PIRELLI ADV ONCE MORE WITH WorldS
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Since 2004 the Pirelli / WorldSBK partnership has grown and blossomed thanks to continuous product development inside the hottest crucible of production derived racing , resulting in great advances in both track and road oriented Pirelli products .
WorldSBK was , and still is , the main sporting and development focal point for Pirelli to continue to expand its high performance product lines .
In addition , Pirelli is an integral partner of the whole series and very often a race weekend title sponsor .
“ We sell what we race , we race what we sell ,” is a Pirelli mantra that is literally true . Any tyre you see raced at full WorldSBK level ( if it is not a development option ) forms part of Pirelli ’ s commercial range of products . They can be bought by members of the public for track use as a slick - or as an equivalent DOT approved road legal product . You , the customers , are the ultimate beneficiaries .
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 . 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 .
One-by-one several championships have adopted Pirelli as their chosen single make tyre supplier . Most significantly that has included the Moto2™ and Moto3™ classes inside MotoGP™ last year . Records were consistently broken .
Maybe the biggest surprise for some is that Pirelli refuses to opt for specialised or exotic materials during the manufacturing process .
In 2025 Pirelli will continue its mutually beneficial partnership with WorldSBK , aiming to exceed the demands of all the competing manufacturers and teams .
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