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Hankook’s Mikkelsen to Build on Scottish 2nd in IRC Final Round

Hankook says it is ready to round off its Intercontinental Rally Challenge campaign in style with driver Andreas Mikkelsen when Cyprus hosts the final round this weekend. The Norwegian finished second overall in the recent Rally of Scotland and is hoping to be back on the podium on the FXPro Cyprus Rally which gets underway on Thursday. Mikkelsen and co-driver Ole Fløene will once again be in the Hankook Ford Fiesta S2000 – the M-Sport prepared car the team has used during its 2010 programme of events.

2nd November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Win "Piece of Automotive History" as BFGoodrich "Fan"

Michelin’s BFGoodrich brand is giving its Facebook fans a chance to win a “piece of automotive history,” reports Tire Review. New or existing fans of BFG’s page will be eligible to win an actual wheel and tyre assembly that was bolted onto Travis Pastrana’s Subaru for his recent record-breaking feat, signed by Pastrana himself.

1st November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli and FIA Announce 2011 Star Drivers for WRC

While Pirelli is exiting its World Rally Championship tyre supply deal at the end of this year to plough its motorsport resources into some sort of single-seater track series, its involvement in the 2011 WRC will live on in the six young competitors from around the world that triumphed in the Pirelli Star Driver Global Shoot-Out, which finished Sunday in Salou, Spain. The winning six – cut down from 16 – will become part of the FIA’s young driver programme which will be integrated into the newly-created WRC Academy next year. The six drivers will contest six rounds of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.

25th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin to Give Away 100 Racing Tyres to Monte Carlo Rally Amateurs

To mark the occasion of the Monte Carlo Rally’s centenary, French tyre giant Michelin has announced that it will reward the efforts of the top 25-placed amateur competitors with a free set of its racing tyres. The 79th Monte Carlo Rally is the first event of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge and is scheduled to take place between 18 and 22 January 2011. The rally will begin in Valence, France.

19th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Development Driver Andreucci Wins Italian Rally Championship

Paolo Andreucci has claimed his fifth Italian Rally Championship, and the fourth title that he has taken with Pirelli, on the Costa Smeralda Rally in Sardinia last weekend. The Italian is one of the Italian manufacturer’s development drivers, and was fulsome in his praise of Pirelli’s role in his victory: “Pirelli has played a huge role in this latest success, because for the past two years we have been extremely competitive everywhere.

13th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dmack Completes WRC Gravel Tyre Evaluation

Dmack Tyres reports that it recently completed its first major evaluation of its WRC specification gravel tyre during a two-day test session in Latvia last week. The test was conducted by Dmack’s official driver (three-time British Rally Champion Mark Higgins) to assess the tyres in terms of high and low speed handling, compound consistency and durability before deciding on the exact final specification.

DMACK’s world rally championship specification 205/65-R15 gravel tyre in G4 compound was used both days on the WRC and Group N rally cars supplied by its technical partner MML Sports. The test road on the first day reportedly had a soft surface with a mix of fast and slow corners while on the second day conditions were faster with a hard base and loose gravel surface. Performance and durability was found to be comparable with other motorsport brands.

30th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Celebrates F1 Tyre Factory Inauguration

On September 23 Pirelli officially inaugurated what it calls the “Factory of Champions” at its plant in Izmit, Turkey, where the company will produce tyres for all Formula One teams during the 2011 to 2013 seasons. The inauguration served as a double celebration for Pirelli, as 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the Izmit facility’s opening and the Italian tyre maker’s operations in Turkey.

24th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Grouptyre Launches Latest Pirelli Promotion

Following on from two highly successful national incentives held in conjunction with Pirelli this year, Grouptyre has announced a further promotion. This latest promotion will run from October 1 and November 30 and once again aims to build retail sales through the independent sector. Tyre retailers and auto servicing businesses will be entered into a prize draw based on the number of Pirelli car, van and 4×4 tyres bought from their local Grouptyre member during the promotion period. Winners of the two top prizes will enjoy a VIP trip to Italy, including a visit to Maranello, the base for Ferrari’s GT car production and home to the Ferrari Formula One team.

