The French Cup is a Honda single-make series organised exclusively for FFM licence-holders who own a 2007-, 2008- or 2009-spec HONDA CBR600 RR purchased in France.
 
Michelin is the principal partner of the French Cup, and all riders must compete on MICHELIN Power One tyres.
 
The French Cup takes places within the framework of the MICHELIN Power [...]

Mathieu Trigueros, develpment engineer

Michelin came out of the second round of the 2009 Spanish Speed Championship at Jerez de la Fontera with victory in the Extreme 1000 category.
A poor start saw Ivan Silva (Inerzia Inmotec Kawasaki-Michelin) fall back to 22nd at the beginning of the race, but a lightning comeback enabled him to him carve his way back [...]

 
The third round of the Italian Speed Championship takes place this weekend at Vallelunga where, despite qualifying in 17th and 21st places on the grid in the 1000 Superstock category, Michelin’s Alessio Aldrovandi (Team QDP) and Simone Saltarelli (Team Bosseli Race) have every confidence in their Michelin Power One tyres.
 
“This is the first time I [...]

 
This morning’s qualifying session for the second round of the Spanish Speed  Championship at Jerez de la Frontera saw Michelin claim pole position in the Extreme 1000 category.
 
The fastest lap was the work of Ivan SILVA (Team Inerzia Inmotec Kawasaki-Michelin) who posted a 1m 42.289s.
 
He was tailed by another Michelin rider, Kenny NOYES (Team [...]

Discover the backstages  with Michelin on the second round of the Italian Speed Championship in Monza

 
The overwhelming majority of the World Championship’s star riders are Italian (Valentino Rossi, Capriossi)  – and it’s because the country boasts a structured, competitive grass-roots organisation. As a sign of its rude health, the CIV has now been opened up to foreign riders. There will be five categories in the 2009 season: 125, Supersport 600, [...]

 
The CEV is a top-class championship that sees many foreign riders do battle. Organised by MotoGP promoters Dorna, the CEV enjoys excellent media coverage with live TV broadcasts of every race. It makes Spain an important market for sports track tyres. What’s more, this year the CEV will be used as a test-bed and development [...]

 
Spain and Italy both hold hotly-contested national championships. They feature different categories: 125cc, Superbike, Supersport, Superstock… The two main categories use four-stroke 1,000cc and 600cc engines respectively.
 
In addition to committing to the World Endurance Championship, Michelin also decided to participate in the Spanish and Italian National Championships - both of which are open to [...]

 
YART-Michelin secured its second consecutive win in the 2009 FIM Endurance World Championship to provisionally top the standings with a score of 65 points.
The MICHELIN Power Research Team completed the race in 10th place.
 
The action was halted after seven hours of racing at 9pm as a result of the extremely heavy rain which had [...]