Announcing Our DUNLOP & FALKEN Motorsports Activity Plan for 2025
2025年02月28日
1. Four-Wheel Motorsports Activities
○ DUNLOP
Modulo CIVIC TYPE R-GT racing in SUPER GT
The SUPER GT Series is widely considered the pinnacle of Japanese racing. We will be supporting the model Modulo CIVIC TYPE R-GT in the GT500 Class as well as six cars competing in the GT300 Class. In addition, we will also be supplying tires to support many more racing teams competing for titles in various classes in a wide range of racing categories throughout Japan, including the All Japan Rally Championship, the All Japan Gymkhana Championship, and the All Japan Dirt Trial Championship in addition to our continuing sponsorship of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup.
Meanwhile, we will also be working to support the cultivation of young up-and-coming racers by providing tires for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing MORIZO Challenge Cup and the CUSCO & WinmaX & DUNLOP B License Competition Young Racer Support Program. Moreover, we will continue to provide one-make tires for the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, the FIA-F4 Championship, and the Super FJ Championship, as well as for competitions that are open to all comers, including the VITA RACE and BMW & MINI Racing. To increase the supply of tires with a heightened content of sustainable raw material, we are considering supplying such tires to SUPER GT while continuing to supply them to the EV Division of the All Japan Karting Championship.*
Outside of Japan, we will supply GRANDTREK tires to a team competing in the AXCR 2025, the largest cross country rally in Asia, to assist them in winning the overall victory for the second consecutive year following their first title last year.
<DUNLOP (Four-Wheel) Motorsport official website: https://mos.dunlop.co.jp/>
* “Sumitomo Rubber to Launch DUNLOP race tires with a sustainable raw material ratio of 43% for the third round of the EV division of the All Japan Kart Championship” (News release issued on October 19, 2023): https://www.srigroup.co.jp/newsrelease/2023/sri/2023_081.html
Scene from the Nürburgring 24h Race
○ FALKEN
In 2025, FALKEN will once again be competing in what is widely considered to be the world’s toughest endurance race: the legendary ADAC RAVENOL 24-Hour Race (commonly known as the Nürburgring 24h-Race on account of its venue: the famed Nürburgring Course in Nürburg, Germany). Again this year, Team FALKEN Motorsports will be competing for glory with two Porsche 911 GT3R racecars. Last year, the Team had five wins (including two wins in “QF Race,” a Run-Up to “Nürburgring 24h-Race”) and claimed the overall series victory in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (Official name: Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, NLS) Speed Trophy and SP9 Pro Class championship for the first time. At the same time, we will also be supplying our high-performance FALKEN tires to a SUBARU WRX NBR CHALLENGE racecar of SUBARU TECHNICA INTERNATIONAL that competed in the SP4T Class (Turbocharged vehicles with displacement of 2.0 L–less than 2.6 L) last year and won the championship for the first time after they changed the class. Through these activities, we aim to further enhance the value of our FALKEN brand, which is already quite popular in Europe and North America.
<FALKEN official website: https://www.falken.tires/>
2. Two-Wheel Motorsports Activities
○ DUNLOP
Scene from the AMA Supercross
In international road racing, we will be supplying tires to three teams (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99, ERC Endurance, and LRP Poland) competing at the EWC Class of the FIM Grand Prix World Championship. When it comes to off-road racing, we will be supplying tires to four teams in the Motocross World Championship: Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, Kawasaki Racing Team MX2, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, and Monster Energy Triumph Racing. In AMA Supercross / Pro Motocross, all-America championships for which our teams hold the record of victory in all classes in 15 consecutive years, we are taking aim at increasing this to 16 years in all classes. In addition, we will serve as an official tire supplier in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, the pinnacle of road racing in Asia.
In domestic road racing, we will be supporting the DUNLOP Racing Team with YAHAGI in the JSB1000 Class of the All Japan Road Race Championship. While developing high-performance racing tires that are trusted by riders in road races in the top category, we will be providing one-make tires for the ST1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championship, the JP250 class of the MFJ CUP / Regional Championships, the HRC CBR250RR Dream Cup, and the HRC GROM Cup. We will also be supplying one-make tires for the HRC NSF250R Challenge and other such races whose purpose is to develop riders, as part of our efforts to prepare an environment to bring up riders from Japan who can compete internationally. In the area of off-road racing, we will be shooting for titles in tournaments such as the All Japan Motocross Championship and the All Japan Trials Championship, in which we took the crown last year.
