The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announces that it has signed a partnership agreement with the Haupt Racing Team (HRT) as part of its effort to achieve victory at the 2025 Nürburgring 24-Hour Race (ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring). This is the second straight year Yokohama Rubber has entered into a partnership with HRT.
As part of the ADVAN CHALLENGE that seeks to maximize sales of ADVAN tires, Yokohama Rubber is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). Last year, Yokohama Rubber’s support for HRT’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 included the overall championship in NLS Round 4. This year, the Yokohama Rubber–HRT partnership is being supported by Ford Performance, the racing division of Ford Motor Company, and Yokohama Rubber will supply its ADVAN racing tires for the Ford Mustang GT3s that HRT is entering this year’s Nürburgring 24-Hour Race. HRT was founded in July 2020 by racing driver and entrepreneur Hubert Haupt and quickly established itself as a force to be reckoned with in international GT3 racing. HRT won the drivers’ championship in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series in just its second motorsport season. Since then, HRT has competed in the DTM, NLS, ADAC GT Masters, Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, Asian Le Mans Series, Creventic 24H Series and the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps and achieved victories in many races. HRT GmbH is based in the Drees industrial estate in the immediate vicinity of the Nürburgring. HRT is also actively involved in the promotion of young talent, covering the entire pyramid of driver development from entry into motorsport in the HRT Kart Team to the highest level of GT racing in the DTM. The team is also a sought-after partner for technical development projects and motorsport events of all kinds. Ford Performance is returning to the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race for the first time since 2019 and is teaming up with Yokohama Rubber for the first time since 2012. Yokohama Rubber and Ford Performance will build a strong motorsports relationship in 2025. In addition to collaborating in the Nürburgring 24-Hours, one of the world's top endurance races, Yokohama Rubber will supply ADVAN racing tires as control tires for the Mustang Cup, a new entry-level racing series being launched by Ford Performance in the United States.
Over the years, Yokohama Rubber has supported many teams participating in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race, a motorsports event where the world's leading tire makers display their tires’ performance under the most demanding conditions as part of their intense global competition. Cars equipped with YOKOHAMA tires have won the overall championship three times. In 2023, a car equipped with YOKOHAMA tires turned in a dominant performance in the NLS, winning five of the nine races as well as the NLS Speed Trophy and the NIMEX Team Trophy in the highest SP9 Pro Class.
The consumer tire strategy in Yokohama Rubber’s three-year (2024–2026) medium-term management plan, Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026), aims to maximize the sales ratios of high-value-added tires by expanding sales of YOKOHAMA’s global flagship ADVAN brand, the GEOLANDAR brand of tires for SUVs and pickup trucks, winter tires, and 18-inch and larger tires. Yokohama Rubber positions participation in motorsports activities as crucial to its effort to develop new tire technologies that will further strengthen the ADVAN and GEOLANDAR brands. Yokohama Rubber therefore is again participating in a wide variety of motorsports events around the globe, from top-category to grassroots events. Yokohama Rubber will post event updates and results on YOKOHAMA’s dedicated motorsports website and on our official motorsports SNS sites.Yokohama Rubber official motorsports website and SNS
Team: Haupt Racing Team
Class: SP9 Pro Car: Ford Mustang GT3 Tires: ADVAN A005 (for dry conditions); Sizes: front 300/680R18, rear 330/710R18 ADVAN A006 (for wet conditions); Sizes: front 300/680R18, rear 320/710R18
Race Schedule (as of date of this release)
March 22 (Sat): Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) Round 1 April 26 (Sat): Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) Round 2 May 10 (Sat): Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) Round 3 June 19 (Thu)–June 22 (Sun): Nürburgring 24-Hour Race
