India’s biggest tyre manufacturer MRF will have a high-profile presence at next month’s International Rally of Queensland, having added supporting sponsorship of the event to its substantial range of investments in rallying.
MRF’s sponsorship, which will see hundreds of event officials wearing branded uniforms supplied by the company, will complement existing support of the MRF Tyres Skoda rally team and the 2016 Queensland Rally Championship.
The International Rally of Queensland will host rounds of the FIA Asia Pacific, Australian and Queensland Rally Championships on the Sunshine Coast on 17-19 June.
The Skoda-factory backed MRF Tyres team has won the past four years’ Asia Pacific championships and will line up in Queensland with two of the latest Fabia R5 cars for 2013 champion Gaurav Gill of India and young German star Fabian Kreim.
Vivek Ponnusamy, Chief Executive Officer of MRF Competition Tyres (Australia/New Zealand) and Mentor Tyres, said he was pleased to be involved with Queensland’s only international motorsport event.
“State series such as the MRF Tyres Queensland Rally Championship and the South Australian Rally Championship, along with individual events like MRF Tyres Akademos Rally in Victoria and MRF Tyres Boddington Rally in Western Australia, which MRF also supports, are fundamental to the sport in Australia and the development of young drivers, which we’re keen to foster,” he said.
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