Following the announcement of Pirelli as the sole tyre-supplier for the World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2021, the FIA has also announced that Goodyear’s tender for supplying tyres to the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup has been accepted. The tyremaker will be the official tyre supplier for the series over the next 3 years, covering the 2020-2022 seasons.
The 2020 WTCR season has 10 races on three continents including races in Morocco, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain, China, South Korea and Macau, with Malaysia hosting the finale. The events are triple-header races, resulting in a 30-round highly competitive race calendar.
Eagle F1 SuperSport racing tyres
Goodyear will supply its latest generation of Eagle F1 SuperSport racing tyres in both slick and wet specifications, beginning with the 2020 WTCR season opener in Marrakech in April.
The WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup is promoted by Discovery-owned Eurosport Events and administered by the FIA. Its high appeal to spectators is because the cars are racing versions of high-performance production models from brands such as Alfa Romeo, Audi, Cupra, Honda, Hyundai and Lynk & Co.
“Goodyear has a long and successful history in motorsport and we are very proud it has chosen the WTCR as an international racing flagship. Discovery and Goodyear will be very active together all year long to reconnect that iconic brand into the racing community with quality content and a full range of very creative activations. We have no doubt that Goodyear will be a first-class partner on the technical and marketing fronts of WTCR,” said François Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Events, the WTCR promoter.
Long history in top-level motorsport
Goodyear has a long history in top-level motorsport, winning 368 Formula One GPs, more than any other tyre manufacturer. The FIA WTCR contract rekindles memories of Goodyear’s race-winning heritage in the European Touring Car Championship, a forerunner of WTCR, in the 1970s and 1980s. In recent years, Goodyear has been the sole supplier of tyres to NASCAR and announced its comeback into global motorsport earlier this year, supplying tyres to the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series.
“We are excited to be joining Eurosport and the FIA by becoming the official tyre supplier for the FIA WTCR. This complements our recent comeback into global motorsport through the FIA World Endurance Championship. It allows Goodyear to connect with fans in a wide range of countries, and also prove the performance of our Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport range of racing tyres,” said Mike Rytokoski, Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer, Goodyear Consumer Europe.
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