The Story of Dec, 2023

Hankook continues as Presenting Partner of FIA initiative Girls on Track

Following the successful premiere in 2023, Hankook will again support the FIA initiative ‘Girls on Track’ as Presenting Partner in Season 10. Within the framework of Formula E events, young women aged between twelve and 18 years are given an intense insight into the world of motorsport. As well as attractive workshops, the participants also learn a lot about the environment at the racetrack. Furthermore, each post-race podium ceremony is attended by one of the young women, giving them the opportunity to experience the stars up close and personal. In Season 10, the project will run at all eleven Formula E events. As such, the unique junior concept is part of all the races in the fully-electric world championship, which Hankook has supported as official tyre partner and with the strong performance of the Hankook iON Race since Season 9.

The Hankook iON Race lines up at eleven spectacular circuits in Season 10

In the second year as official technical partner and tyre supplier of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the Hankook iON Race travels to eleven different countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The first port of call on this world tour is the E-Prix in Mexico City on 13^th January. This is followed two weeks later by the first double-header in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. In February, the series heads to the city of Hyderabad in India. Rounds five and six of the season take place in March in São Paulo (Brazil) and, for the first time, the Japanese capital Tokyo. Misano (Italy) is another new venue on the calendar and will host two races in April. At the end of the month, the protagonists in the fully-electric world championship travel to Monaco on the Côte d’Azur. The German capital Berlin welcomes Formula E for races ten and eleven of the season in May. Still in May, Shanghai (China) makes its debut on the Formula E calendar with a further two races. The double-header in Portland in June heralds the deciding phase of Season 10, before the grand finale in London (Great Britain).

CP Racing wins the Hankook 12h Kuwait after a gripping battle

The Hankook 12h Kuwait at Kuwait Motor Town ended on 9^th December with the closest finish in the history of the 24h Series powered by Hankook. The CP Racing team (USA) started from pole position with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO. Spectators were treated to a thrilling battle at the head of the field, which went right down to the final lap of the race. In the end, the victorious Mercedes team of Charles Putman, Charles Espenlaub, Joe Foster and Shane Lewis (all USA) came home just 0.537 seconds ahead of the Porsche 911 GT3 R of Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors (United Arab Emirates). Romanian driver Sergiu Nicolae, who finished runner-up with his team-mates, set a new lap record during the race. The Hankook Ventus Race provided perfect grip, allowing him to clock a time of 1:43.065 minutes for his lap of the 5.160-kilometre track. The BMW M4 GT3 of British team Century Motorsport completed the podium.

Full replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvzIqJErvm4

Extensive schedule for the Stock Car Pro Series

Next year, Hankook and the Stock Car Pro Series line up in their second season together. Over the course of 12 race weekends, the drivers will contest 24 races in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. As well as the traditional circuits in Argentina (Argentina), Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Cascavel, Goiânia, Interlagos and Velocitta (all Brazil), the series is also planning to make its debut at Velopark (Uruguay). The curtain-raiser for the new season is the opening round at Autódromo de Goiânia on 3^rd March. As it did in 2023, Interlagos hosts the finale of the touring car series on the third weekend in December.

Eight events for next season’s Brazilian Formula 4 Championship

The youngsters in the Brazilian Formula 4 Championship, which Hankook supplies exclusively, will contest eight events at five different racetracks next season. The drivers head to Autódromo Velocitta for the season-opener from 22^nd to 24^th March. One particular highlight sees the talented youngsters feature on the same bill as the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Interlagos from 1^st to 3^rd November. As in the 2023 season, the Brazilian talent factory will have the opportunity to impress on the same stage as the stars of motorsport. The same venue hosts the season finale from 13^th to 15^th December.