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Goodyear has a proud history in motorsport. In addition to the 14 wins in the Le Mans 24 hours, Goodyear tyres were used to win 368 Formula One Grand Prix - a record that stands unbeaten. Goodyear also have considerable sportscar racing experience after decades of success in American IMSA racing.
Go like hell. The famous Ford vs Ferrari story of Le Mans '66 was as much about the performance of the Goodyear tyres as it was about Ford's triumph.
The tyres are developed and manufactured alongside Goodyear’s latest range of Eagle F1 SuperSport tyres for performance and track-day cars, ensuring that the technology and knowledge transfer between the road and race ranges is optimised to benefit the performance of both. The Eagle F1 SuperSport, SuperSport R and SuperSport RS boast a wide range of fitments to suit many of the UK's most popular performance vehicles and have been chosen as the track tyre of choice for the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and GT3 RS.
The FIA World Endurance Championship is a global racing series focused around taking the endurance element and racing spirit of Le Mans around the world. Each season is comprised of around 6 – 9 races held across the globe, each lasting between four to twenty-four hours.
The British Touring Car Championship is the biggest UK racing series that gathers performance cars from across the country. From 2020, Goodyear will be the sole tyre supplier for the series, providing teams with high performance compounds in soft, medium and hard versions.
MINI Challenge is a chapionship designed specifically to include only one model - MINI JCW. From 2020 onwards, Goodyear will be the sole tyre supplier for the series. Goodyear have developed a new tyre to suit powerful front-wheel-drive cars, inspired by successful Goodyear British Touring Car Championship control tyre.
Elecrtric-TCR (or Pure ETCR) is an electric edition of touring car championship. Planned to launch in 2021, the series already gathered a lot of interest around it. Goodyear will be the sole tyre supplier for the series, providing a bespoke version of Eagle F1 SuperSport designed specifically for electric performance vehicles.
The FIA World Touring Car Cup is an international touring car championship. Since 2019, Goodyear is the Official Tyre Supplier to the series, providing teams with Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport race tyres for dry and wet weather WTCR action.
The European Le Mans Series is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Goodyear is the official tyre supplier for all teams in LMGTE class as well as top teams in LMP2 class. Goodyear provide production-based supercars with Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport race tyres in medium-soft and medium-plus specifications.
The FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a motorsport road racing series for semi-tractors. Since 2003, Goodyear have consistently supplied tyres to the series. The Goodyear Truck Racing Tyre is optimized for ground contact pressure distribution in straight running and under cornering, and high resistance against deterioration under cornering, providing very high level of grip.
The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Goodyear provide OFFROAD ORD tyres to top teams participating in the series - KAMAZ-master and PETRONAS De Rooy IVECO. The tyres are designed for off-road performance with excellent traction and increased resistance to damage. The tyres offer advanced robustness in extreme conditions.
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing. Goodyear has been the exclusive supplier for NASCAR since 1997, with all drivers required to use its tires on their cars during races. Goodyear supplies tyres to the three national series within NASCAR: Cup, Xfinity, Truck. NASCAR and Goodyear extended their partnership in 2017. Goodyear has developed a NASCAR Racing Tyres that provide an ultimate performance for this high-speed racing series.
The Daytona 500, also known as The Great American Race, is a 500-mile-long NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is known to be the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar, carrying by far the largest purse. Goodyear provides a Goodyear Eagle Superspeedway Radials tyres for Daytona 500.
The National Hot Rod Association is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsports sanctioning body in the world. Goodyear Eagle Drag Slicks are the leading name in drag racing motorsport.
Our heritage in motorsport sport includes over 30 years as the dominant name in the Formula One arena. With an unrivalled 368 F1 wins, our vast experience on the track is used for research and development of the Eagle F1 Race tyres used in race series across the world today.
In 2019, Goodyear and Brabham Automotive have announced their partnership to collaborate across racing and road car developments, reigniting a winning partnership that began in 1965. Spearheading the return of the Brabham and Goodyear story is the Brabham BT62. This is an unrestricted, thoroughbred track car that is limited to a production run of just 70 vehicles. Weighing in at 972kg (dry) and with 700bhp from its 5.4-liter V8 engine it offers stunning performance that’s already shattered GT3-class lap records. With over 1200kgs of downforce, a motorsport-derived tire development program is crucial as Brabham continues to have a performance-based approach to their track and road ambitions.
Goodyear's comeback marks the return of the famous brand to global sportscar racing at one of racing’s most iconic venues. With over 250,000 attendees, Le Mans is one of the largest single attendance sporting events in the world. “Motorsport continues to be one of the most popular global sports,” Ben Crawley, Goodyear Director of Motorsport EMEA, commented. “It is an ideal platform for us to engage with consumers around the heritage, passion, innovation and technology that make up Goodyear’s story in racing.”
