SRO Extends Partnership With Pirelli

The SRO Motorsports Group and Pirelli have announced that they will extend their long-standing partnership through the 2028 season, with a new five-year agreement that is currently being finalised.

The Italian tyre manufacturer will continue to fulfil the role of exclusive tyre supplier to the SRO series competing across the globe, as well as all standalone GT4 licensed series. It will also remain the sole supplier to the Fanatec GT2 European Series, which will become the “Fanatec GT2 European Series Powered by Pirelli” from 2024 onwards.

“Success in motor racing requires the very best partners and, in Pirelli, we have exactly that. For the past decade they have provided a world-class product to our teams, while also adding considerable commercial and technical support to our series and one-off events around the globe,” said Stéphane Ratel, SRO Motorsports Group founder & CEO.

“It was natural, therefore, that we should extend our cooperation by a further five years.”

All three categories use the same high-performance tyre, P Zero DHF, which was introduced ahead of the 2022 season. Pirelli will continue to develop its products so as to match the ongoing evolution of the discipline, in particular with the debut of the latest generation of GT3 cars in 2025.

The fresh agreement extends a successful working relationship that began a decade ago in 2013, when Pirelli became supplier for what is today the Fanatec GT Europe Endurance Cup. This includes the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, during which it provides approximately 15,000 tyres.

Pirelli will continue to supply rubber for every major SRO championship including Intercontinental GT Challenge and Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS series in Europe, Asia, America and Australia.

Mario Isola, Pirelli Motorsport Director added: “It is a source of great satisfaction for us to continue to provide such exciting and increasingly popular championships.

“In these years of collaboration with SRO, we have supported the evolution of cars and race formats around the world, and we will reinforce this commitment over the next five years, confirming the spirit that has always distinguished us and associated us with the Organiser: a strong focus on customer and fan satisfaction”.