Tremendous GT has introduced that each GT500 and GT300 courses will change to a single tyre provider from 2027, bringing an finish to the sequence’ historic tyre struggle.
In a press convention forward of this Sunday’s penultimate spherical in Autopolis, GTA chairman Masaaki Bandoh mentioned the sequence has been pressured to make the choice to chop down prices.
“Personally, it is extremely painful,” he mentioned. “I’ve all the time pursued real, head-to-head competitors. It was a troublesome determination, a heartbreaking selection. After a lot deliberation, we have determined to maneuver towards one-make racing.”
A bidding course of will now decide which producer provides tyres for each classes in Japan’s premier racing sequence.
Separate tenders can be issued for the 2 courses, though producers might submit bids for each.
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Tremendous GT has been one of many final remaining championships all over the world to pit tyre producers in opposition to one another, with every provider devoting important sources to testing and improvement annually.
Up till lately, 4 separate producers have been concerned within the flagship GT500 class, with Bridgestone, Michelin, Dunlop and Yokohama all forging a detailed alliance with their respective groups.
Nevertheless, Michelin’s withdrawal from GT500 after 2023 left Bridgestone because the dominant producer within the prime class, because it started supplying tyres to 12 out of 15 automobiles.
Michelin had beforehand been the one producer to persistently problem Bridgestone, successful back-to-back titles with Mola Nissan in 2011-12 after which once more with the manufacturing unit NISMO squad in 2014-15.
Yokohama, which has partnered with Bandoh Toyota and Kondo Nissan, and Dunlop, which is affiliated with Nakajima Honda, have had restricted success lately.
Yokohama and Dunlop, nevertheless, have been way more profitable in Tremendous GT’s second division, which incorporates a mixture of GT3 automobiles and the sequence’s personal GT300 fashions.
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