tyres Hankook entered motorsports in Europe, North America, and in Asia. They signed with FBR (Farnbarcher Racing) to race a Ferrari F430 GT with Hankook Tires in the
2009 Le Mans Series season. The company supplied tires for the
Primetime Race Group that raced in the GT2 class of the
American Le Mans Series in 2008. It supplied tires from 2007 to 2009 for
IMSA Prototype Lites, a support series for the
American Le Mans Series. Since 2009, the Hankook Team Farnbacher has competed in the GT class of the
Le Mans Series. It also supplies tires for the Hankook KTR team that races in the
Super GT and the
Asian Le Mans Series and for the
Formula 3 Euroseries. In
rallying, Hankook were the series sponsors of the
Scottish Rally Championship. Its tires have been used at the European-based
Intercontinental Rally Challenge as well. Hankook was the tire supplier of the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters from 2011 to 2020. Hankook sponsored
Formula Drift driver
Chris Forsberg, a three-time champion (with his most recent championship coming as recent as the 2016 season), until the 2018 season. Hankook was also involved in
drifting sponsorship in a number of countries, most notably in North America in the
Formula D championship and in Ireland in the Prodrift championship. Hankook was the official tire supplier for
Super Taikyu championship series that held in Japan from 2021 until 2023. Due the fire severely damaged Hankook's
Daejeon plant in 2023, the company withdrawn its supplying contract for the Super Taikyu series. As the result, Bridgestone took over Hankook's position in Super Taikyu on 24 April 2023 and effective immediately, as initially announced to start the contract for the 2024 season. Hankook replaced
Michelin as the official tire supplier for
Formula E for its third-generation car starting from the
2022–23 season to the
2025–26 season. Starting in 2025, Hankook will be the official tire supplier for the
World Rally Championship, replacing
Pirelli, on a three-year contract. ==Sponsorships==