy’s ‘Golden Power’ regulations. Should the investigation substantiate concerns over organisational links between Pirelli and CNRC, it could lead to new or reinforced restrictions on CNRC’s role within Pirelli’s corporate structure.

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  1. Strategic tyre sensors – Italy confirms Chinese shareholder restrictions for Pirelli
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Records every year – Pirelli at the Nürburgring Nordschleife

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Since 2019, Pirelli tyres have contributed to numerous lap records at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with vehicles ranging from electric supercars to SUVs and compact hatchbacks utilising Pirelli’s high-performance tyre range to achieve record-breaking times. Across these varied categories, Pirelli’s P Zero range has been instrumental in setting competitive lap times at this iconic and demanding circuit.

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  1. Lamborghini sets new Nürburgring lap record on P Zero Trofeo R tyres
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North America launch for ‘extreme’ Pirelli Scorpion A/T tyre

The latest addition to the Pirelli Scorpion line-up takes the range’s legacy “to the next level” by “pushing the Scorpion family to its extreme.” With these bold remarks, Pirelli has launched the Scorpion XTM, an all-terrain tyre designed to meet the demands of electric, plug-in hybrid, and combustion engine trucks and off-road vehicles. The range debuts in North America, with Pirelli not yet indicating if or when it will offer the tyre in European markets.

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  1. Pirelli Gets M-B Fitment
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Xingda wins 2024 Pirelli Supplier Award

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At the Pirelli Supplier Day 2024, held in Milan, Italy, Xingda, the metal reinforcements manufacturer from China, won a Supplier Award in Excellence. This is the third time that Xingda has won a Pirelli prize for suppliers.

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  1. Firms from six countries represented in Pirelli’s 2017 supplier awards
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Auto Bild votes Michelin & Pirelli its top cold weather tyre makers

After conducting no less than six all-season and winter tyre tests in recent months, Auto Bild is well positioned to identify and acknowledge the tyre makers who have consistently produced safe, well-performing tyres. It has now done so, naming Pirelli its star amongst the all-season tyre makers for 2024/25 and Michelin the leading manufacturer of winter tyres. Continental and Goodyear also secure a podium place for both categories.

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  1. Auto Bild honours top all-season, winter tyre makers
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Brembo buys suspension manufacturer Öhlins

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Less than three weeks after Brembo sold its Pirelli shareholding, the well-known brake manufacturer has announced that it has bought Sweden-based suspension firm Öhlins for $405 million, (about 370 million euros), paid using “available cash”. The deal is the largest acquisition in Brembo’s history.

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  1. ChemChina (UK) Ltd founded
  2. EU gives ChemChina green light for Pirelli purchase
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Pirelli recalls over 3000 motorbike tyres in America

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In the USA, Pirelli has recalled 3100 Pirelli and Metzeler-branded motorbike tyres due to manufacturing issue that could result in tread separation. 100 per cent of the 150/70 R18 M/C 70V Metzeler Tourance Next; 150/70 R18 M/C 70V Metzeler Tourance Next II; 150/70 R18 M/C 70W Metzeler Tourance Next II; and 150/70 R18 M/C 70V Pirelli Scorpion Trail II tyres produced between a total production period that covers a maximum range of 30 November 2016 to 11 June 2024 are said to be affected.

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