<DUNLOP (Two-Wheel) official website: https://dunlop-motorcycletyres.com/>
■2025 DUNLOP Four-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
GT500 |
Modulo Nakajima Racing |
Honda CIVIC TYPE R-GT |
Takuya Izawa |
Riki Okusa |
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GT300 |
GAINER |
NISSAN FAIRLADY Z |
Ryuichiro Tomita |
Kazuki Oki |
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PONOS RACING |
FERRARI 296 GT3 |
Kei Cozzolino |
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Lilou Wadoux |
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LM corsa |
LEXUS LC500 |
Hiroki Yoshimoto |
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Shunsuke Kohno |
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Remei Ito |
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R&D SPORT |
SUBARU BRZ GT300 |
Takuto Iguchi |
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Hideki Yamauchi |
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K-tunes Racing |
LEXUS RC F GT3 |
Morio Nitta |
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Shinichi Takagi |
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D’station Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO |
Tomonobu Fujii |
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Charlie Fagg |
All Japan Rally Championship
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
JN-1 |
LUCK with ROOKIE Racing Team |
TOYOTA GR Yaris Rally2 |
Norihiko Katsuta |
Castrol with TEIN |
SKODA Fabia R5 |
Takuma Kamada |
All Japan Gymkhana Championship
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
PN4 |
TEAM URGENT |
TOYOTA GR YARIS |
Shinji Tsugawa |
PN3 |
Kanetsu Sports Club |
TOYOTA GR86 |
Takahiro Nojima |
PN3 |
Obelisk Racing Team |
MAZDA ROADSTER |
Tadashi Kawakita |
PN1 |
TEAM ETOILE |
TOYOTA YARIS |
Takashi Asayama |
Class |
Vehicle |
Driver |
D |
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE |
Yuya Sumiyama |
SA2 |
TOYOTA GR YARIS |
Kazuhiro Kitamura |
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
Professional |
OTG Motorsports |
TOYOTA GR86 |
Togo Suganami |
TOYOTA GR86 |
Ryo Ogawa |
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TOYOTA GR86 |
Naoki Hattori |
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TOYOTA GR86 |
Miki Onaga |
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DELTA MOTOR SPORTS |
TOYOTA GR86 |
Yusuke Tomibayashi |
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RECARO RACING TEAM |
SUBARU BRZ |
Kota Sasaki |
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SUBARU BRZ |
Tsubasa Kondo |
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SUBARU BRZ |
Takashi Kogure |
FIA-F4 JAPANESE CHALLENGE
Team |
Driver |
OTG Motorsports |
Kenta Kumagai |
One-Make Tire Racing Category
Race |
FORMULA REGIONAL JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP |
FIA-F4 Championship |
Formula Beat |
Super FJ Championship |
F110 CUP |
VITA RACE |
BMW & MINI Racing |
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup Clubman Series |
All Japan Karting Championship / Junior Karting Championship |
[Overseas Races/Rallies]
Asia Cross Country Rally 2025
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
T1-D |
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING THAILAND |
TOYOTA Hilux Revo |
Mana PORNSIRICHERD |
Kittisak KLINCHAN |
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TOYOTA Hilux Revo |
Natthaphon ANGRITTHANON |
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Thanyaphat MEENIL |
■2025 FALKEN Four-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
P9 (FIA-GT3) |
FALKEN Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#33) |
TBN |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#44) |
TBN |
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SP4T |
SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL |
SUBARU WRX NBR CHALLENGE |
Carlo van Dam |
■2025 FALKEN Four-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
P9 (FIA-GT3) |
FALKEN Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#33) |
TBN |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#44) |
TBN |
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SP4T |
SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL |
SUBARU WRX NBR CHALLENGE |
Carlo van Dam |
■2025 FALKEN Four-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
P9 (FIA-GT3) |
FALKEN Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#33) |
TBN |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#44) |
TBN |
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SP4T |
SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL |
SUBARU WRX NBR CHALLENGE |
Carlo van Dam |
■2025 FALKEN Four-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Drivers |
P9 (FIA-GT3) |
FALKEN Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#33) |
TBN |
Porsche 911 GT3R (#44) |
TBN |
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SP4T |
SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL |
SUBARU WRX NBR CHALLENGE |
Carlo van Dam |
Tim Schrick |
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Kota Sasaki |
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Rintaro Kubo |
■2025 DUNLOP Two-Wheel Motorsports Activity Plan Overview
[Road Racing World Championships]
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Riders |
EWC |
ELF Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 |
YAMAHA |
Jeremy Guarnoni |
Florian Marino |
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Randy de Puniet |
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ERC Endurance |
BMW |
David Checa |
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Kenny Foray |
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Illya Mykhalchyk |
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Julian Puffe |
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LRP Poland |
BMW |
Enzo Boulom |
