Yokohama Rubber has signed a partnership agreement with the Scherer Sport PHX racing team in Germany, which hopes to win the ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring (Nürburgring 24-Hour Race) in 2025.
The new agreement is part of the Advan Challenge, which seeks to maximize sales of Advan tires. Yokohama Rubber is targeting victories at the Nürburgring 24-hour race and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) by supplying its racing tires for the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II that Scherer Sport PHX has entered in those races. The team has already begun developing tires with Yokohama for its participation in the NLS and took second place overall in the fifth round held in October.
Scherer Sport PHX is based at the Nürburgring. It has been competing in major races there since 2023 as a subsidiary of Scherer – a German car dealership. It is one of the promising teams on the grid, having won the Nürburgring 24-hour race five times, including this year.
Yokohama Rubber has supported many teams participating in the Nürburgring 24h race, which enables tire makers to exhibit their products’ performance under the most grueling conditions. Cars equipped with Yokohama tires have won the overall championship three times. In this year’s NLS, in addition to Scherer Sport PHX’s second-place finish, a car equipped with Yokohama tires won the fourth round.
