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The MANSORY designers have paid special attention to the rear of the Gran Turismo, giving it a much more striking look: the powerful rear wing alone is an impressive testament to the urge – and ability – to take corners at race speeds.

New Maxi Traction 65 also has wider lugs and wider tyre width, providing a larger groundcontact area which extends its tyre life further.

The two-car campaign will be run by Bentley’s Crewe-based works outfit – including senior personnel John Wickham, David Argent and Christian Loriaux – in conjunction with its new European partner team, Bentley Team ABT Sportsline.

Still a young addition to the management which is oriented to efficiency, economic feasibility and sustainability is the tire inspection system PNEUSCAN installed on the Bolzano premises by the specialist VENTECH Systems from Dorsten.

On 23 and 24 April, general photography sessions took place. From 25 April to 29 April, the selected journalists were invited to scheduled test-driving events, testing out the new DB11 on high speed and wet performance.

Finishing the qualifying race in fifth place, the #8 team started the one-hour main race on new tyres and Soulet made an incredibly mature and confident attack on the pack to climb to second. Soucek emerged from the pits in third place on used tyres and drove fantastically to take the team’s third podium of the Series.

Bridgestone extends its long-standing partnership with BMW Group with the announcement of further contracts to supply original equipment tyres to the premium German manufacturer. The latest BMW 7 Series and BMW X1 are all leaving the factory fitted with Bridgestone tyres.

The special edition Cayenne Diesel and Cayenne S E-Hybrid are easily recognisable at first glance by their distinctive sporty appearance. Both models also offer premium-quality features at a very attractive price.

The Department for Technical Development in Gießen concentrates on the further development and testing of both new casting technologies and light alloys for the entire pressure-casting process chain for the components body, chassis and transmissions.

After finishing first and second in the first double-header of the season in the 2016 FIA European Truck Racing Championship, Jochen Hahn is leading the drivers’ rankings. For the first time, the three-time European Champion’s truck was decked out entirely in Knorr Bremse’s corporate colors of blue and white.