Michelin will remain the exclusive tyre supplier to the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship through the end of 2032 after being selected through a competitive tender organised by the FIA and Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO).
The award covers the 2030, 2031 and 2032 seasons, adding three years to Michelin’s existing agreement, which was already due to run through 2029.
The FIA confirmed Michelin’s reappointment following a joint evaluation process with the ACO and approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.
Rather than a straightforward partnership renewal, the contract was awarded through a tender covering the exclusive supply of Hypercar tyres for the three seasons from 2030.
Candidates were assessed across criteria including technical expertise and product quality, sporting performance in different conditions, operational and customer service capabilities, sustainability commitments, marketing support and their proposed contribution to the continued development of endurance racing.
Michelin has been the exclusive supplier to the Hypercar class since the category was introduced in 2021 and currently equips the entire FIA WEC Hypercar field.
The new award gives the manufacturer continuity in the championship while its endurance programme is also being used to develop tyres with higher proportions of renewable and recycled materials.
Its 2026 Michelin Pilot Sport Endurance slick range contains 50% renewable and recycled materials, according to Michelin. The tyres are used by Hypercars in FIA WEC and GTP prototypes competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The material content gives a more concrete technical dimension to Michelin’s continued involvement in endurance racing. The company describes the discipline as an innovation accelerator because tyres must operate under demanding combinations of high loads, multiple stints, changing weather conditions and substantially different circuit characteristics.
Michelin uses that environment to develop technologies that it says can subsequently be applied to tyres for production vehicles. The contract extension therefore maintains a competition programme in which tyre performance and material development are being pursued in parallel, although the company has not identified which technologies from the current 50% renewable and recycled material race tyres could ultimately reach specific road products.
Matthieu Bonardel, director of Michelin Motorsport, said the extension represented “a strong recognition of the quality of the tyres and services we provide, as well as our ability to continuously innovate”.
He added that Michelin and its manufacturer partners shared an ambition to pursue performance while moving towards increasingly sustainable mobility.
Michelin has competed continuously at the highest level of endurance racing since 1998 and has been involved in FIA WEC since the championship was established in 2012.
Its position as the sole Hypercar tyre supplier began with the introduction of the category in 2021. With the latest tender award covering 2030 to 2032, that role is now secured for a further three seasons beyond its existing contract.
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