races in the Super GT and the Asian Le Mans Series and for the Formula 3 Euroseries. In rallying, Hankook are the series sponsors of the Scottish Rally Championship. Its tires have been used at the European-based Intercontinental Rally Challenge as well. Since 2011, Hankook is the official tyre partner for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, one of the world's most popular touring car series. Hankook sponsored Formula Drift driver Chris Forsberg, a three-time champion (with his most recent championship coming as recent as the 2016 season), until 2018 season. Hankook replaces Michelin as the official tire supplier for Formula E for its third-generation car starting from the 2022-23 season. Sponsorships Hankook sponsors Real Madrid, Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and Ligue 1 club AS Monaco FC. Hankook was once the major sponsor of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Hankook sponsors the English rugby union team Northampton Saints. Hankook sponsors the New Zealand Super Rugby team the Crusaders Hankook is one of the sponsors of the UEFA Europa League since 2012. In 2021, Hankook's partnership with UEFA was renewed and will include sponsoring the new UEFA Europa Conference League through the Laufenn brand. Hankook is also involved in drifting sponsorship in a number of countries, most notably in North America in the Formula D championship and in Ireland in the Prodrift championship. Hankook is the official tire supplier of the reality TV series Car Warriors. As of 2017, Hankook is one of the major sponsors of the Kontinental Hockey League. Hankook is also involved with simracing, as the main sponsor for Liga ZGT and ApexGT e-Sports, brazilians Gran Turismo Sport Simracing League. Since 2018, Hankook has been the official tire of Major League Baseball and sponsored the 2020 MLB Wild Card Series. Since 2019, Hankook is the main sponsor of SVRT, a Gran Turismo Sport SimRacing Team. In 2021 Hankook will be sponsoring the 3DBotMaker Diecast Racing League on Youtube. Awards Traditionally, Hankook has applied for international product design competitions. The received awards are widely used in the company's marketing activities, for example, at specialized exhibitions, during training seminars for dealers, in printed catalogs and advertising. Hankook received most of the awards from the German-based organizations International Forum Design and Red Dot. Hankook also earned several awards for its concept tires. The latest ones are the Hexonic smart tire for autonomous car sharing and the futuristic Aeroflow racing