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Michael Dunlop |
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Danny Webb |
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Marek Szkopek |
[Off-Road Racing World Championships]
Motocross World Championship
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Riders |
MXGP |
Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP |
KAWASAKI |
Romain Febvre |
Pauls Jonass |
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MX2 |
Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 |
KAWASAKI |
Mathis Valin |
Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing |
HUSQVARNA |
Kay De Wolf |
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Liam Everts |
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Monster Energy Triumph Racing |
TRIUMPH |
Camden McLellan |
|
Guillem Farres |
[International Road Racing World Tournaments]
One-Make Tires Racing Category
Race |
Class |
FIM Endurance World Cup |
SST |
FIM Production World Trophy |
PRD |
FIM Asia Road Racing Championship |
ASB1000 / SS600 / AP250 / UB150 |
Latin America Talent Cup |
Moto3 |
[National Road Racing Tournaments]
All Japan Road Race Championship (Japan)
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Rider |
JSB1000 |
DUNLOP Racing Team with YAHAGI |
HONDA |
Tetsuta Nagashima |
JSB1000 |
RSN |
YAMAHA |
Shinichi Nakatomi |
JSB1000 |
TONE RT SYNCEDGE4413 BMW |
BMW |
Tomoya Hoshino |
J-GP3 |
P.MU 7C GALESPEED |
HONDA |
Hiroki Ono |
[National Off-Road Racing Tournaments]
AMA Supercross (USA)
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Riders |
450SX |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
KTM |
Chase Sexton |
Aaron Plessinger |
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Team Honda HRC Progressive |
HONDA |
Jett Lawrence |
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Hunter Lawrence |
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Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing |
YAMAHA |
Eli Tomac |
|
Cooper Webb |
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Justin Cooper |
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Christian Craig |
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Monster Energy Kawasaki |
KAWASAKI |
Jason Anderson |
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Jorge Prado |
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Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki |
SUZUKI |
Ken Roczen |
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Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
HUSQVARNA |
Malcolm Stewart |
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Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing |
GASGAS |
Justin Barcia |
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250SX |
Team Honda HRC Progressive |
HONDA |
Chance Hymas |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
KAWASAKI |
Levi Kitchen |
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Seth Hammaker |
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Cameron McAdoo |
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Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing |
YAMAHA |
Max Anstie |
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Daxton Bennick |
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Nate Thrasher |
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
KTM |
Tom Vialle |
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Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
HUSQVARNA |
RJ Hampshire |
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Triumph Factory Racing Team |
TRIUMPH |
Austin Forkner |
|
Jalek Swoll |
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250SX |
Team Honda HRC Progressive |
HONDA |
Jo Shimoda |
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki |
KAWASAKI |
Garrett Marchbanks |
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Ty Masterpool |
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Drew Adams |
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Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing |
YAMAHA |
Haiden Deegan |
|
Cole Davies |
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Michael Mosiman |
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
KTM |
Julien Beaumer |
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Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing |
GASGAS |
Ryder DiFrancesco |
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Triumph Factory Racing Team |
TRIUMPH |
Jordan Smith |
|
Stilez Robertson |
All Japan Motocross Championship (Japan)
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Rider |
IA1 |
YAMAHA FACTORY RACING TEAM |
YAMAHA |
Jay Wilson |
YAMAHA BLU CRU RACING TEAM YSP浜松 |
YAMAHA |
Kainosuke Oshiro |
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YAMAHA BLU CRU RACING TEAM |
YAMAHA |
Yusuke Watanabe |
|
Honda Dream Racing LG |
HONDA |
Haruki Yokoyama |
|
Honda Dream Racing Bells |
HONDA |
Yuki Okura |
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Team Kawasaki R&D |
KAWASAKI |
Chihiro Notsuka |
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IA2 |
YAMAHA BLU CRU RACING TEAM TAKA |
YAMAHA |
Soya Nakajima |
YAMAHA BLU CRU RACING TEAM YSP浜松 |
YAMAHA |
Junya Tanaka |
All Japan Trials Championship (Japan)
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Riders |
IAS |
TEAM MITANI Honda |
HONDA |
Tomoyuki Ogawa |
YAMAHA FACTORY RACING TEAM |
YAMAHA |
Seiya Ujikawa |
|
Kenichi Kuroyama |
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Team NOZAKI YAMALUBE YAMAHA |
YAMAHA |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
Japan Enduro Championship (Japan)
Class |
Team |
Vehicle |
Rider |
IA |
BIVOUAC OSAKA with RG3 Racing |
GASGAS |
Yoshikazu Hosaka |
* Activities above are current plans. Please note that they are subject to change.