17th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Chinese-made Dmack Tyres to Join Michelin in WRC

Shandong Yongtai Chemical Group Co., Ltd, part of the Yongtai Chemical Group, has become the first Chinese tyre manufacturer to supply a top flight motorsport series after being named as the WRC’s second supplier after tyre giant Michelin was confirmed yesterday. The tyres will be branded Dmack and are aimed at privateer racing crews. The products themselves are being manufactured at Yongtai’s factory in Dongying, China. The plant reportedly produces 22,000 tyres a day for global distribution.

15th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

FIA Accepts Michelin WRC Tyre Supply Bid

On September 14 Michelin gave confirmation that the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has accepted Michelin’s application to supply tyres for the World Rally Championship from 2011 onwards. Michelin will thus return to the championship following a six year absence and supply its partners with Michelin brand rally tyres. The French manufacturer chose to apply for WRC tyre supply following the FIA’s decision to open the championship to more than one tyre manufacturer and by the likelihood of a change in regulations.

15th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Out of WRC; Way Seems Clear for Michelin

Swiftly following the last-minute bid by Michelin to become a tyre supplier in the 2011 World Rally Championship, the current provider Pirelli has officially ruled itself out of the series next year. Paul Hembury, Pirelli’s motorsport director, told Autosport magazine that the sports’ lack of rule stability was a factor, citing “three significant rule changes in the last nine months”, as was the FIA’s rejection of Pirelli’s three-year tender offer in December 2009.

2nd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Is Michelin to Return to WRC?

Having ruled itself out of Formula One tyre supply in the wake of Pirelli’s dramatic entrance earlier in the year Michelin looks like it may be on the verge of entering another major FIA motorsport series. Autosport reports today that the French giant’s competitions director Nick Shorrock contacted motorsport’s governing body to make known its desire to take on the supply of rally tyres for the first time since the 2007 season, when it was involved under the BF Goodrich brand. At the start of the 2011 season it will be six years since the Michelin name was associated with the World Rally Championship.

1st September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Loeb Notches Up Yet Another Rally Deutschland WRC Win

Count ‘em up while you still can – another couple of seasons and we’ll run out of fingers. Sebastien Loeb has achieved his eighth victory in Rally Deutschland, the German round of the Word Rally Championship. Driving a Citroën C4 on Pirelli’s PZero tyre, the six-time world champion was fastest on nine of the event’s 19 special stages, which covered a total distance of 407.31 competitive kilometres through the Mosel and Saarland regions of Germany, making it the longest WRC round so far this season. Loeb’s win, alongside co-driver Daniel Elena, was his 59th in the world championship.

23rd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis Confirms Two More Performance/Tuning Show Appearances

Maxxis says it will promote its products to “around 75,000 performance car enthusiasts” expected to attend seven shows at which the brand will be present this summer. In addition to this weekend’s Ultimate Street Car show and the British Superbike Championship, Maxxis has today confirmed it will attend Total Vauxhall Live on 7 August and Ford Fair on 8 August). Maxxis is the exclusive tyre partner of Future, the special-interest media company behind some of the UK’s most successful performance events, magazines and websites. The deal guarantees Maxxis a prominent position within the Platinum Retail Village at both Ford Fair – billed as ‘Europe’s biggest and best Ford festival’ – and Total Vauxhall Live, a new Vauxhall circuit event.

5th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

NTDA Tyre & Fast Fit Awards Nominations 2010

Wednesday 6 October is the date when the winners of 2010 Tyre and Fast-Fit (TAFF) Awards – the sixth year of the awards – will be revealed at the NTDA's Annual Dinner. But there's a long way to go before then, as the list of nominated companies has only recently been published, with voting forms appearing in last month's and this issue of Tyres & Accessories. Once again, we are the media partner for the TAFF Awards and are sponsoring the "Industry Advertising Campaign" category.

As in previous years, customers are invited to choose a company from each of five short lists in the following categories: Tyre Manufacturer of the Year, Wholesaler of the Year, Industry Advertising Campaign, Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year and the Environmental category. Look out for articles detailing each of the categories in our e-Newsletter over the next few days and a complete run-down of the nominations in the August issue of the magazine. First off – Tyre Manufacturer of the Year.

29th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors