2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) - Yokohama to Supply 'ADVAN'as One-Make Tire for Second Year in a Row


TOKYO, July 26// --The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that it will supply - as the chosen one-make tire supplier - racing tires bearing its global flagship brand "ADVAN" as the control tire for the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Yokohama began supplying tires for WTCC races for the current 2006 season. Their performance has been highly evaluated, meeting all of FIA's requirements, and their selection for the second consecutive year has been confirmed.

"FIA WTCC" is one of three FIA titled world championships, along with Formula 1 (F-1) and the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). In order for different types of cars with different characteristics to perform at their best on any kind of circuit, Yokohama supplies the special ADVAN A005 for dry conditions and the special ADVAN A006 for wet conditions, each achieving an excellent level of balance between speed and durability. In 2006, races are being staged in seven countries in Europe, plus Brazil, Mexico and China (Macau). Races have been very tight among the various kinds of cars, with a number of different drivers already finding themselves on the winner's platform. Tire sizes are 240/610R17 for the ADVAN A005 and 230/610R17 for the ADVAN A006.

Yokohama will use its second opportunity as a one-make supplier to WTCC to further refine its technology, spread awareness of its outstanding products to the world as information development, and more vigorously pursue the concepts of "across the world," "high technology" and "high performance"
that lie behind its global flagship brand ADVAN.

Source: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Hitoshi Ikeda
Corporate Communications Dept.
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-5400-4531
fax: +81-3-3432-8430

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