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Goodyear Appointed as FIA World Endurance Championship
G tyre supplier to the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category of the FIA World Endur- ance Championship (WEC) and European Le Mans Series (ELMS).
A multi-season contract between the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), the FIA World Endurance Championship and Goodyear was agreed following ACO’s decision to appoint a single tyre supplier for this highly competitive Le Mans Prototype class. This reinforces the relationship between the 24 endurance championships and one of the most suc- cessful tyre companies in the history of motorsport.
This summer, Goodyear announced its return to European and International sportscar racing by supplying tyres to selected partners in the LMP2 class of WEC. An impressive comeback victory with the JOTA team was claimed at the third round of the championship, the 4 hours of Shanghai, last month. The new contract, to supply all the WEC teams in the LMP2 class, begins with the 8-round 2020/2021 season which starts at Silverstone next September, before continuing across four continents around the world, and has its climax at the 24 hours of Le Mans in June 2021, a race which Goodyear-equipped cars have won outright on 14 occasions.
world’s leading continental endurance racing se- ries, will begin in April 2021. In ELMS, the LMP2 category is the top tier of a multiclass championship that races at six of Europe’s top circuits. The part- nership means that all LMP2 entrants in the 2021 - velopments in Goodyear Racing tyres. In addition, Goodyear will also increase its brand visibility on range of Eagle F1 SuperSport tyres, featuring mo- torsport-derived technology.
Mike Rytokoski, Vice-President and Chief Market- “Goodyear has a long and remarkable history in motorsport. In addition to our unbeaten record in Formula One with 368 Grand Prix wins, we have partnership allows us to showcase our technology, durability and performance in the most famous en- durance race in the world. We are proud to have been chosen for this challenge.”
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