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Goodyear provides tyre expertise to rFactor 2

Company News, Motorsport

Players of the rFactor 2 motorsport simulation will benefit from a partnership between Studio 397 and Goodyear. The tyre maker is helping the Studio 397 physics team understand the very deep and complex construction and reactions of racing tyres. The Netherlands-based video game developer says it has benefitted from “an exceptional collaboration and sharing of data and insight of late.”

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  3. Goodyear’s European motorsport renaissance continues despite pandemic challenges
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13th January 2023/by Stephen

Apollo Tyres signs two-year truck racing sponsorship deal with Germany’s SL Trucksport 30

International News
Apollo Tyres

Following two successful years in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (FIA ETRC) with TOR Truck Racing, Apollo Tyres has signed a new two-year lead sponsorship deal with SL Trucksport 30.

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  1. Apollo Tyres’ Thelma truck to race at Le Mans ‘one more time’
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  4. Apollo to introduce European truck tyre range at the CV Show
6th December 2022/by Peter Gardner

Hankook becomes Formula E technology partner and tyre supplier

International News, Motorsport
Hankook

At the end of September Hankook announced that, as of next season, it will be the exclusive technology partner and tyre supplier of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The announcement was made at an event in The Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Austria on 27 September, where Tyres & Accessories was present to witness Hankook being officially presented with the newly developed Hankook iON race tyres.

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  1. Formula E car, tyre shown at Frankfurt
  2. Formula E is a “championship for the future” says Michelin Motorsport director
  3. Hankook tyres for electrified bus fleet
  4. Michelin looks back at 8 years of Formula E innovation
11th October 2022/by Chris

Yokohama quitting karting tyre business

Company News, Motorsport

Yokohama Rubber has announced it will cease supplying karting tyres at the end of this year. The tyre maker says its management team reached this decision “after careful consideration of various viewpoints” related to restructuring as part of the company’s mid-term management plan.

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  1. ‘Motorsports Department’ to replace Yokohama Rubber’s motorsport subsidiary
  2. Yokohama to launch motorsport, UHP, 4×4 tyres at Autosport International
  3. Yokohama shares 2022 motorsports activity plan
  4. Yokohama renews online motorsports presence
30th September 2022/by Stephen

BitcoinRacing: Nankang Tyre Citycar Cup is a way to increase cryptocurrency take-up

Motorsport, UK News
BitcoinRacing

BitcoinRacing was formed with the stated aim speeding up the adoption of Bitcoin as an everyday currency. Writing at the start of the year, company representatives explained that the plan is to achieve that end “by travelling 5000 miles across the UK in 2022 with an HGV transporter decorated in Bitcoin decals and entering four race cars into the Nankang City Car Cup…” That, they continued, will make the team a “mobile advertisement for Bitcoin”.

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  1. Nankang pursues UK growth with West Bromwich distribution site
  2. Nankang UK to supply tyres to Fun Cup series
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7th September 2022/by Chris

Audi joins Formula 1

International News, Motorsport

Audi will compete in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with a specially developed power unit from 2026. The project will be based at Audi Sport’s facility in Neuburg near Ingolstadt. This is the first time in more than a decade that a Formula 1 power train will be built in Germany. Audi will announce a decision on which team they will be lining up with in 2026 by the end of this year.

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26th August 2022/by Chris

Michelin looks back at 8 years of Formula E innovation

Motorsport

Michelin is parting ways with the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship following the 2021/22 season finale. With Hankook limbering up and ready to take over next year, the French tyre maker has looked back on its eight years with the championship, convinced that its work has “made a concrete contribution to the success enjoyed by Formula E today.”

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  1. Michelin to pursue sustainable motorsport despite Formula E exit
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18th August 2022/by Stephen

MINI John Cooper Works racing on Hankook tyres in Nürburgring 24 Hours

International News, Motorsport
Hankook

The legendary Nürburgring 24 Hours is one of the highlights of the endurance season for motorsport fans all over the world. This weekend (26th to 29th May) sees the 50th staging of the classic race, which will feature a MINI John Cooper Works for the first time for ten years. The race car, based on the cult British car and run by the Bulldog Racing team, will be supported by Hankook with the high-end Ventus Race tyre, which has proven itself in numerous endurance races.

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  1. Hankook Team Farnbacher Ready for Le Mans Series at the Nürburgring
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  4. Class podiums for four Giti Motorsport teams at Nürburgring 24-Hour
26th May 2022/by Chris

Matteo Bonciani heading Pirelli’s motorsport communications

Career Tracks

Pirelli has named former FIA head of F1 communications Matteo Bonciani its head of motorsport communications. In this role, Bonciani takes responsibility for communications throughout all the company’s motorsport programmes, including Formula 1, the World Rally Championship, and GT. Pirelli says Bonciani’s appointment as head of motorsport communications represents part of a restructuring of its motorsport department within the overall communications and brand image department.

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24th February 2022/by Stephen

Autosport International 2022 postponed

International News, UK News
Autosport International

The Autosport International Show scheduled for January 2022 has been postponed. According the event’s organisers, the decision was made “in response to the ongoing Covid-19 variants and the Government’s recent directives related to the Omicron variant”. No new date for the 31st edition of the Autosport International Show has yet been confirmed.

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20th December 2021/by Chris

Winning drift season end for GT Radial sponsored Boulbes

Motorsport

GT Radial sponsored racing partner, Benjamin Boulbes finished the shortened 2021 French Elite Drift FFSA Championship on a high, securing first place in the final race of the season.

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26th November 2021/by Stephen

Linglong’s Drift Team Orange win double podium at Japan D1 Grand Prix

International News, Motorsport
Linglong

On 20 November the D1GP 2021 season finale started in Ebisu, Japan. Racing driver Naoto Suenaga,  part of Linglong Tire’s Drift Team Orange won the Tsuiso event while another Linglong driver, Mekuwa Kojiro, was the runner-up.

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22nd November 2021/by Chris

Tread’s Collier wins Class C Cockshoot Cup

Motorsport, UK News
Dickon Siddal

Tyre test firm Tread’s founder, Ray Collier secured the Class C MGCC Cockshoot cup championship at the weekend of 11-12 September with a win at Snetterton and a second place. As a result, the overall Cockshoot Cup also went down to the wire at Snetterton, with Brian Butler in Class F managing to successfully retain the overall title by 3 Points from Ray Collier in Class C.

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17th September 2021/by Chris

Michelin extends MotoGP tyre-supply partnership until 2026

International News, Motorsport
Michelin

Michelin and Dorna Sports have confirmed a new three-year contract extension with Michelin. The extended tyre supply deal will see the French firm continue as the sole official tyre supplier to MotoGP until at least 2026 and therefore means the partners will reach the milestone of a decade racing together.

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15th September 2021/by Chris

GT Radial-sponsored Boulbes defends Elite French Drift Championship

International News, Motorsport
GT Radial

Benjamin Boulbes has started the defence of the French Elite Drift FFSA Championship in a brand new car on GT Radial Champiro SX2 tyres.

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10th September 2021/by Chris
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