Goodyear has released a statement following the cancellation of the FIA World Touring Car Cup races due to be held on the Nürburgring Nordschleife on Saturday, after several cars experienced delaminations earlier in the week.
The two WTCR races scheduled to take place on Saturday morning in the run up to the Nürburgring 24 Hours race have been cancelled on safety grounds.
Goodyear has now followed up the statement it issued on Friday with the following release provided to TouringCars.Net:
“During qualifying and free practice sessions for the FIA WTCR Race of Germany on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, a number of teams reported tyre damage.
“Tyres from a number of different production batches were used throughout the various sessions. There was no difference in the performance or durability between the batches.
“Following tyre conditions experienced during the various sessions this week, we have conducted a preliminary traceability review of production batches reported. The analysis to date, together with the inspection of returned tyres, has not identified any manufacturing issues with the specification.
“Further analysis of reported conditions in collaboration with the teams is needed before we can recommend further use of this specification in the current FIA WTCR race format. We will be collecting all tyres for further analysis.
“Safety is our first consideration and we understand the importance of giving drivers the confidence they need to perform on a circuit with the specific requirements of the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
“We are committed to conduct a full comprehensive technical analysis of the product as well as the tyre usage based on the race conditions in view of the future FIA WTCR race events of the season.”