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China Racing has confirmed the signing of Red Bull Global Rallycross leader Nelson Piquet Jr and Chinese motorsport star Ho-Pin Tung as its driver line-up for the inaugural all-electric FIA Formula E Championship, which will run on Michelin tyres.

Leading Michelin Clio Cup Race Series squad Finesse Motorsport will enter at least two cars for next weekend’s penultimate rounds of the season at the team’s home track, Snetterton in Norfolk, after officially confirming car racing rookie Ben Davis (Much Marcle) alongside Pete Bennett (Blundeston).

TEAM Systems, which has been leading the way in supplying comprehensive, user-friendly computer systems to the tyre trade for more than 20 years has confirmed its participation at the Auto Trade Expo in Citywest Dublin on November 8-9.

Continental Tyres and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have announced a partnership that will see the German-based tyre manufacturer become an official partner of women’s soccer in Ireland.

Dunlop has confirmed that it is the official tyre partner of the AMG Driving Academy for the 2014/2015 season. The partnership with the AMG Driving Academy is the next step of an ongoing cooperation between Mercedes-AMG and Dunlop, with both companies delivering high performance products to the market.

“Driving the Future”, the motto of the world’s biggest commercial vehicle show, the IAA in Hanover, is underlined by the new products launched by Continental at the show this year under its own IAA-motto “The Future in Motion”.

Toyo Tires Open Country W/T tyre has already proven itself to be a very capable winter performer in the hotly-contested SUV market – hence its choice by Audi as OEM fitment on its flagship Q7 model.

Pirelli will debut the first evolution of the RK tyre, a tyre that was introduced only at the beginning of this year specifically for the latest World Rally Championship regulations, at Rallye Deutschland this weekend.

GT Radial will be displaying 18 tyres at IAA Hanover 2014, of which 11 make their show debut including the recently launched GSW226 winter steer axle and GTL925 low platform trailer pattern tyres.

PCL’s fast and accurate nitrogen generation and tyre inflation solution – Nexus – will be taking centre stage at this year’s Brityrex show in Manchester in October.

Bridgestone Dueler H/L 33 tyres will be original equipment on the new Lexus NX compact crossover SUV launched first in Japan on July 29 and then globally.