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2023
05
February
2023
| 13:26 Europe/Amsterdam
After the fastest-ever qualifying for the Bathurst 12 Hours at Mount Panorama, round one of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli, the top three fought all the way to chequered flag during the fastest race in the history of the Austral...
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2022
03
October
2022
| 17:41 Europe/Amsterdam
The GT World Challenge Europe season came to a close in Spain this weekend,  with victory for Dinamic Porsche and Alessio Picariello, Klaus Bachler and Matteo Cairoli at the final round of the Endurance Cup at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.With ...
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31
July
2022
| 20:35 Europe/Amsterdam
A total of 40 cars from the 66 that started finished the Spa 24 Hours, with the number 88 Team Akkodis AMG-Mercedes of Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon, and Dani Juncadella winning with a margin of 31.040 seconds over the similar Team Getspeed car, w...
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25
July
2022
| 15:26 Europe/Amsterdam
The 66 cars will use Pirelli’s DHF tyres, making their debut at the Spa 24 Hours. More grip and higher speeds thanks to a re-asphalted surface .Matteo Braga: “We’re expecting a fast 24 hours. The new layout introduces fresh challenges for cars and ty...
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2021
05
May
2021
| 10:25 Europe/Amsterdam
*Sprint format makes its 2021 debut following opening endurance round at Monza*Two hour-long races at Magny-Cours this weekend: one at night and one in the day*The former home of the French Grand Prix provides a wide-ranging challenge for tyresMilan,...
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19
April
2021
| 12:31 Europe/Amsterdam
April 19, 2021. Christian Engelhart, Matteo Cairoli and Klaus Bachler claimed a brilliant GT World Challenge Europe victory in tricky weather conditions on the opening round of the season at Monza. The Porsche trio applied a solid strategy throughout...
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14
April
2021
| 12:35 Europe/Amsterdam
*Pirelli’s DHE tyres return home for the first round of the GT World Challenge*GT2 class – with more power but less downforce than GT3 – makes its debut*Nine manufacturers, 29 teams, and more than 125 drivers to take part in the main raceMilan, April...
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2019
15
April
2019
| 15:38 Europe/Amsterdam
The Cinturato WH wet weather tyre from Pirelli was one of the keys to Porsche’s first victory at a Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup round for nearly seven years. The race weekend was wet from start to finish, with qualifying – where Lamborghini w...
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10
April
2019
| 19:11 Europe/Amsterdam
The Blancpain GT Series begins only a few kilometres from Pirelli headquarters, at Monza this weekend. Almost 50 cars will participate in the three-hour Endurance Cup race, for which Pirelli will supply approximately 1000 tyres across the whole weeke...
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15
March
2019
| 09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
The Blancpain GT Series has got underway this week with two days of testing at Paul Ricard in France, combined with media opportunities. Almost 50 cars took to the track, made up of 32 teams and 11 different models. Testing provided the teams with...
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2018
01
December
2018
| 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Turkey won the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain, following an hour-long finale under the lights on Saturday evening. The winning car was a Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Salih Yoluc and Ayhancan Guven, which was at the forefront of the two qualify...
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27
November
2018
| 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam
In line with its philosophy of constantly innovating to take on new challenges and initiatives, Pirelli is proud to support the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain, which takes place on Saturday 1 December. This new race is designed for nation...
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12
November
2018
| 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam
For the fourth consecutive year, Pirelli will be the exclusive supplier of the FIA GT World Cup, held on the epic Macau Guia circuit: one of the great tracks in motorsport history, where legends such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher began to ma...
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01
November
2018
| 15:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Six era-defining sports cars, six of their racing variants, and six competition tyres that were built especially for them: the story of the Ferrari Challenge covers 26 years and some of the most important models ever to come from Maranello, whose com...
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29
October
2018
| 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Pirelli is committed to being the leading supplier of GT racing tyres to the most prestigious car companies in the world, and the championship that represents GT racing across all four corners of the globe is the Intercontinental GT Challenge.At the ...
