Tyre News

When FIFA Club World Cup winner Chelsea FC begins its 2025/26 Premier League campaign on Sunday, 17 August, official global tyre partner Linglong's branding will be visible around Stamford Bridge. The tyre maker is entering the second year of its deal, signed in 2024. Linglong will also be present at the stadium for Chelsea FC Women's home matches.

Tyre retailer Merityre Southfields in Wandsworth has become a Bridgestone e-CENTRE. The tyre manufacturer assessed the garage’s environmental responsibility, staff wellbeing, and customer experience to grant the Merityre branch its e-CENTRE accreditation. In total, the branch was measured against 80-plus Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, along with benchmarks for customer experience and operational excellence.

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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.