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

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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26th May 2022/by Chris

Matteo Bonciani heading Pirelli’s motorsport communications

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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

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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

Nexen Tire launches N’Fera Racing Team

International News, Motorsport

A ceremony was held at Nexen Tire’s R&D centre in Seoul yesterday to mark the official debut of the N’Fera Racing Team. Several of the South Korean tyre maker’s top executives attended the event, including chief executive officer Travis (Ho-chan) Kang, as well as Hwang Doyun, the team’s first driver.

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27th August 2021/by Stephen

Beissbarth becomes Team Rosberg’s new technical partner

International News, Motorsport

Beissbarth

Team Rosberg has been using products from Munich-based garage equipment specialists Beissbarth for years. Now, however, the cooperation has now been extended and means: Team Rosberg can further optimize its performance on the racetrack, while the Beissbarth developers can rely on the experience of a professional and successful racing team. This team is now using the RaceScales electronic corner weight scale and the innovative Q.Lign wheel alignment device and the employees were enthusiastic from day one.

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23rd July 2021/by Chris

Tread test driver triumphs at Silverstone in MG series

Motorsport, UK News

Dickson Siddall

Tread managing director and test driver, Ray Collier, won two races in the MGCC Cockshoot at Silverstone three weeks after claiming two wins at the Oulton Park season-opener.

22nd June 2021/by Chris

“Boring” F1 tyres should be replaced with Avon or Goodyear – David Coulthard

International News, Motorsport

13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard has slammed the current generation of Formula One tyres, which are supplied by Pirelli. Speaking in an interview with RaceFans.net, Coulthard said Pirelli era tyres resulted in boring races: “This whole Pirelli era is just confusing to me and boring to me to have to talk about, and super-boring for me to have to listen to the drivers going ‘I was trying to avoid pushing too hard on the tyres’.”

4th June 2021/by Chris

Murray Walker – Formula 1 commentary and ex-Dunlop legend dies

UK News

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Murray Walker, whose voice became virtually synonymous with Formula One, has died aged 97. Walker commented on his first Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1949 and became a full-time F1 commentator in 1978, a position he held for the next 23 years. Such was the esteem in which Walker is held within the Formula One fraternity, a constellation of racing stars have celebrated his life. Following the news of Walker’s death, which was announced over the weekend of 13 and 14 March 2021, seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton summed up their words: “The iconic voice of our sport and a great man, thank you for all you did, you will never be forgotten”.

15th March 2021/by Chris

Michelin named exclusive DTM tyre partner

Company News, Motorsport

Cars competing in the DTM race series will race exclusively on Michelin tyres during the 2021 season. As per the agreement signed that Michelin Motorsport signed with DTM management last week, the tyre maker will supply Michelin Pilot Sport GT S9M tyres as well as a range of associated services. Drivers will use the Michelin tyres for the first time at the DTM test drives on 7-8 April at the Hockenheimring and 4-6 May at the Lausitzring in Germany. The season starts on 18 June in Monza, Italy.

3rd March 2021/by Stephen

Non-elite motorsport suspended until early December

Motorsport, UK News

Motorsport UK has consulted on the implications for motorsport in England with the Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the plan to enter a four-week national lockdown on Thursday 5 November.

3rd November 2020/by Chris

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