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19
September
2018
| 17:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Italian tyre firm Pirelli, the sole supplier to Formula 1, will once again exclusively equip the FIA GT World Cup in Macau this year, from November 16-18. Pirelli has also secured the contract to exclusively supply the inaugural FIA GT Nations Cup, w...
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26
July
2018
| 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Pirelli is once again at Spa in Belgium preparing for the biggest race on its calendar: the 70th 24 Hours of Spa, involving 12,000 tyres and more than 100 people.So big is Pirelli’s commitment to this endurance classic, that the team has been setting...
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04
June
2018
| 11:00 Europe/Amsterdam
After six hours of thrilling racing, the 1000-kilometre Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup race into darkness at Paul Ricard came down to the very last lap. The Lexus RC F GT3 run by Emil Frey Racing claimed its first victory in the series in the hand...
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31
May
2018
| 11:00 Europe/Amsterdam
The Blancpain GT Series heads to the south of France for the third round of this year’s Endurance Cup: a six-hour race around the Paul Ricard circuit. Double the length of a regular Endurance Cup race, the event is seen as preparation for the biggest...
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22
May
2018
| 12:23 Europe/Amsterdam
  Pirelli will exclusively bring a splash of colour to the race track on the Ferrari Challenge. The championship’s safety car will use the P Zero Color Edition, showcasing different colours for each round. To start off with, yellow was chosen for ...
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17
May
2018
| 11:00 Europe/Amsterdam
After the recent Sprint Cup event at Brands Hatch, the Blancpain GT Series visits another famous British circuit this weekend in the form of Silverstone, for round two of this year’s Endurance Cup. Pirelli will exclusively supply a provisional field ...
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04
May
2018
| 11:00 Europe/Amsterdam
This weekend the Blancpain GT Series is in Great Britain for round two of the Sprint Cup, where seven manufacturers will be represented at Brands Hatch. As exclusive tyre supplier Pirelli will be bringing its new Pirelli P Zero DHD2 tyre, which has a...
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23
April
2018
| 12:05 Europe/Amsterdam
At Monza, 41 cars, 12 prestige manufacturers, more than 150 people and 22,000 horsepower came together to recreate a historic portrayal of the Pirelli logo from 1978: 80 metres long and 18 metres tall. As was the case 40 years ago, the modern cars th...
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19
April
2018
| 23:00 Europe/Amsterdam
The new Pirelli P Zero DHD2 tyre faces an important test from 20-22 April, with the first round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at the ‘Temple of Speed’ in Monza. Supporting the Blancpain GT Series once more is the Lamborghini Super Trofeo –...
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06
April
2018
| 13:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Pirelli P Zero rides a rollercoaster of asphalt temperatures at Zolder: from three to 31 degrees for the first round of the Blancpain GT series Pirelli’s new P Zero DHD2 makes its debut: specifically developed for GT racing   The 2018 Blancp...
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04
February
2018
| 10:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Three manufacturers completed the top three of an eventful Bathurst 12 Hours, with reigning Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup champions Robin Frijns and Stuart Leonard, joined by Dries Vanthoor, winning one of the world’s most famous endurance races in ...
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31
January
2018
| 10:32 Europe/Amsterdam
The opening round of this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge – the only intercontinental series for the world’s top GT drivers, with Pirelli as exclusive tyre supplier – gets underway this weekend at the famous Bathurst 12 Hours in Australia. The M...
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2017
19
November
2017
| 10:09 Europe/Amsterdam
In mixed conditions that started off damp and ended up dry, Mercedes driver Edoardo Mortara won the 2017 FIA GT World Cup in Macau, using only Pirelli’s P Zero DHD tyre on the treacherous surface.Mortara started from pole after winning Saturday’s qua...
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15
November
2017
| 15:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Having raced all over the world this year in different GT championships, Pirelli heads to the breath-taking Macau street circuit this weekend for the FIA GT World Cup. Pirelli has supplied the FIA GT World Cup since the inaugural event in 2015.The Ma...
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26
October
2017
| 14:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Pirelli will be exclusive tyre supplier to the FIA GT World Cup at Macau’s famous Guia circuit from November 16-19 for the third consecutive year.The FIA GT World Cup is an annual blue riband event for GT competitors across the world that features se...
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