Category: Pirelli

Pirelli has provided motorsport students from Myerscough College with competition tyres to help them on their quest to build a Ford Fiesta R2 as part of their course.

Pirelli, the official tyre supplier to Formula One, has confirmed it will support this year’s National Motorsport Week 2012 that is due to take place from 30 June to 8 July.

Pirelli has presented its new Cinturato P7 Blue, its first tyre to be awarded an ‘AA’ rating under the new European tyre label regulations.

The third round of the Pirelli-supported MINI Challenge will feature as part of next weekend’s MINI festival celebrations at Brands Hatch Indy (16-17 June).

By using a two-stop sprint strategy, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton became the seventh winner from seven grands prix this year, overtaking Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in in the last eight laps to claim a spectacular victory by 2.5 seconds. Hamilton now leads the drivers’ championship by two points: the sixth change

Pirelli has completed the first testing phase of Cyber Fleet: the system that transmits tyre data in real time to drivers and fleet managers using electronic sensors and telemetry.

Pirelli has revealed the new Cinturato P7 Blue designed to offer cars with medium-sized engines increased mileage, reduced braking distances and lower rolling resistance.

Irishman, Keith Cronin, the double British Rally Champion and former Pirelli Star Driver claimed his second consecutive victory in this year’s British Rally Championship after taking the top spot on the Jim Clark International Rally last weekend.

Pirelli, the official tyre supplier to Formula One, will welcome the annual Bavaria City Racing event that is due to take place in Dublin on Sunday 3 June.