Dunlop extends BTCC tyre dealposted in BTCC30 | 11 | 2015

DUNLOP HAS CONFIRMED it will continue as the tyre supplier to the British Touring Car Championship until at least the end of 2021.

The company's initial supply deal started in 2003, and it has been the BTCC's naming-rights sponsor since '05. Next season Dunlop will introduce a new compound developed for the soft, option tyre.

The new compound is a direct result of mid-year testing, and is based on the construction of the existing medium tyre, and is set to be more durable than the option used this year.

"I'm genuinely delighted the BTCC will maintain its incredibly successful relationship with Dunlop right through until the end of 2021," BTCC chief Alan Gow said of the Dunlop extension.

"Ours is one of the closest and most enduring of any major motorsport programme, so for the BTCC to continue to use Dunlop's superb race tyres whilst also carrying the Dunlop name in our title is something of great pride to our championship."

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Jim McGill