Rallye Monte Carlo green flag marks start of Hankook WRC tyre supply
Today the rubber hits the road, and snow, for Hankook. More than a year after being named exclusive tyre supplier to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2025, Hankook-shod cars have got underway in the Rallye Monte Carlo. Leaving Casino Square at 2:30pm local time, over the coming three days, competitors will cover some 214 miles across 18 special stages in Monaco and France before returning to Casino Square on 26 January.
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Hankook exclusive World Rally Championship tyre supplier
Hankook will exclusively supply rallying tyres for all three classes, WRC1, WRC2 and WRC3, for three years, beginning with the 2025 season of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The WRC, one of the worlds top motorsports competitions, alongside Formula 1, is renowned for its extreme rallies across diverse terrains worldwide. In the 2025 season, three car brands - Hyundai, Toyota and Ford - will compete across four continents, Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia, for the championship title.
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Yokohama exclusive tyre supplier for Scottish Fiesta ST Cup
Yokohama has become the single tyre supplier for the popular Scottish Fiesta ST Cup. Yokohama has previously been a tyre supplier to the championship which had more than 20 drivers competing in 2024, and it was reportedly their choice that sees the premium tyre brand make an eagerly anticipated return in a multiple year arrangement.
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Point S partners Peugeot Sport in FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)
Point S is partnering with Team Peugeot TotalEnergies in a move that marks Point S’s first venture into motorsport. According to the well-known international tyre retail organisation, the partnership is part of a broader global collaboration between the Point S group and the Stellantis group.
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Metzeler TT Village bringing ‘glamping’ to Isle of Man
This year’s Isle of Man TT Races will take place between 26 May and 7 June and the Metzeler TT Village will once again provide accommodation for attendees. Metzeler considers the Village one of its “most successful initiatives” and is lifting its game in 2025 with an “elevated premium formula that combines the spirit of traditional camping with the most sought-after services of a hotel.”
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Prometeon Tyre Group returns with Dakar champion Macík
Prometeon Tyre Group has renewed its partnership with Martin Macík Jr., reigning trucks category champion of the 2024 Dakar Rally. As Macík prepares to defend his title in the 2025 edition, Prometeon reaffirms its commitment to top-tier motorsport by equipping six rally trucks from Czech-based MM Technology, including Macík’s factory truck, with its newly developed S02 Rally tyres.
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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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Goodyear continues Team De Rooy support in Dakar Rally 2025
The partnership between Goodyear and Team De Rooy will continue for the upcoming Dakar Rally 2025. As official tyre supplier, Goodyear will equip the Dutch team with its Goodyear OffRoad tyres and TPMS, helping to ensure reliable performance throughout the rally’s demanding stages.
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‘Sustainable’ Toyo tyres for Dakar rallyers
Toyo Tires is bringing its sustainable content off-road tyres to January’s Dakar Rally, supplying two versions of its Toyo Open Country M/T-R to selected competing vehicles. This means that Toyo tyres containing up to 60 per cent non-fossil materials by weight will negotiate the approximately 5,000-mile route around one of the world’s largest oil producing countries.
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Kumho completes season as official Mazda MX-5 Championships tyre sponsor
Kumho Tyre, the official tyre sponsor of the British Racing and Sports Car Club’s (BRSCC) Mazda MX-5 Supercup and Championship race series, has celebrated a thrilling season after the final round of the series at Brands Hatch on 19 and 20 October 2024 saw Aiden Hills winning the Supercup and Thomas Langford clinching the Championship title, while Jonathan Greensmith was victorious in the Clubman series, marking a successful year for both drivers and Kumho’s high-performance tyres.
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Michelin confirmed at WEC Hypercar tyre supplier until at least 2029
Cars competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s headlining Hypercar class will race exclusively on Michelin tyres until at least 2029 thanks to an extension of existing agreements. Michelin has supplied tyres to top-flight WEC racing since the world championship’s inception in 2012 and equipped every car at this level since 2020, initially serving as sole tyre supplier to the LMP1 category and then, from the following season, as exclusive tyre partner to the new Hypercar class.
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Goodyear continues ETRC title sponsorship
Goodyear has confirmed the extension of its title sponsorship and exclusive tyre supplier role for the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) for the 2025–2027 seasons. The series official moniker thus remains the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship.
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Le Mans & Donington BTRC highlights for Giti in 2024
Official tyre partner of the British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC), Giti Tire has identified Le Mans and Donington’s Convoy in the Park as 2024’s big highlights among another rip-roaring season.
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Motul pairs with Formula Woman for Nations Cup Qualifier in Dubai
Motul has agreed to supply oils and lubricants to Formula Woman (FW), as well as becoming one of their key partners for the upcoming FW Nations Cup taking place at the Dubai Autodrome. The racing cars used by Formula Woman at the famous Dubai Autodrome will be the Radical SR3 sports racing car. The choice of oils and lubricants of Radical for their cars will come as no surprise that it’s Motul.
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Goodyear named 2025 ELMS 4 Hours of Silverstone title sponsor
Goodyear is to serve as the Official Title Sponsor of the 2025 Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone, an event that marks the much-anticipated return of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) to the United Kingdom. The race is set to take place on 14 September 2025, following a six-year hiatus from the calendar.
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