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Button wins again in changing weather at Hungaroring

McLaren’s Jenson Button took his second victory in mixed conditions at the Hungaroring, to follow his win in similar weather in Canada earlier this year. The Englishman was assured of victory after his team mate Lewis Hamilton changed onto intermediate tyres in the closing stages of the race only to find that the conditions were not wet enough, forcing him to revert to slicks in his fifth pit stop of the afternoon. In an intriguing move, Hamilton had saved an extra set of supersoft tyres for the race during qualifying, allowing him to find extra grip even in the damp middle stages of the race. However, a gamble on more rain failed to pay off and he finished fourth, leaving Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to take the podium’s lower steps.

1st August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Analysts highlight ‘difference in momentum’ between Continental and Michelin results

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Despite the fact that both Continental and Michelin reports second quarter/first half pre-tax profits (EBIT) broadly in line with expectations, financial analysts have highlighted the “difference in momentum” between the two firms’ results. According to Morgan Stanley, the intraday spread between the two stocks was 600 basis points when the results were announced on Friday 29 July.

“Although we think Michelin can surprise positively in the second half, in the shorter term Conti should outperform thanks to improving momentum in consensus earnings,” Morgan Stanley’s Edoardo Spina commented, explaining the differential.

1st August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Sky and BBC to share F1 – Pirelli keeps “an open mind”

It was announced last week that in spite of excellent viewing figures and widely lauded coverage, Formula One has made a deal that will mean that only half the races will be shown live on the BBC from next season. Every race, testing and qualifying session will be shown live on Sky Sports with ten Grands Prix also appearing on the BBC, in addition to highlights of those events for which Sky will hold exclusive live rights. The new arrangement comes two years before the BBC’s current exclusive broadcaster deal was due to end. Exclusive tyre supplier Pirelli has reacted with circumspection to the news, suggesting that it will give close scrutiny to the viewing figures it receives under the new deal.

1st August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli winter range part of a ‘responsibility’ to road safety

As Pirelli observed in the July 2011 edition of ‘Truck’, the tyre maker’s in-house magazine for the commercial vehicle sector, the winter of 2010-11 was one of the severest in recent memory. The UK experienced snowfalls as early as November, it noted, causing such traffic disruptions that the Automobile Association describes the period as the most active in its 100-year history – the motoring association answered 200,000 calls for assistance on November 29 alone. In December the lowest temperatures since 1890 were reached.

29th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental ups 2011 sales and EBIT forecasts

Continental is raising its outlook for 2011, based on what it called “a very successful first half-year” that included double-digit growth rates for sales and EBIT. “We had previously forecast sales of more than 28.5 billion euros, but we are now expecting at least 29.5 billion euros. We are also targeting an adjusted EBIT margin of around 10 per cent, slightly more than the good 2010 figure of 9.7 per cent,” said Continental executive board chairman Dr. Elmar Degenhart on Friday 29 July on publishing figures for the first half of the year.

29th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli anticipates demanding Hungaroring, discusses exhaust effect

Pirelli test driver Lucas di Grassi suggests the Hungarian Grand Prix could be different in character to previous seasons, with the manufacturer’s rubber once again central to the race’s result. The Hungaroring is the slowest permanent circuit on the Formula One calendar – with full throttle applied for only about 10 seconds per lap – and the action for this Hungarian Grand Prix is complicated by the risk of rain, which is forecast intermittently for the rest of the weekend. The track has been lightly modified from last year, with the gravel traps on turns three, eight and nine replaced by run-off asphalt, in the interests of safety. Pirelli anticipates a challenging race for Formula One’s drivers, and for the tyres as the drivers seek to gain advantage. The supplier suggests the chicane at turns six and seven will result in a racing line involving some kerbing, adding stress to the tyres, and the penultimate turn 13, where drivers will rely on the tyre compound to work as hard as possible in order first to pull the car through the corner and then guarantee good traction out of it, with limited downforce available.

28th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Analysts on Pirelli results: ‘fewer tyres…more profits’

Following the publication of second quarter/first half 2011 financial results showing Pirelli doubled net profits year-on-year, financial analysts have lauded Pirelli “over any other auto part or tyre maker in EU.”

