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Season finale for Hankook at 24-hour race in Austin/Texas

The 24H Cota USA, which takes place from 10th to 12th November at the Circuit of the Americas in the Texan city of Austin, forms the grand finale of the 2017 Creventic 24h Series powered by Hankook. The final race of the season is also a first for the series, as the drivers go head to head in the USA for the first time. Premium tyre maker Hankook has been involved in the series as exclusive partner and title sponsor since 2014, and will continue this commitment in the coming season.
Season finale for Hankook at 24-hour race in Austin/Texas

Neu-Isenburg/Germany, 8th November 2017 – Hankook has been preparing for the final race of the season in Austin for weeks. 13 containers with tyres were shipped to the USA for the practice sessions, qualifying and the endurance race itself. Hankook engineers and service experts will also be on site to ensure that all the teams receive a perfect tyre service throughout the race weekend.

“Our race engineers ensure the teams always find the perfect grip,” says Manfred Sandbichler, Hankook Motorsport Director Europe. Among the services provided is tailor-made advice on tyre pressure and chassis settings. “We have worked together superbly throughout the season. We provide a standardized, high-performance compound for all tyre sizes, in order to guarantee maximum equality of opportunity,” Sandbichler explains. The tyres are also fit by the Hankook experts, who work in shifts on five assembly lines.

The 5.49-kilometre Circuit of the Americas is the only specially built facility in the USA to host the biggest motorsport series in the world – including Formula 1, MotoGP, the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), and the 24H Series. With a combination of fast, sweeping sections and tight, technical corners, the track also poses a very special challenge for a race tyre. “Although the series has never raced here before, the drivers and teams are given an optimal race tyre. We can call on comprehensive data acquired across our wide range of motorsport commitments, together with the wealth of experience of our race engineers,” says Manfred Sandbichler.

The season finale, taking place in the USA for the first time, is special for several reasons: one and a half times the standard points are awarded here, in order to make the championship even more exciting. 44 teams from 25 countries have registered for the race, with roughly a quarter of them running spectacular GT3 cars or similar, ranging from Mercedes AMG GT and Aston Martin to Audi R8 LMS and Porsche 911 GT3. “This season, we have once again managed to develop a tyre that suits the many different concepts of car,” says Sandbichler. “The teams gave us outstanding feedback. We are looking forward to an exciting race.”

Hankook Tire manufactures globally innovative, award-winning radial tyres of proven superior quality for passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, RVs, trucks, and buses as well as motorsports (circuit racing/street circuits/rallies).

Aspiring to bring consumers the utmost excellence in product quality, technological excellence and driving satisfaction, Hankook Tire continuously invests in research and development maintaining five R&D centres and eight production facilities around the world. Bespoke tyre solutions for the European markets as well as European Original Equipment according to the requirements of leading premium car manufacturers, are developed in the company’s regional Technical Centre in Hanover/Germany. Production for the European region is taking place in the state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Rácalmás/Hungary which was inaugurated in June 2007 and is continuously being expanded.

Hankook Tire’s European headquarters are located in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The manufacturer operates further branches in several European countries and sells its products through regional distributors in other local markets. Hankook Tire employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide and sells products in over 160 countries. The company has been the technical partner and exclusive tyre supplier of the Generation 3 for the FIA ABB Formula E World Championship since 2023. Internationally leading car manufacturers rely on tyres made by Hankook for their original equipment. Approximately 38 percent of the company's global sales are generated within the European region.

For more information please visit www.hankooktire-mediacenter.com or www.hankooktire.com

Hankook Tire Europe GmbH | Marketing Communications Europe | Siemensstr. 14, 63263 Neu-Isenburg | Germany

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