Championship titles in motocross, endurance racing and local motorsport series highlight the strength of Dunlop’s latest competition and production tires
The 2025 racing season has been a landmark year for Dunlop, with the brand achieving unprecedented success with its supported teams and riders across motocross, endurance, circuit racing and local motorsport series.
Throughout the season, Dunlop riders and teams consistently demonstrated the performance and reliability of the brand’s bespoke racing and off-the-shelf tire products across almost every discipline of motorcycle racing.
Dunlop’s racing season has been undoubtedly headlined by its landmark FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) title with Romain Febvre, marking the long-awaited return of the Dunlop brand to the top championship in global motocross.
Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP rider Febvre enjoyed his strongest season to date, winning the Grands Prix of Sardegna, Spain, France, Great Britain, and Sweden in the process of claiming his second championship title. Throughout the season, Febvre trusted Dunlop’s Geomax range of motocross tires to give him the traction and control he needed across a wide variety of tracks and surfaces, describing the Geomax MX14 as his “favourite”.
In MX2, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf came within just nine points of defending his title, while Lotte van Drunen (De Baets Yamaha MX Team) went back to back to defend Dunlop’s WMX title, making Dunlop the tire of choice for 12 of the last 14 WMX champions. In North America, Dunlop extended its 15-year dominance in the AMA Supercross and Pro Motocross series, where top riders – including respective 450cc champions Cooper Webb and Jett Lawrence – again chose Dunlop tires for their proven performance and reliability.
Dunlop also renewed its partnership with the International Six Days of Enduro, reinforcing its support for both professional and club-level riders through the Dunlop Geomax Challenge.
The season closed with the Motocross of Nations, where Dunlop tires were the choice of riders competing for the top three placed teams at Ironman Raceway, Crawfordsville, Indiana. The dominant all-Dunlop Team Australia led Team USA and Team France to take a second consecutive MXoN victory, while Dunlop riders occupied eight of nine available podium places, further proving the Geomax range’s performance credentials.
Endurance and other international racing success
This season Dunlop entered its fourth consecutive year as the exclusive tire supplier to the Superstock Trophy in the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) and expanded its involvement by becoming the official tire partner for the all-new FIM Endurance World Trophy class.
In the Formula EWC category, one of the few international motorcycle racing classes to still feature open tire competition, Dunlop continued to be the choice of leading teams, including the Le Mans podium-sitting No. 6 ERC Endurance Team, the KM99/Marc VDS Racing Team, and the returning ERC BMW Endurance Team and Team LRP Poland outfits. All in all, Dunlop supported 27 Formula EWC, 99 Superstock Trophy, and 17 Production Trophy entries across all three categories this season.
Beyond the world stage, Dunlop remained deeply committed to local and regional motorsport, too. The brand continued its involvement in the Italian and Spanish superbike championships; two of Europe’s most competitive series. As title sponsor and tire partner of the Campionato Italiano Velocità, Dunlop provides a range of tires from its KR racing slick range to each class. Alessandro Delbianco and Davide Stirpe were crowned champions of the Superbike and Production Bike classes, with Luca Ottaviani and Bruno Ieraci leading the way in Supersport 600 NG and Sportbike, respectively.
The Campeonato de España de Superbike, meanwhile, features open tire competition in many of its classes, allowing Dunlop to prove its performance against competitor brands. As well as being the tire of choice for top Superbike riders such as Ivo Lopes (easyRace Team BMW), Dunlop carried rookie Javier Palomera (Team Laglisse Honda) to the Superstock 1000 championship; the 17 year old’s journey to the title included an overall race victory at the season-closing round at Jerez, beating the entire Superbike field in the process.
“This season has been one of extraordinary success for us,” commented Wim Van Achter, Motorsport Manager, Dunlop Motorcycle Europe. “The breadth of results across so many disciplines shows the trust that teams and riders place in our tires. We are proud that Dunlop has supported so many top teams and riders throughout the season; all of their feedback has been instrumental in developing the latest range of Dunlop tires.
“Whether it’s motocross, endurance, circuit racing or local motorsport series, top riders choose Dunlop, and each victory reinforces the value of our ongoing development work. These results are the perfect way to close an exceptional racing season for Dunlop. We look forward to building on this success in 2026.”
About Dunlop
Dunlop Europe is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of motorcycle tyres with an impressive track record of motorsport successes. Dunlop Europe is a technical partner of leading Endurance World Championship teams, and the most successful tyre brand in the history of the Isle of Man TT. Off-road, Dunlop is the choice of MXGP race winners and champions.