28th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to raise European prices 6% in September

Following the release of its second quarter financial results yesterday, Pirelli announced that it would implement a further round of price increases at the end of the summer. The latest six per cent prices hike will be effective in all European markets across the company’s car, SUV and van tyre product ranges from 1 September. The company reported that the it has had to raise prices as a consequence of the rising costs of “key raw materials, in particular natural and synthetic rubber, and oil.”

28th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli doubles year-on-year net profit

Positive tyre sector demand was seen in Pirelli & C. Spa’s results for the six months ending June 30, 2011. A full 99 per cent of the Italian manufacturer’s group sales are made in the tyre sector and the company reports that results from the first half of the year “demonstrate continuous growth and improvement of all economic indicators.” In particular, a more than doubling of group net profits is attributed to ongoing efficiency programmes and, more significantly, the effectiveness of price mix actions that have seen sales increasingly concentrated in the premium segment, enabling raw material costs to be offset.

27th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres stolen from another lorry while driver sleeps

Thieves have raided another parked HGV and stolen its load of tyres while its driver slept. This latest attack took place at the Barton Business Park, off the A38 in Staffordshire. According to local paper the Burton Mail, the driver of a lorry was woken by a ‘rocking’ sensation in the cab and saw four or five men who, having slashed the truck’s kerbside wagon, helped themselves to Pirelli motorcycle tyres. The tyres were loaded into a white mini van, which then drove off southbound along the A38.

27th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli renews WSBK supply agreement

Pirelli’s tyre supply to the FIM Superbike World Championship will continue for a further three years. Infront Motor Sports has announced that the tyre maker’s current contract for the championship has been extended from 2013 through to the end of 2015. The agreement, as has been the case since the start of the collaboration between the two companies in 2004, will also include the exclusive supply of tyres for the FIM Supersport World Championship, the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup and the UEM Superstock 600 European Championship.

27th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli’s softest F1 tyres to take on hotter challenge in Hungary

The tight and twisty Hungaroring on the outskirts of Budapest will offer an increased hot weather challenge to Pirelli’s soft and super soft tyres in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The circuit’s infrequent use makes the surface dusty and slippery that Pirelli expect will offer more grip as the weekend progresses and rubber is laid down. The slippery surface is the reason for the supplier’s choice of its PZero Yellow and PZero Red tyres, with 16 tight corners and a low average speed making the circuit better suited to the softer tyres. The high temperatures are likely to represent a conservation challenge, especially since this is the first time the supersoft Red compound will be used in very warm weather.

26th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

KRT adds Matador and Antyre truck tyres to its range

Kings Road Tyres (KRT) has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor in for the Matador truck and bus tyre range. The Matador brand is part of the Continental family of products and is produced in Europe. KRT’s newly acquired range includes 17.5, 19.5, 20 and 22.5-inch tyres.

26th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Sibur assets go to Pirelli/Russian Technologies for 222M euros

On July 25 Pirelli, Russian Technologies and Sibur Holding signed an agreement to transfer the former Amtel-Vredestein Kirov passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyre plant to the joint venture formed by Pirelli and Russian Technologies on November 26, 2010. The transfer is to take place before November 2011; the agreement signed on July 25 also entails the transfer of further assets that should lift the joint-venture’s production capacity from seven million units – the Kirov plant’s capacity – to a total of 11 million units by 2014. The transfer of all these assets will take place in exchange for a total consideration of 222 million euros, divided on a pro-quota basis between the partners, with a payment of 55 million euros in 2011 and 167 million euros in 2012.

26th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

“Exactly what we were aiming for” – Hembery at German GP

Paul Hembery, Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli’s motorsport director, has hailed both the varied strategies of drivers in the German Grand Prix and race winner Lewis Hamilton’s use of the less-fancied medium compound PZero White tyre as indicative of the brand’s continued success in its first season back in the sport. The victory was Hamilton’s second of the 2011 season following 60 laps of battles for the lead. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was second, ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber – who started from pole – in third.

25th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors