Goodyear has introduced a long-term tire provide settlement with Masters Historic Racing, one of many world’s main promoters of historic motorsport. The tire provide settlement builds on Masters‘ long-standing relationships with the Goodyear-owned Dunlop and Avon manufacturers, and marks the reintroduction of Goodyear into a number of premium championships, together with occasions for Formulation 1 and 24 Hours of Le Mans automobiles.
Masters Historic Racing
Masters was shaped in 2004 and at the moment runs 9 race sequence within the UK, Europe and North America. The present race portfolio encompasses a various vary of races for traditionally important automobiles from Sixties touring automobiles via to 2010s sports activities automobiles. Goodyear will provide tires to the Masters Endurance Legends and Masters GT Trophy sequence from the start of 2024. These tires can be manufactured alongside Goodyear’s up to date FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Collection LMP2 and LMGT3 tires. This can make sure the prototypes and GT automobiles within the Masters portfolio profit from the identical consistency, efficiency and sturdiness as the present automobiles.
Historic F1
Goodyear may even turn out to be the provider for the Masters Racing Legends sequence for 1966 to 1985 Formulation 1 automobiles. With 368 Grand Prix wins, Goodyear is essentially the most profitable producer within the historical past of Formulation 1. In an period spanning the eligibility interval for the Masters championship, Goodyear dominated F1 in opposition to intense competitors from different tire producers. The newly developed Goodyear F1 tires will steadily substitute the Avon model on this class. The prevailing Dunlop-branded vary of cross-ply treaded tires for historic Pre-66 GT and touring automobiles can be expanded to assist Masters’ burgeoning grids, highlighting the corporate’s dedication to the sector. The Dunlop vary offers actually genuine efficiency and aesthetics, complying with the FIA’s Appendix Okay rules.
Goodyear feedback
David Pleasure, Technical Chief and Gross sales Account Supervisor Historic, Goodyear EMEA, explains the size of the corporate’s dedication: “The historic racing market is turning into more and more numerous, spanning classic to very latest automobiles. Throughout our Goodyear and Dunlop manufacturers we now have elevated the dimensions of our historic tire portfolio, with an funding in new tire sizes and specs, to make sure entrants have essentially the most acceptable and genuine interval tires for his or her automobiles. It’s a pleasure to decide to a long-term partnership with Masters, who take a forward-thinking strategy to historic motorsport.”
Ron Maydon, President and Founding father of Masters Historic Racing: “We’re extraordinarily happy to have the long-term dedication of Goodyear throughout its vary of manufacturers. This new settlement offers confidence in tire provide to our Masters clients and historic racing on the whole. We’re proud to have essentially the most profitable tire firm within the historical past of each F1 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a associate.”
