21.3.2019 Hanau. The VLN endurance racing championship Nürburgring will start on Saturday, 23. March, with the first run of the season in 2019. In the pack Fight on the toughest and most demanding track in the world, so number series Team on race tyres from Dunlop at the Start are traditional.
The brand is continuing its long-standing partnership with Phoenix Racing. The Team from Meuspath with two Audi R8 LMS in the endurance race over the distance of four hours. In addition, Dunlop as tyre partner to the spectacular Comeback of Zakspeed on the Nordschleife. The tradition of racing in the past year 50. The Company celebrated its anniversary, with the Chrysler Viper GT3-R is a real eye-catcher in the Ring.
Furthermore, it wants to be racing one of the outstanding success of last year, to tie in with The Dunlop-shod Ferrari 458 dominated the SP8 class for near-production cars, won every race and fought until the last race of the VLN title.
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- Dunlop is the exclusive supplier of the TCR-class
- Premiere of the BMW M240i Racing Cup
- Dunlop supports the Team “Care for Climate” to a musician, Smudo
Dunlop is the exclusive supplier of the TCR-class
Novelty in the VLN 2019: The TCR team to go on the North loop exclusively on Dunlop at the Start. For the driver with TCR cars such as the Audi RS3 LMS, Honda Civic, Hyundai i30 N, Opel Astra, Cupra and Volkswagen Golf GTI are two different Slick tires and rain tires in the Dimension 265 / 660 R 18 are available.
In the biggest popular sports series in the world, Dunlop is focused on the GT4 class. “In the past two years, in GT4, even with a unit of the tyres what,” says Alexander Kühn, Dunlop product Manager, Motorsport Europe. “After this category is now open to all tyre manufacturers, we look forward to the open competition with its competitors.” GT4 cars such as the BMW M4, Porsche Cayman or Aston Martin Vantage are more closely related to the series vehicles. At the VLN season opener, among other things, Teams are already in the Sorg racing and Ring Racing with Dunlop-shod BMW M4.
Premiere of the BMW M240i Racing Cup
In the VLN and at the 24-hour race, Dunlop remains a Partner of BMW Motorsport in the BMW Cup class. All vehicles are equipped with the exclusive racing tires in the Dimension 265 / 660 R 18. Since 2014, the class of the BMW M235i Racing is one of the most popular and extremely hard-fought classes in the VLN. Season 2019 M235i Racing Cup, the BMW, thanks to a Evo package for the vehicle of the newly named BMW M240i Racing Cup. The Fans lining the Nordschleife can look forward to top-class Motorsport and riveting battles for position with the new M240i Racing. For the first VLN round of 16 Teams have submitted their nomination.
Dunlop supports the Team “Care for Climate” to a musician, Smudo
The Team of the German Rapper Smudo, in this year’s three Dunlop-shod Porsche. The front man of the Fantastic Four up to the Valance of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the class for “Alternative fuels”, which also a Porsche Cayman GT4 CS of the team Care for Climate runs. A Porsche Cayman (class: production cars V5) complete the racing car-fleet of the team of the prominent racing driver.
The VLN endurance racing championship Nuerburgring 2019, Test and set – up travel (2019-03-16) (photo: Dunlop)
