Michelin couv courteGB

In 2005
a 7 th F1 team
will race with
Michelin
Competition
enthusiasts:
A powerful boost for research
Pushing the envelope... a better way forward
On October 17, 2004 Michelin won three
world titles almost simultaneously.
Valentino Rossi became the MotoGP World
Champion at the Australian Grand Prix.
In Corsica, Sébastien Loeb and
Citroën-Michelin clinched the Driver
and Carmaker titles in the World Rally
Championship (WRC).
Knowing that competition is a powerful
driver for innovation, Michelin is the only
tire manufacturer to be involved in all
disciplines, in all climates, on all terrain.
Its goal is to maintain high-level technical
and human partnerships with OEMs
and demonstrate the benefits that its
innovations can bring to the competing
teams, the drivers and ultimately
to all motorists.
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The year 2004 was a good one with
2 additional WRC titles (bringing the total
to 36 since 1981), a 7th successive victory
in the Le Mans 24 hours, a 13th consecutive
victory in the MotoGP World
Championship, 25 F1 podium finishes,
a World Championship title, an Olympic
cross country title, to name but a few.
Competition is an invaluable test-ground
for pushing Michelin’s technological
breakthroughs to their limits.
• To make a World Rally Champion you need
tires that will dare to tread everywhere you do.