Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire having a bead having a bead base facing the rotational axis of the pneumatic tire; wherein the bead base has a protrusion extending toward the rotational axis and in a circumferential direction of the bead base; and wherein the protrusion has a geometry varying in the circumferential direction. Further disclosed is a pneumatic tire having a bead having a bead base facing a rotational axis of the pneumatic tire; wherein the bead base comprises a surface structure generated by removal of tire material along processing tracks in a processing region of the bead base; and wherein the surface structure is undulated. Further disclosed is a method and a tire processing machine for manufacturing the pneumatic tire. Further disclosed is a method for operating a tire processing machine, a wheel comprising the pneumatic tire, and a control device for controlling a method and a computer program product for controlling the method.