Burton on Trent, May 21, 2014 – The Porsche Club Championship is exclusively supplied by Italian tyre firm Pirelli this year, with viewers all over Britain able to take in the action thanks to a new television deal that will showcase the cars and the tyres to an even wider audience.

Motors TV, a European TV channel dedicated to motorsport, will broadcast all seven rounds of the Porsche Club Championship, underlining its status as one of the premier club series in the UK. The races will be shown on Wednesday afternoons, will full coverage of the series, which has just had its second round at Croft in Yorkshire.

The Porsche Club Championship is organised by Porsche Club GB: the largest officially recognised Porsche Club in Europe. The Porsche Club Championship includes a number of different classes, designed to open up the competition to as many different models of Porsche as possible.

What the cars all have in common are Pirelli’s race-bred tyres. The Italian firm will supply its renowned DH slick tyres, available in a variety of sizes, for dry conditions as well as the WH treaded tyre for wet conditions: as was the case at Croft.

Porsche Club Championship co-ordinator Steve Kevlin commented: “The Pirelli tyres have been very quick and consistent, with the wet-weather tyres coming into their own in the tricky conditions of Croft. It’s great to have Pirelli back on board providing tyres and support for the club’s championship.”

Pirelli and Porsche have a tradition of success, with P Zero tyres supplied as original equipment to many of Porsche’s latest models, including the iconic 911 – which uses a different compound on the front and the rear to complement the car’s renowned handling characteristics.

Porsche’s latest model, the Macan SUV, also uses Pirelli tyres as original equipment, which are made at Pirelli’s UK facility in Carlisle.

Pirelli UK Managing Director Dominic Sandivasci concluded: “We’re delighted to cement our links with Porsche through supplying the very popular Porsche Club Championship, which spreads its reach all over the country. With this latest television package, even more people will now be able to see our competition tyres at work on a thrilling variety of Porsches.”

The next round of the Porsche Club Championship takes place at Silverstone from 21-22 June, two weeks before the British Grand Prix.

Motors TV provisional broadcast schedule:

Round 1: (Brands Hatch) Wednesday 21 May, 17:20 Round 2: (Croft) Wednesday 4 June, 17:20 Round 3: (Silverstone) Wednesday 9 July, 17:20 Round 4: (Rockingham) Wednesday 6 August, 17:20 Round 5: (Donington Park) Wednesday 10 September, 17:20 Round 6: (Oulton Park) Wednesday 24 September, 17:20 Round 7: (Brands Hatch) Wednesday 8 October, 17:20

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