For Pirelli, the Long GT Season Gets Underway at Bathurst, over 75 Championships and 400 Races Across Five Continents

In between a January start in Australia and a November finish in Macau, there will be around 450 races, in over 75 championships open to GT cars, taking in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. These are the highlights of Pirelli’s 2025 GT racing season, once again making the Italian company the busiest tyre manufacturer on the world motorsport scene.

The commitment to GT racing is expanding this year, with the addition of more championships such as the GT Winter Series. Highpoints of the year will include the Spa and Nurburgring 24 Hour races, as well as the Macau GP and the Suzuka 1000 kilometres, which is back on the calendar for 2025. These events stand out because of their prestige and the large number of entries, while alongside these are all the GTWC races in Europe, America, Asia and Australia, the national and international GT4 championships, the European GT2 Championship, the Ferrari Challenge, the McLaren Trophy and the TransAm.

The season which will see over 200 technicians, engineers and other staff, working on five continents, gets underway with the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Bathurst 12 Hours, from 31 January to 2 February.

The Australian event is always one of the toughest on the calendar because of the circuit layout and the characteristics of the track surface which is particularly demanding on tyres.

PIRELLI QUOTE

Matteo Braga, Circuit Activity Manager: “We have an important season ahead of us, with new events and, most importantly, new products that we will be announcing in the coming weeks. To deal with all these tasks we can count on an exponentially growing level of experience and a strong and motivated team, both at our headquarters and at local level, the latter expanding rapidly in terms of the number of people involved and the quality of the service we provide to the teams. Furthermore, we can rely on great relationships and partnerships with the federations, promoters, teams, drivers and car manufacturers, built up over the years. We can also count on the versatility and reliability of our products at all circuits and in all conditions, thanks also to a solid development base for a BoP, such as in SRO, which ensures closely contested and spectacular racing.”

THE TYRES FOR BATHURST

In action on the Australian track will be the P Zero DHF, which has not undergone any significant changes since last season, when it proved to be up to the demands of the current racing cars. Among the tyre’s principal characteristics are a wide working range and a construction that optimises the balance of the car, with a better connection between the front and rear.