| DUNLOP
AND FORMULA FORD JOIN FORCES FOR 2010
4 November,
2009: Dunlop tyres will be providing the grip and the
British-based tyre maker will be lending its name as title sponsor
to the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain next
season, it is announced today. New Formula Ford radial tyres in
both slick and wet are currently under development by Dunlop and
will be adopted in Britain in 2010.
Dunlop has a long
and rich British motorsport heritage, and has supplied tyres to
many series during Formula Ford's 43-year history. For many years,
starting in the 1970s, it sponsored a Star of Tomorrow
championship, among whose winners were Perry McCarthy, Paul
Warwick and David Coulthard.
"Formula Ford
teams will soon start the new-tyre testing programme," said
Sam Roach, of Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship promoter
RacingLine, "and we expect that they and their drivers will
be very pleased with the results of Dunlop's hard work.
"We are sorry
to be separating from Avon, whose products have served Formula
Ford superbly for many seasons, and we are pleased that Avon will
maintain a connection through its continued supply of tyres for
the Kent-engined 'classic' Formula Fords."
"Dunlop is
thrilled to renew its association with Formula Ford," says
the firm's Motorsport Manager, Michael Butler. "The
championship has a long history of producing top-level drivers and
we look forward to working with the stars of the future once
again. We have developed a new tyre that uses our latest
construction and compound technology and we aim for this to be a
major enhancement to a massively popular formula."
"We are
looking forward immensely to working with Dunlop in 2010, and are
sure that the product and service will be exemplary," said
Mike Norton, Motorsport Manager Ford of Europe. "We can
confirm that the championship will once again be supporting the
British Formula 3 and British GT Championships next season, and
that we see this alignment of championships as being a natural fit
for Formula Ford for the foreseeable future." |
