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René Rast celebrates his first DTM win in Hungary, and the overall lead

The glorious winner of Sunday’s DTM race at the Hungaroring was René Rast. The Audi driver, who started from pole position, made optimum use of the DTM race tyre Hankook Ventus Race, was convincing over 35 laps and forced his brand mate Mattias Ekström into second place. He was 1.041 seconds ahead when he crossed the finish line. His win sees the DTM rookie take the lead in the overall ...

FIA Formula 3 European Championship, round 4, race 1, Hungarorin

Maximilian Günther – his constant between DTM and Formula 3 is Hankook

He is regarded as one of the greatest upcoming motorsport talents in Germany. 19-year-old Maximilian Günther was 2016 FIA Formula 3 runner-up European champion, ADAC junior motorsport personality of the year and overall winner of the Deutsche Post Speed Academy. His reward: He was officially promoted to test and reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport DTM team. Günther is also ...

Paul Di Resta strategizes his way to DTM victory in Hungary

The fifth DTM race of the season, at the Hungaroring in Budapest, was another race won by the right strategy and a fantastic catch-up race. Scotsman Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz) started the race from 13th on the grid, put on new Hankook tyres on lap seven, and after 34 laps celebrated his eighth DTM win. German BMW driver Timo Glock finished second. His Canadian fellow and brand mate ...

Hungaroring expected to pose first test in the heat for the Hankook DTM tyre

Premium tyre maker Hankook and the DTM head to Hungary this weekend, for the first foreign leg of the 2017 season. The Hungaroring will host what is probably the most popular international touring car series in the world for the fourth time, and is regarded as one of the most demanding circuits on the calendar. With many changes in direction, as well as hard braking and accelerating, the ...

Hankook equips a new customer-racing model from BMW Motorsport

Tyre maker Hankook is supplying the tyres for the new BMW M4 GT4. Starting immediately, the customer racing models from the Munich-based premium car manufacturer will be exclusively fitted with Hankook race tyres and will be sold to motorsport enthusiasts in customer racing teams all over the world. The powerful new racing car fulfilled all expectations with a class victory on its debut ...