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Motorsport Activities Worldwide in 2008

Motorsport Activities Worldwide in 2008. Akinori Tokieda General Manager Motorsports Dept. Yokohama Motorsport Activities Worldwide. RRC. WTCC IFM. RTCC. CCC. VLN. APRC. Le Mans 24hours. ALMS. CRC. Super GT. IRC. APRC. AJRC. ARC. Macau F3. Porsche Club Japan Challenge.

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Motorsport Activities Worldwide in 2008

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  1. Motorsport ActivitiesWorldwide in 2008 Akinori Tokieda General Manager Motorsports Dept.

  2. Yokohama Motorsport Activities Worldwide RRC WTCCIFM RTCC CCC VLN APRC Le Mans 24hours ALMS CRC Super GT IRC APRC AJRC ARC Macau F3 Porsche Club Japan Challenge Porsche GT3 Cup Brazil Super GT BRC APRC V8Utes

  3. FIA World Touring Car Championship Spain, France, Czech, Portugal Germany, UK, Italy (2x) Japan Macau Mexico Brazil

  4. Macau Grand Prix International Formula Master After it begins to supply the tire to the F3 race that started in 1983, it becomes the 26th anniversary in this year.

  5. GT500 : Kondo GTR GT300 : Porsche GT500 : Tsuchiya SC GT300 : Shiden GT300 : Nissan- Z SUPER GT It is a most competitive race in the world for tyre manufactures. We are supporting two GT500 cars and 15 GT300 cars in this year.

  6. 2008 Le Mans 24hours Tokai University Le Mans projectSuper Visor : Professor Yoshimasa Hayashi Driver : Toshio Suzuki (Daytona 24hrs winner) Masami Kageyama (GT500 champion) Haruki KurosawaEngine : YGK ( special engine for this project) Chassis : Courage It was a first challenge to compete at the top category as a Student team in the history of the Le Mans 24hour race.

  7. All Japan Rally Championship Australia V8 Utes ADVAN-PIAA Rally Team Car: Lancer Evolution XDr. : F.Nutahara J.Odagiri Merdeka Millennium Endurance

  8. China Circuit Championship China Rally Championship

  9. Podium in Kenya Rwanda was cancelled

  10. Asia Pacific Rally Championship The Asia Pacific Rally Championship was inaugurated in 1988. This is one of the regional rally series that spans multiple countries.

  11. Asia Pacific Rally Championship Our supported driver Mr. Dean Herridge won Pacific Cup.

  12. Production in 2008Production in 2009

  13. 2007 2006 average 2008 Tyre production We have increased the production capacity of 18 inch in 2008. There are some gap between real-production and capacity. We have to increase the productivity, so we improved the tyre building machine and cure machine in 2008 too.

  14. We have increased the production capacity, and we improve the productivity in 2008. We still have some problem between the order and the production in 2008.(1) Big increase the order in June, July, we don’t know the reason why.(2) There are still some differences , especially 15 inch, 18 inch tyre production Production policy in 2009・We would like to concentrate our activity focus on touring cars in 2009.・We will not disturb mono-supplier business for which you already have a contract.・We intend to reduce single seater business.・In order to start GT car business in 2010, we will try to supply some tyres to super cars.

  15. ETA base Order in 2009not including cross-ply 185/60R13 A021R YHPT We got the pre-order, but how shall we manage this figure? Total demands are 63000 pcs, and we produce 40% of annual demands (25000 pcs) now.We have only a few order of 18 inch tyres, is this correct?Some of mono-supply series impact our production, but it’s excellent. (Suzuki swift)We will create new system to stock monopoly tyres in YRC or distributor.

  16. Introducing New ProductGravel Rally Tyre A053

  17. New Product A053 for Gr-N Rally Car NEW SIZE N2557 170/650R15 A053RA30 （SOFTRIGHT） N2558 170/650R15 A053LA30　 （SOFTLEFT) N2559 170/650R15 A053RA50　 （MEDIUMRIGHT） N2560 170/650R15 A053LA50　 （MEDIUM LEFT） The purpose of development：　 ★ improvement of grip and stability in a high speed ★ Special construction, and dimension for Gr-N car. ( Not suitable for S2000 ) The contents of improvement : ★Shape of contact patch ( Review of profile ) ★Block rigidity ( Review of form & bigger block ) ★ Stiffer side construction designed for Gr-N.

