Peugeot New Pirelli Partner in the Wrc 2005-2007

Milan, 2 August 2004 - Pirelli announces its new partnership with Peugeot Works Team for the World Rally Championship (WRC). The deal will last for the three rallying seasons 2005-2007.

The agreement with Peugeot, 9 times World Rally Champion already, and now with Pirelli for the first time, is another important recognition of the top performance of the P Zero rally range of tyres, winner of 19 World Rally Crowns (Drivers and Manufacturers) sofar, the latter scored by reigning 2003 champion Petter Solberg with his WRC Subaru Impreza.

Thanks to Peugeot, Pirelli now doubles its team power. Together with Peugeot and Subaru, the Italian tyres will go maximum attack fighting for new, and more important success.

Read the TF1 interview on air on august 6th 2004