Chris Baker, Michelin's director of motorsport, visits with RACER's Marshall Pruett to discuss the brand's planning efforts ahead of becoming IMSA's primary tire supplier in 2019.

Michelin will remain as the tire supplier to Formula E for the next four seasons.The French manufacturer provided tires to the inaugural season of the electric racing series, and has now won a tender from the FIA to continue in that role until the end of the 2018-'19 season."We are...

Michelin motorsport director Pascal Couasnon believes Formula 1's next-generation tires must let drivers push to the limit at all times, as his company bids to return to the grid.The French manufacturer confirmed earlier this week it had submitted its proposal to the FIA to become F1's tire supplier from 2017.Although...

Pirelli is willing to continue as Formula 1's tire supplier, but only if certain conditions are met.The FIA has opened the tire tender process for 2017-19, and Pirelli chairman and chief executive Marco Tronchetti Provera said his firm would be happy to continue either as sole supplier, or if the...

Michelin has been announced as MotoGP's new tire supplier for when Bridgestone departs in 2016.Bridgestone revealed its decision to leave the sport shortly before the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this month. MotoGP promoter Dorna and motorcycling governing body the FIM immediately opened a three-week tender process to find a replacement....

Bridgestone has promised not to let its MotoGP development efforts slip despite announcing that it will leave the championship after 2015.The Japanese tire firm revealed prior to last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix that it was ending its stint as MotoGP's control supplier, which began in 2009 following the departure of...

MotoGP promoter Dorna has set a target of finding a 2016 tire supplier within the next three weeks after Bridgestone's surprise decision to withdraw from the sport.Bridgestone, which has been MotoGP's sole tire supplier since 2009, announced on Thursday morning that it would close its program at the end of...

Pirelli has no doubts it will be Formula 1's tire supplier for the next five years, even though a contract has not yet been signed with the FIA.A statement issued after last week's World Motor Sport Council hearing alluded to Pirelli fulfilling the commercial deal it had in place with...

The FIA has made clear to teams that it has no intention of introducing a single fuel supplier for Formula 1.In a statement issued after the FIA's World Motor Sport Council meeting in Croatia last Friday, motor racing's governing body announced that a new bidding process was being introduced in...