  18. Ａ０３５ Ａ０３５ｅ What’s changed? ◎contact patch ◎block rigidity ★Review of profile design ★Review of form & bigger block Ａ０５３ bigger block in outside part to improve lateral grip Oblong block & bigger block in inside part to improve lateral grip Improvement of Contact patch in shoulder area to change profile & bigger block To improve straight line traction and braking

  19. PERFORMANCE CHART Traction & braking Lateral grip Ａ０３５ｅ Ａ０５３ Ａ０３５ High speed control Response Low speed control Wear resistance

  20. Recommendation of Groove Modification We can modify the grooves to match with the road condition. Remove the red line to improve traction and braking performance. HARD →LOOSE →WET

  21. Motorsport Future Vision

  22. GD100 is YOKOHAMA’s Mid-Long Term Plan focused in 2017, our 100th Anniversary. Motorsport will support the company to achieve this target in connection with building the Corporate Value and Strong Market Presence. Strategy of MS Department We will expand our MS activity all over the world. We will develop “Win-Win” tyres. Customer - Can Win Distributor – Make Profits Yokohama Brand - Strengthen Brand Image

  23. Mid Term Target of MS Dept. 1) Worldwide Activities with Global Flagship Car Manufacturers 2) Stable Supply of High Performance MS tyres for Each Segment in Each Market 3) Yokohama MS Sales Network will be completed by end of 2011 4) Support Environmental Technology within MS activity

  24. Target：・expand our activity as global activity ・well balanced activity ・rationalise stocks within Yokohama ・professional approach (technical, service, sales)・established global sales network in 2011 Global activity Continue WTCC activity in 2010,2011Getting position of BRIC’s No1、Asian No1･･･APRC, Touring car championship Worldwide Activities with Global Flagship Car ManufacturerGetting monopoly tyre contracts for some GT carsKeep good results of GT500, GT300 to create Yokohama reputation for Asian market Stable Supply of High Performance MS tyre for Each Segment in Each MarketGT (eg. Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari ,GT-R) tyre develop in VLN (Germany), Super endurance race in JapanRally tyre development in APRC（Asia, Oceania) Support Environmental Technology within MS activitysupporting eco-series, eco-car developing eco technology motorsport tyre

  25. Previous mid term plan in 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 IFM mono-supplier ⇒Introduce Ecological tyre in 2009German F3 Continue to supply Macau F3 Formula One tyre supplier Using eco technology Formula Developing eco-technology tyre Launch X977 as A053⇒ expand the rally business Rally Development X977 at PWRC Sufficient products line up WTCC Homologate 2007,2008 Continue to 2008～2009 How to keep the mono-supplier Developing for Porsche 997 at ALMS GT class eco technology tyre for prototype Tyre sales for ALMS LMS Sell some tyres for LMS Super GT Review the contract of teams to sell all tyres GT500 2 win/year Serial tyres Launch successor of A048 Getting Mono supplier by using A050 Correlation with BRICs sales Expanding the mono-supplier contracts in BRICｓ

  26. Which categories are we doing motor-sports activity? Single Seater GT Touring WTCC F1 Endurance race FIA GT ALMS V8 DTM BTCC V8 Ute F2 GP2 FN IRL VLN Super Endurance Lemans 24 STCC super GT Nurburgring24 F3 GP3 FA PTCC Spa 24 EuoF3 IFM DTCC British F3 IMSA GT3 RTCC Cup Race A1 Japan F3 CCC Porsche SEAT German F3 Japan Portugal Macau F3 Brazil Germany Rally CIVIC Aston Martin? WRC IRC Italy RC APRC JPRC SARC Indian RC CRC AFRC BRRC

  27. Why are we doing motor-sports activity? Japan Development & Promotion GT500 GT300 Sales (decreasing FOC tyre) Super Endurance Gymkhana GT300 Civic F4 Europe USA Asia WTCC MACAU GP GT500 Technical development & Promotion Development sales tyres VLN APRC BRIC’s Building corporate image & reputation APRC CCC CRC RTCC Consider : Less worthwhile activities for Yokohama no top teams on Yokohama doesn’t fit in with company’s ecological policy Japanese Rally Dirt trial ALMS LeMans24HR Drift Gymkhana

  28. New mid term plan in 2008 ２００７ ２００８ ２００９ ２０１０ ２０１１ National F3 championship monopoly supplier IFM monopoly supplierGerman F3Macau f3 Formula car Launch a Karting tyre business in Asian and European Market The driver has a good experience with Yokohama during their first step. WTCC Continue supply in 2010,2011 Acquire the contract Continue in 2008,2009 How to use it as promotion activity in each country Porsche 997（ALMS） LMP1,LMP2,GT1,GT2tyre developing in ALMS How to develop the GT2 tyres? Super car, GT series Acquire Aston Martin cup Link up with OEM business GT500 one win Toyota No3 300champion GT500ﾞ2 times win Japanese super GT To develop new technology using GT500 Supply three cars manufactures? Promote monopoly supplier activity Sales tyres introduce A048succesor Asian Touring Championship・BRICｓ Crosslink with China market Target is AsianNo1,BRIC’sNo1 Developing Eco technology tyres WRC Pirelli Review products line up of Rally tyreMain target---BRIC’s・eastern Europe, south America Gravel event Evaluation X977 introduce A053 Future focus on Gravel Our activity concentrates on the circuit , especially touring cars and GT cars .We have to do some rally program in developing countries.We review our involvement with IRC as soon as possible.

  29. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

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