Yokohama takes part in a wide range of motorsports including races and rallies. We supply competition tires in Japan and overseas and have achieved spectacular results and outstanding achievements in each motorsport category.
As part of our activities to realize a sustainable society, we have started the development of tires made from renewable and recycled raw materials in racing, a place of extreme testing.
These activities play a significant role in the development of high-performance consumer tires and in the development of technologies for future tires. Motorsports are truly a spectacular proving ground for tire development.

the Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship

Yokohama has been the supplier of the control tire for the Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship series since 2016. We will supply ADVAN racing tires with a sustainable material content as the control tire for the Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship (hereafter, SUPER FORMULA) from the 2023 season. We have completed development of tires for use in dry conditions and will continue developing tires for wet conditions with the aim of supplying them from 2023.
The dry condition tires being supplied by Yokohama Rubber use sustainable materials account for about 33% of all materials used in the tires, which have demonstrated performance equivalent to that of the standard tires used in SUPER FORMULA 2022 races.
Racing tires made from sustainable materials will be supplied in support of the SUPER FORMULA NEXT 50 (SF NEXT 50) project announced in October 2021 by Japan Race Promotion Inc., which runs the SUPER FORMULA series. The SF NEXT 50 project is being promoted with the cooperation of various companies that share the common goal of creating a sustainable motorsports industry by responding to changes in the environment surrounding the automobile and motorsports industries, including the promotion of SDGs and carbon neutrality.

Related information on racing tires using sustainable materials

Yokohama Rubber has been participating in the "Pikes Peak International Hill Climb" held in the United States since 2009.
At the 100th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb held in the United States in June 2022, the ADVAN A052 street sport tire which uses sustainable materials was used.
The rubber in the side walls of these tires, which undergo the most deformation during driving, have been switched to biomass-derived butadiene rubber from the conventional petroleum-derived butadiene rubber. Going forward, we will continue to accelerate the development of technologies that reduce environmental impact through actual participation in grueling hill climb races.

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