Korea Tire Sponsors 'Lamborghini Super Tropeo' Opens 2026 Season

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Hankook Tire & Technology, a global leading tire company of Hankook & Company Group, will exclusively supply racing tires in the 2026 season of the Italian supercar brand Automobili Lamborghini's "Lamborghini Super Tropeo," and will begin an eight-month long journey starting with the Florida opening game on March 18-20 (local time).

The 2026 season will be held in 10 countries on three continents, North America, Europe and Asia, with six rounds of continental series, and the grand final will be held in Italy from October 24 to 25 after the end of the season, where winners of each series will gather to determine the final champion.Hankook Tire has been supplying ultra-high-performance racing tires "Juventus" to the "Uracan Super Tropeo Evo 2," a competition-only vehicle, since the 2023 season to support extreme driving of up to 300 kilometers per hour, and all participating vehicles will be equipped with the tires this season. In particular, the fourth round of the Asian Series was held at Inje Speedium in Gangwon Province from July 17 to 19, raising expectations from domestic motorsport fans.

The Sebring International Raceway in Florida, the U.S., where the opening game will be held, is a 6.0-kilometer circuit with a mixture of airport runways and taxiways, and some concrete road sections have strong impacts on tires and are very slippery in rainy weather. In addition, the tire management strategy is considered a key element of the economy as harsh environments such as a sharp rise in road surface temperatures caused by strong sunlight in Florida are expected.Hankook Tire plans to strengthen the brand's premium status by supporting the competition based on its technology secured through investment in motorsports led by Chairman Cho Hyun-beom.

Currently, Hankook Tire exclusively supplies tires or sponsors teams to more than 70 major global motorsports competitions, including the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), in addition to the Lamborghini competition, and the driving data obtained here is implemented as ultra-high-performance tire source technology, which is the driving force behind the global market.

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