Pirelli and Dorna WorldSBK Organization have prolonged their partnership for an additional three years. Pirelli will continue to be the exclusive Official Tyre Supplier for all categories of the FIM Superbike World Championship until the 2026 season. The current deal is set to expire at the end of 2023, but Dorna WorldSBK Organization, in collaboration with the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), suggested a new three-year agreement for 2024-2026, which Pirelli accepted. This long-lasting partnership has lasted for two decades and demonstrates Pirelli’s solid relationship with Dorna, FIM, teams, and riders due to its tyres’ consistent quality, dependability, and performance.
Gregorio Lavilla, WorldSBK Executive Director for DWO
“Pirelli has proved time and again to be a perfect match for WorldSBK as our sole Official Tyre
Supplier. Not only does our partnership ensure a great level of quality and performance to our
teams and riders throughout the season on a wide variety of venues, but they also completely
embraced the values and philosophy of the Championship by bringing to the race track the
products they offer to motorcyclists. WorldSBK has evolved through numerous eras and phases
since we started to work with Pirelli and the fact that we’ve been building on this mutually
beneficial collaboration over the past 20 years is unprecedented. So, it’s with great enthusiasm,
that we’re looking towards the future of WorldSBK and Pirelli together as the Championship
evolves and new challenges arise.”
Aldo Nicotera, Senior Vice-President and Head of Moto and Cycling Pirelli:
“This year we are celebrating an important milestone: in fact, it has been 20 years that we have
been alongside the FIM Superbike World Championship as Sole Supplier for all classes. A road,
begun in 2004, which represented the first example of a single-tyre formula in the history of top
motorsport competitions and which, years later, has proven to be a winning choice, later
followed by other championships. Motorsport has historically been an integral part of Pirelli’s
DNA and this renewal is in line with our corporate strategy which sees World Superbike as a
key platform for the development of our motorcycle tyres, starting with racing and super sports
tyres. We are happy to continue this adventure alongside Dorna, the teams and riders until
2026 whilst continuing to offer motorcyclists from all over the world tyres that contain the best of
Superbike-derived technology”.
By applying the production-derived philosophy also to the tyres, since 2004 Pirelli has decided
not to supply the Championship with prototype solutions but instead with normal production
tyres that can be purchased by anyone on the market. In addition, Pirelli’s single-tyre formula
has allowed all the riders and teams to compete for victory over the years, being able to count
on an equal supply of tyres for all.
From the beginning, Pirelli has had a triple role: it has been a technical partner as a tyre
supplier, a sponsor of the championship but also a marketing partner, actively contributing to
outlining the identity and qualities of the World Championship which have always distinguished
it from other motorcycle competitions.
All this while remaining a forerunner and interpreter of market trends and needs by continuing to
innovate technologically and setting new standards and benchmarks for racing tyres used all
over the world. In 2013, as the first company in history, Pirelli abandoned 16.5-inch tyres in
motorsport in favour of the new 17”, a size more commonly used by motorcyclists on the road.
In 2018, the transition to larger sizes, 125/70 front and 200/65 rear and, in more recent years,
the introduction of new solutions in very soft compounds such as the SCX and the SCQ capable
of offering riders even greater performance.
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