WRC control tyre supplyer

[Andre Oliveira]

Btw, Hankook will be the tyre of Swedish Championship for 2025-2027.

[Sulland]

How will Hankook function on the different surfaces in 2025?
I have seen little testresults from either drivers or teams that have participated in prep testing.
Just wondering if the dip will be significant in average speed pr km SS.

[Steve Boyd]

Just wondering if the dip will be significant in average speed pr km SS.

Does it matter if they're all on the same tyre? This years times aren't relevant to next year's results & who is going to notice if they're a second or two per km faster or slower?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Millener reckons the new tyres will be a bigger challenge than removing hybrid...

“Overall, the costs are minimal. It should be relatively straightforward. I think the biggest challenge next year will be the tyres and related aspects, which will likely pose a steeper learning curve than the removal of the hybrids,” Millener explained.

[deephouse]

So, many more punctures. Except Ogier, maybe he will be as lucky as before 😜

[focus206]

So, many more punctures. Except Ogier, maybe he will be as lucky as before ��

Would be interesting to count the punctures each Rally1 driver has had during the Pirelli era... only takes a lot of free time to spend on ewrc-results
Ogier must be one of the worst for the amount of punctures, but also Evans and Tanak had their share. Neuville, I barely remember any puncture in the past years, his trouble was always from other things. Was he driving cleaner than the others, or somehow his driving style suited Pirelli better?

[deephouse]

I was sarcastic. In the Michelin era, he was like the only one without punctures all the time. Either he was really ''lucky'' or that good. That's why I mentioned him. This Pirelli tyres was worse, it was clear. And probably will be Hankook too, since they have no experience in WRC at all. It takes time to develop such things.

[becher]

Would be interesting to count the punctures each Rally1 driver has had during the Pirelli era... only takes a lot of free time to spend on ewrc-results
Ogier must be one of the worst for the amount of punctures, but also Evans and Tanak had their share. Neuville, I barely remember any puncture in the past years, his trouble was always from other things. Was he driving cleaner than the others, or somehow his driving style suited Pirelli better?

There is an easy way to compare, Monza 2020 and Monte 2021.

They were two months or so apart and the conditions were similar. The number of punctures was similar as well.

[focus206]

I'm not talking about Michelin being better or worse than Pirelli. I'm saying that, at least in my memory, Neuville got way less punctures than Ogier, Evans and Tanak in the Pirelli era. Meanwhile, in the Michelin era, I remember Ogier was the one with way less punctures than the others. But someone would need to count the punctures.

[rallyfiend]

I was sarcastic. In the Michelin era, he was like the only one without punctures all the time. Either he was really ''lucky'' or that good. That's why I mentioned him. This Pirelli tyres was worse, it was clear. And probably will be Hankook too, since they have no experience in WRC at all. It takes time to develop such things.

At least with Hankook they've made the sensible decision to have the same tyre for P1 and P2. This should make it really solid for the P2 guys.

Maybe their entire focus has been on reliability rather than performance and we won't see such a problem with puctures.