Tyre News

Pirelli conducted the second and final day of 2026 Formula 1 tyre development tests at the Hungaroring yesterday, with Alpine and Scuderia Ferrari supporting this work. The testing programme ran along similar lines to the previous day, and it was hot again in Budapest – air temperatures ranged between 21 and 29 °C and track temperatures reached 53 °C. The tyre maker has finalised its tyre construction for next year and now has just three test sessions for compound development in the run-up to 2026.

Falken Motorsports has participated in the Nürburgring 24 Hours for a quarter century and speaks from experience when it says the race “doesn’t hand out victories easily.” Instead, the annual 24-hour endurance event “pushes you, punishes you and makes you wait.” Despite this, the Falken Motorsports team has never lost sight of their main aim. “Expectations remain. For 25 seasons, Falken Motorsports has arrived at the Nordschleife with the same goal: to win.” A new video tells the story of their latest visit to the Green Hell.

The Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 ev is now a factory fitted tyre option for the new Porsche Macan. The compact SUV leaves the factory equipped with this particular Hankook tyre model in size 235/55R20Y XL on the front axle and 285/45R20Y XL on the rear. Both dimensions are identifiable as original equipment fitments tailored for the Macan’s power and torque thanks to the ‘NE0’ marking on the sidewall.

For more than a year, Mercedes-AMG has equipped versions of its CLE 53 4MATIC+ Coupé riding on 19-inch rims with the Yokohama Advan Sport V107 as an original equipment tyre. In June 2025 it expanded Yokohama Rubber’s supply to this model and is now additionally fitting the Advan Sport V107 on cars with 20-inch rims. The CLE 53 4MATIC+ wears the Yokohama tyre in size 265/35ZR20 (99Y) on the front axle and 295/30ZR20 (101Y) at the rear.

It took a while to get here, having debuted in the USA back in 2021, but Hankook suggests it’s been worth the wait. The tyre maker tells us that its new – in our part of the world, anyway – Dynapro AT2 Xtreme is an all-season product that “combines reliable traction with driving comfort and durability, no matter the surface or season.”

Santa Pod Raceway calls itself home to the “fastest and loudest motorsport on Earth” thanks to its hosting of the FIA European Drag Racing Championships, but the circuit isn’t just about dragsters and funny cars. Fans flock to Podington in Bedfordshire to participate in huge festivals and public track days – events that require tyres aplenty. This is where Nankang enters the picture.