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===Motorsport=== Pirelli is the event title sponsor of the [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish]] and [[Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian]] Grands Prix and sponsored the [[2018 French Grand Prix]]. The company was the title sponsor of the [[Pirelli World Challenge]] from 2011 to 2018. Pirelli supported rally with their [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Pirelli Star Driver]] program as an initiative to support young rally drivers.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/130841/fia-planning-major-revamp-of-wrc-ladder|title=FIA plans major revamp of World Rally Championship ladder by 2019|magazine=Autosport|first=David|last=Evans|access-date=10 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515152807/https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/130841/fia-planning-major-revamp-of-wrc-ladder|archive-date=15 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the sole supplier in the top tier of [[World Rally Championship]] in 2008–2010, and is now a co-supplier with [[Michelin]]. Since its first involvement in WRC in 1973, the manufacturer won 181 events, and produced 25 WRC Driver Champions including [[Colin McRae]] (1995), [[Petter Solberg]] (2003), [[Sébastien Loeb|Sebastien Loeb]] (2008–2010).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaLH_5CAY64|title=WRC History: PIRELLI in the WRC|via=www.youtube.com|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414044159/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaLH_5CAY64&list=PLODyu6T9_emwGh_6Ycg6XZSfbMyExyc_c&index=42&pp=iAQB|url-status=live}}</ref> Pirelli would again become the sole tyre supplier in all three tiers in [[2021 World Rally Championship#Changes|2021]].<ref name=":1" /> Pirelli has also been a sponsor of rally and the late gymkhana driver [[Ken Block]]'s [[Hoonigan Racing Division]] since 2010.
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