Michelin as been announced as official tyre supplier for the new FIA Formula E Championship – providing tyres for electric cars to compete in street circuit races across the world. Michelin, who withdrew from traditional F1 in 2006, will supply racing tyres for each car in the Formula E Championship which expects to include 20 […]

Nokian Tyres, the inventors of the winter tyre, have set a new world record for the fastest car on ice. Test driver Janne Laitinen reached a speed of 335.718 kilometres per hour (208.602 mph) in the Gulf of Bothnia. The car used in the test was an Audi RS6 fitted with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 8 studded […]

Conti 4×4 Trophy winners are FastFit Station customers! FastFit station in Milton Keynes advised Daniel from Milton Keynes to change the worn tyres on his Mercedes to Continental Tyres. This is the same as the original specification when the vehicle was manufactured. Daniel decided to take our advice and purchased four new tyres from FastFit […]

Formula One is on the way in less than a month! So what does 2013 hold for us? The start of the 2012 season was certainly an interesting battle with the championship battle all over the place. It looked like Alonso had the drivers’ championship under control by half-way through the season which was impressive […]

Jenson Button is now the number one driver at McLaren, and Sergio Perez is the team’s number two. Button is excited by the prospect of being the team’s number one driver and is looking forward to the 2013 season. Jenson Button is a very talented racing driver and for the last few years must have […]

Pirelli have certainly shaken up the strategies for all of the F1 teams since they have been sponsoring Formula 1. Pirelli tyres claim to have revolutionised their F1 tyres and are promising to bring all the teams back to a level playing field in 2013. So what does 2013 have in store for Pirelli tyres? Pirelli […]

It’s not too much longer until the new season of Formula 1 and 2013 is set to bring more exciting races and feature more pit stops. Changes to Pirelli’s tyres in the construction and the rubber compounds means that they will need to be changed more frequently. This will mean that drivers will need to […]

With all this snow, ice and temperatures still at freezing, those motorists who were wise enough to have winter tyres fitted are certainly reaping the benefits. When the snow and ice were forecast last week our mobile tyre fitting teams were manically busy fitting sets of not only winter tyres but standard tyres too when drivers realised they […]

So as we enter into another new year is it about time you arranged to have your car tyres changed? Perhaps it is something you were holding off doing prior to the chaos and expense of Christmas and are now looking to have some premium tyres at cheap prices. If so then make Grippy your first stop. […]

The new EU legislation for tyre labelling has been put into effect this month, with manufacturers now legally obliged to provide ‘traffic light’ ratings for their tyres’ performance in three areas: wet braking, noise, and rolling resistance – each rated between A and G. These ratings are intended to help consumers choose the best possible […]