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At the sixth round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series, the 63rd Eibach ADAC ACAS Cup and also the first part of this year's 12h Nürburgring, Falken Motorsports was able to celebrate a double overall podium: Klaus Bachler and David Pittard, who started in the #3 Falken Porsche, finished second in the six-hour race. The #4 sister car of Dennis Fetzer and Martin Ragginger completed the podium with a third place overall.
The teams and drivers were faced with special challenges in the first part of the 12h Nürburgring: Not only were there midsummer conditions and temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in the Eifel, but the finish took place as darkness fell. The difficult conditions caused numerous incidents.
Klaus Bachler and David Pittard nevertheless kept a cool head and, with the exception of a small slip on the Grand Prix circuit, allowed themselves no mistakes. The duo stayed in the leading group throughout the full race and were able to collect kilometers in the lead. After a thrilling finale, the #3 car clinched second place overall. The sister car #4 of Dennis Fetzer and Martin Ragginger also raced at the front and secured the double podium for Falken with third place.
Thus, Falken once again impressively proved that the race tire also works in demanding challenges. Despite the difficult conditions, the slicks delivered consistent performance. As a result, they were instrumental in the double podium finish for the two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars from Falken Motorsports.
This year Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is continuing its commitment to local institutions in Offenbach and is donating almost 6,000 euros in total. The donations will benefit four important initiatives that are actively involved in the areas of sport, social affairs and education and make an invaluable contribution to the community in the city of Offenbach.
Tyres for electric and hybrid vehicles have to satisfy special requirements: they should offer low rolling resistance, guarantee optimum traction on all surfaces and be able handle heavy loads at the same time. The Falken tyres meet these requirements. Since May 2023 and November 2023, Falken Tyre Europe has been supplying its e. ZIEX AO model in the 235/65R18 H XL and 255/60R18 H XL sizes to the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, where the successful AUDI Q6 e-tron is currently leaving the production lines.
Falken Tyre Europe GmbH will be making changes to its management team for January 2025: Thomas Langer will be taking over as Sales Director Germany Replacement at Falken. Thomas Langer began his career at Falken in 2010 as a sales representative for the region of Bavaria and Saxony/Thuringia and has been responsible for southern Germany as regional sales manager since 2018.