DOHA (Qatar): MotoGP tyre supplier Michelin will be the title sponsor for the 2021 Finnish GP, Dorna Sports announced on Wednesday.
The event, set to take place from the 9th to the 11th of July, will be the first motorcycle Grand Prix to be held at the new KymiRing and will be named the Michelin Grand Prix of Finland.
“Joining as title sponsor at KymiRing for this inaugural event is a great honour. Since the foundation of the Michelin Group we strive to continue making breakthroughs, whether new markets or new technologies to answer riders’ needs. Motorsport offers us the opportunity to develop our technologies and provide riders with the very best products,” Maria Esperanza Gaspar Aguilon, Senior Vice President Business Line 2 Wheels Worldwide.
Michelin has been the official tyre supplier to the MotoGP class since 2016, bringing their excellence and expertise to the world’s fastest motorcycle racing Championship.
Since, MotoGP has enjoyed one of its most competitive eras of all time as lap records are routinely broken, and it just keeps getting closer. Each of the ten closest top 15 finishes in premier class history have occurred since 2018, and the closest ever was the 2021 Grand Prix of Doha.
Michelin is also the sole tyre supplier to the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup and has been since its inception in 2019, and the company was a founding partner of the MotoGP eSport Championship, which began in 2017.
This new title sponsor agreement only serves to strengthen the partnership between Dorna and Michelin further as MotoGP prepares to welcome the KymiRing to the calendar.
