The Goodyear Racing Eagle Medium tires used by all 18 LMGT3 cars in today’s dry 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps delivered consistent and predictable performance that helped produce the fastest LMGT3 race yet at one of the most demanding circuits on the FIA World Endurance Championship calendar.
Spa-Francorchamps’ high-speed layout, long straights and sweeping elevation changes create significant tire degradation over a lap, which today encouraged teams towards largely aligned race strategies focused on outright performance.
All LMGT3 entrants therefore opted for single-stint strategies throughout the race, maximising pace from each set of their Goodyear Racing Eagle Medium tires.
« The race unfolded very much as we expected from a tire strategy perspective, » explained Stephen Bickley, Goodyear Endurance Programme Manager. “Teams focused on extracting maximum performance and chose to fit new tires at each stop due to the aggressive degradation characteristics typical of this circuit.
« That contributed to the fastest LMGT3 race we have seen at Spa since LMGT3 joined the FIA WEC package in 2024. This year’s race produced average lap times around half a second quicker than last season. Across a typical 25-lap stint, that equates to a gain of approximately 12 seconds compared to last season.
« The sheer versatility of the Goodyear Racing Eagle Medium meant teams did have the option of extending stints when neutralisations came into play, but most opted not to in favour of outright performance. That is the strength of the Goodyear Racing Eagle Medium: it allows teams to either multi-stint with confidence or extract maximum pace from the tires. »
Goodyear CheckPoint debuts at an FIA WEC event
Beyond its performance on track, Goodyear also took the spotlight at Spa‑Francorchamps with a dedicated activation aimed at promoting a Better Future.
Together with the FIA World Endurance Championship, Goodyear leveraged racing as a powerful platform to encourage responsible tire use – delivering tangible benefits for both road safety and sustainability. Through its CheckPoint technology, Goodyear transforms innovation into instant, actionable insights, empowering drivers to better understand tire condition and adopt safer, more responsible behaviors on the road. This approach reflects a broader ambition to evolve racing beyond pure performance, positioning it as a driver of responsible, real‑world mobility.
Goodyear assessed over 6905 tires, identifying actionable recommendations on 4.8% of those inspected. In addition, to support a more informed approach to tire maintenance, Goodyear estimates that up to 1,4 tons of CO₂ emissions could be avoided following the correct inflation and calibration of tires identified as under‑inflated via the CheckPoint installation*.
The FIA World Endurance Championship now turns its attention to the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 10-14 June, where Goodyear Racing Eagle tires will once again equip every car in both the LMGT3 and LMP2 classes.
Goodyear Racing Eagle tires are also in action this weekend in the NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International, and in the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch.
*Estimation based on extrapolation of results from Goodyear Check-Point measurements, Goodyear internal test data and publicly available research.
Jake Kilshaw,