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Throughout Pirelli ’ s long and continuing WorldSBK partnership there have been both evolutions and true step-changes . Given that the performance of each manufacturer ’ s flagship Superbike and Supersport models increases over time , Pirelli is always aiming to provide not just higher performance but greater durability and a wider window of usability for each new solution .
Central to this desire for improvement in recent times has been a series of tyre designs that were initially aimed at either qualifying sessions or the ‘ sprint ’ races . These options have - at some tracks - now been successfully raced beyond their original design briefs .
Once the teams have experience of a new tyre design Pirelli works in partnership with them to find an overall set-up to make - for example - an SCQ ( qualifying ) tyre take on a real ten-lap race . Or let an SCX ( originally designed for just ten laps ) hold its competitive pace right to the end of 20 + laps .
So successful has Pirelli ’ s single make WorldSBK partnership been that single supplier tyre championships are the norm in 2025 , not the exception . One-by-one several championships adopted Pirelli as their chosen single make tyre supplier . Most recently and significantly that has included the Moto2™ and Moto3™ classes inside MotoGP™ last year . Records were consistently broken in these two important categories , even in the first year of Pirelli ’ s involvement .
Maybe the biggest surprise for some is that Pirelli refuses to opt for specialised or exotic materials during the manufacturing process , even in its highest performance options . Even the most advanced Pirelli race tyres are made from entirely conventional and readily available components - which makes their well-proven capabilities over the widest possible spectrum of pure performance all the more remarkable .
In 2025 Pirelli will continue its mutually beneficial partnership with WorldSBK , aiming to not just meet but exceed the demands of all the competing manufacturers and teams .
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