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Friday and Sunday characterised by softer and sandier surfaces with medium and low stress for the tyres; Saturday decidedly more demanding with very abrasive surfaces and very pronounced tyre wear. This, in short, is the picture of the Rally Chile th...

Formula 1 returns to the American continent in the closing stages of the season for three races on consecutive weekends (from 20th October to 5th November) in three different countries: the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. When it comes to the tyre...

Now the excting Aragón round is over, the FIM Superbike World Championship circus moves to Portugal where, next weekend, the penultimate round of the season - of which Pirelli is the Event Main Sponsor, will take place. To face the challenges that th...

After an unlucky Race 1, on Sunday, Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) won both races in the FIM World Superbike Championship held at MotorLand Aragón, namely the Superpole Race and Race 2, thereby once again widening the gap in the overall c...

Max Verstappen rounded off a perfect weekend, dominating the Japanese Grand Prix from start to finish. Thanks to the Dutchman’s 48th win, Red Bull today clinched its sixth Constructors’ World Championship title, with six Grands Prix still remaining t...

The first day of the FIM World Superbike Championship Aragón round had the Ducati riders as protagonists. In WorldSBK, Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took his first win of the season, and in WorldSSP, Nicolò Bulega (Aruba Racing Wor...

THE DAY ON TRACK  Max Verstappen took the Pirelli Pole Position Award for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Dutchman’s ninth of the year, a number that can no longer be beaten this season. It’s the second time the Red Bull driver has topped the number of ...

The course winds through forests and coastline and features often slippery and wet surfaces.The winding but fast roads require very technical driving.Terenzio Testoni of Pirelli: "I expect a hard-fought race in which the pitfalls will be numerous."...

THE DAY ON TRACKIt was a particularly busy Friday on the tyre front. On a track that’s always tough on tyres, today, apart from the usual evaluation of the three compounds chosen for this weekend, teams also had the possibility to try a new version o...

WORLD DEBUT ON THE P ZERO E, CONTAINING MORE THAN 55% MATERIALS OF BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED ORIGINNEW MARKING ENABLES CONSUMERS TO INSTANTLY RECOGNISE MORE SUSTAINABLE TYRESMilan, September 20, 2023. Pirelli has created a bespoke logo to identify tyres...

Maggiora (Italy), September 18, 2023 – Pirelli celebrates 81 titles in the FIM Motocross World Championship. The penultimate round of the 2023 World Championship which took place over the weekend at Maggiora Park, in Italy, saw the world titles award...

For the next round of the FIM Superbike World Championship, which takes place over the weekend at the Spanish MotorLand Aragón circuit, Pirelli will make available to the riders of the premier class a new soft compound front specification, the C0927,...

MARIO ISOLA - PIRELLI HEAD OF MOTORSPORT   “The Japanese Grand Prix takes place on one of the most fascinating and demanding tracks in Formula 1 history: Suzuka, with its unique figure of eight layout. This historic venue is a drivers’ favourite, bei...

Carlos Sainz has won the Singapore Grand Prix. It was the Spaniard’s second career victory, coming at the end of what was a far more exciting race than recent editions at this track, with four drivers all seemingly in the hunt for victory from start ...

THE DAY ON TRACK  Carlos Sainz took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, the fifth of his career and the second in a row, following on from the one in Monza a fortnight ago. The Ferrari driver beat second placed George Russell (Mercedes) by 72...

Pirelli has not submitted its candidature to supply the FIA World Rally Championship from 2025-2027. As a result, the Italian firm will conclude its partnership as a single supplier to the WRC in 2024, having achieved the targets set three years ago ...

THE DAY ON TRACKIt was a very busy day on track in Singapore, with drivers making the most of the 120 minutes to get to grips with one of the most demanding circuits on the calendar, both in terms of the conditions – very hot weather and running unde...

Milan, September 14, 2023. Pirelli has confirmed its position as world leader for premium and prestige electric car tyres at the IAA Mobility car show in Munich. Of the new cars on display, Pirelli equipped almost 25% of the BEV cars and 30% of the p...

SmarTUBE EVO: light, with 5% less rolling resistance than the standard version and a new TPU formulaSmarTUBE X: three times thicker than its previous version, giving it the maximum robustness and puncture resistance, for an urban, gravel or e-bike us...

MARIO ISOLA - PIRELLI HEAD OF MOTORSPORT   “The closing stages of this long season, taking Formula 1 to three continents and 16 different time zones, kicks off in Singapore this weekend. This was the first race to take place under artificial light: a...

The DTM returns to Saxony after 21 years for the sixth round of the season giving life to two hard-fought races on one of the toughest circuits in the championship

World champion Rovanpera wins with careful strategyIreland's William Creighton takes the 2023 FIA Junior WRC titleTestoni: "The rain of the previous days highlighted the rocky surface which proved aggressive for tyres and cars"For Pirelli victory in ...

Toprak Razgatlioğlu (Yamaha) and Álvaro Bautista (Ducati) divided the spoils of the Pirelli French round, the ninth round of the FIM World Superbike Championship season which was raced in Nevers Magny-Cours, France. After his Race 1 victory, the Yama...

The Pirelli French Round, ninth round of the FIM World Superbike Championship being held this weekend in Nevers Magny-Cours, will likely remain one of the hottest ever raced on the French circuit by the factory derivative riders.All the Pirelli tyres...

The French circuit of Nevers Magny-Cours will host the Pirelli French Round next weekend, the ninth round of the FIM Superbike World Championship. Pirelli has mostly chosen solutions already used in other rounds this year, plus two new entries. The f...

The testing day starts at 10.00 am and finishes at 5.30 pm with the following schedule:Moto3        10:00 - 10:55Moto2        11:05 - 12:00Moto3        12:10 - 13:20Moto2        13:30 - 14:40Moto3        14:50 - 16:05Moto2        16:15 - 17:30The tyr...

Scorpion KX WRC hard tyres a must for the toughest race in the world championshipHigh heat, hard surfaces and twisty tracks the major challenges of the race that will have no service on FridayTestoni: "Attention to wear, tyre management is crucial in...

Today the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya hosted the first ever Pirelli test for Moto2™ and Moto3™. The riders of the two World Championships, considered to be the most important breeding ground for talent in two-wheeled motorsport on a global level, ...

Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2023, taking the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, to give Red Bull its 28th one-two finish. Max took his tenth consecutive win, a Formula 1 record, as well as his second Ita...

THE DAY ON TRACK  After a very orange celebration in Zandvoort a week ago when Max Verstappen took pole, today was a red letter day for Ferrari, as Carlos Sainz delighted the Monza crowd by securing the number one slot on the grid. It was a very clos...