Partnership contract makes Dunlop an official MXGP tyre
Dunlop has announced an increased commitment to the FIM MXGP World Championship by signing a new three-year partnership agreement to be an Official Tyre Supplier to the series.
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Aston Martin partnership success demonstrates new Dunlop motorsport strengths
Aston Martin Racingâs two titles at the 6 Hours of Bahrain FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season finale came in its first season working with Dunlop. In total Dunlop-shod vehicles won five times this year in the WEC. Following prior successes in the prototype category, Dunlop chose to take on an FIA World Endurance GTE Partnership this year with the Aston team, and will seek to provide more championship standard tyres through a testing programme started in September. Xavier Fraipont, managing director, Dunlop Motorsport and motorcycle EMEA, said the tyre manufacturer is âdeveloping new technologies for both LMP and GT with an intensive schedule of evaluation until the start of the 2017 ELMS, VLN and WEC seasons.â Tyres & Accessories caught up with Fraipont after the end of the 2016 WEC season, beginning the conversation by asking how Dunlop was able to achieve so much in endurance racing this year.
Aston Martin Racing wins FIA WEC titles on Dunlop  Â
Aston Martin Racing has claimed two titles at the 6 Hours of Bahrain FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season finale in its first season working with Dunlop. Nicki Thiim and Marco SĂžrensen won the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers, while the team was victorious in the FIA World Endurance Trophy for GTE Pro Teams.
Dunlop 100% ELMS podium record continues
The fifth and penultimate round of the 2016 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium saw Dunlop drivers claim all three podium positions, maintaining its 100 per cent success for the season.
Aston Martin Racing âhas Dunlop Motorsportâs full attentionâ in GT class
Dunlop and Aston Martin Racing describe the test of the manufacturerâs GT tyres for the first time in November in Bahrain as âa key turning point for both parties.â Dunlop committed to a full GT class development programme and Aston Martin began a return to lifting trophies. Le Mans is of great importance to both companies who are proud of their respective success there: Dunlop has 34 overall victories, more than any other tyre manufacturer, and Aston Martin took GT class wins in 2007and 2008 and the GTE Am class win in 2014.
Dunlopâs Great Fightbacks campaign crowns John McGuinnessâ 2015 comeback
European motorsport fans have made John McGuinnessâ remarkable comeback to take victory in the 2015 Isle of Man TT their âgreatest fightback in motorsport history. Mike Hailwood, Marc Marquez, and Jackie Stewart finished as runners-up as voting in Dunlopâs Great Fightbacks campaign concluded.
Aston Martin WEC team to race on Dunlop tyres
Aston Martin Racingâs entries in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) have switched from Michelin to Dunlop tyres for the 2016 season. The team evaluated Dunlopâs motorsport tyres over the winter and, under a new technical partnership, the Dunlop rubber will now be supplied to the Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE cars.
Video: Dunlop showcases its greatest motorsport comebacks in new campaign
Dunlop has shortlisted 10 inspiring stories in a new campaign to showcase some of the Great Fightback stories from motorsport history. Fans from across Europe will be able to vote on their favourite story, in which drivers and riders have shown the grit, determination and commitment to fight their way back to the top, at www.greatfightbacks.com from 21 January 2016.
Fraipont appointed Dunlop motorsport and motorcycle managing director
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe has appointed of Xavier Fraipont to the position of managing director, motorsport and motorcycle EMEA. Fraipont, formerly director, consumer tyre technology EMEA, replaces Sanjay Khanna, who has been appointed consumer sales and marketing director for emerging markets.
Goodyear follows up a winter hit with the UltraGrip 9
Itâs never easy to follow up a smash hit â just ask Gotye â but with more than seven million UltraGrip 8s shipped in Europe since 2011, Goodyearâs ninth generation winter tyre is following an all-time great. Travelling to Goodyearâs Innovation Centre Luxembourg earlier this year with dealers from across Europe, Tyres & Accessories got an exclusive preview of the new tyre, in addition to some insights from Xavier Fraipont, director technology consumer tyres EMEA, about the development process that has led to the UG 9.
