Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for the first three rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
This season will be the second with slick tyres which made a return to Formula One last year after eleven years absence from the sport. Changes for 2010 include a narrower front tyre and new constructions front and rear. All four dry compounds are modified from those used last year.
Just as in 2009, non consecutive allocations of tyres will occur at many circuits. Despite the changes to the compounds themselves, thecompound names remain the same, with the range consisting of hard, medium, soft and super soft. There are two distinct temperature working ranges of tyres. The hard and medium have a higher temperature working range than the soft and super soft.
In a change to the regulations, the number of sets of dry tyres available for each driver at a grand prix changes from seven of each compound to six of the harder ‘prime’ compound and five of the softer ‘option’ compound.
The wet and intermediate tyres have no significant changes apart from the width of the front intermediate tyre, which will now be the same as the new dry front tyre. The means of distinguishing between the two compounds on event will be through means of green bands painted on the edges of the tyre sidewalls of the softer tyres at a race. The wet tyre also has a green line at the bottom of the central groove. These markings allow the compounds to be visually distinguishable by fans at the circuit and those watching on television. The green colour shows Bridgestone’s continued support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign.
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development, says:
“Tyre strategy will be very important in 2010 as there is no longer refuelling which was previously a big factor in determining when pit stops would occur. We have changed all our dry compounds for this season, as the cars will be heavier and the stint lengths could be longer. We have also made changes to enable quicker warm-up times. We will bring harder tyres to Australia than we did last season, but the compound allocation positions for Bahrain and Malaysia are the same as they were in 2009. There will be a big challenge for teams this season on how they use their tyres as they have fewer sets of dry tyres available than before, particularly with the softer tyre at each race. We are happy to continue to show our support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign with the green markings on our tyres and we look forward to what should be a very exciting start to the season in Bahrain.”
Tyre compounds for the 2010 season (rounds 1 to 3):
Grand Prix Super Soft Soft Medium Hard
Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir): Super Soft & Medium
Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne): Soft & Hard
Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang): Soft & Hard
Bridgestone Motorsport announce tyre specifications
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Bridgestone Motorsport announce tyre specifications
Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for a further four rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Notifications of the compounds to be brought to the Chinese, Spanish, Monaco and Turkish Grands Prix have been made to the teams. The concept of leaving a compound step between the two allocated dry tyre types for an event is retained for all of these races, including Monaco, where the super soft, and for the first time, the medium compound will be used. In a change to the previous year’s regulations, the number of sets of dry tyres available for each driver at a grand prix changes from seven of each compound to six of the harder ‘prime’ compound and five of the softer ‘option’ compound. As last year, there are two distinct temperature working ranges of tyres. The hard and medium have a higher temperature working range than the soft and super soft. All dry compounds are new for 2010, as are the tyre constructions, including a narrower front tyre. The wet and intermediate tyres have no significant changes apart from the width of the front intermediate tyre, which will now be the same as the new dry front tyre. The softer compound tyre used at any Grand Prix can be distinguished by the green bands on the edge of the tyre side walls. These show Bridgestone’s support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign.
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development, says:
“Deciding which tyres to bring to a Grand Prix is always a difficult decision, especially as we don’t receive advance notification of the exact weather we will see at the race circuit over the three days of running. Tyre performance in Bahrain was good, however we remain vigilant and safety is the overriding concern for us. Shanghai and Barcelona are both quite severe circuits and Istanbul, as we have seen in the past is particularly severe. This is why we are bringing the hardest allocation whilst still leaving a gap in our range between the two compounds. For Monaco this year we will have a gap in the allocation too, which is a change from the two softest compounds which we have brought here previously. We have a harder prime compound for Monaco because of the heavier fuel loads and longer stint lengths that the current rules encourage. We believe this allocation should provide a reasonable and interesting difference between prime and option tyres for this event.”
Tyre compounds for the 2010 season (rounds 4 to 7):
Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai): Soft & Hard
Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona): Soft & Hard
Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo): Super Soft & Medium
Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul): Soft & Hard
Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for a further four rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Notifications of the compounds to be brought to the Chinese, Spanish, Monaco and Turkish Grands Prix have been made to the teams. The concept of leaving a compound step between the two allocated dry tyre types for an event is retained for all of these races, including Monaco, where the super soft, and for the first time, the medium compound will be used. In a change to the previous year’s regulations, the number of sets of dry tyres available for each driver at a grand prix changes from seven of each compound to six of the harder ‘prime’ compound and five of the softer ‘option’ compound. As last year, there are two distinct temperature working ranges of tyres. The hard and medium have a higher temperature working range than the soft and super soft. All dry compounds are new for 2010, as are the tyre constructions, including a narrower front tyre. The wet and intermediate tyres have no significant changes apart from the width of the front intermediate tyre, which will now be the same as the new dry front tyre. The softer compound tyre used at any Grand Prix can be distinguished by the green bands on the edge of the tyre side walls. These show Bridgestone’s support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign.
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development, says:
“Deciding which tyres to bring to a Grand Prix is always a difficult decision, especially as we don’t receive advance notification of the exact weather we will see at the race circuit over the three days of running. Tyre performance in Bahrain was good, however we remain vigilant and safety is the overriding concern for us. Shanghai and Barcelona are both quite severe circuits and Istanbul, as we have seen in the past is particularly severe. This is why we are bringing the hardest allocation whilst still leaving a gap in our range between the two compounds. For Monaco this year we will have a gap in the allocation too, which is a change from the two softest compounds which we have brought here previously. We have a harder prime compound for Monaco because of the heavier fuel loads and longer stint lengths that the current rules encourage. We believe this allocation should provide a reasonable and interesting difference between prime and option tyres for this event.”
Tyre compounds for the 2010 season (rounds 4 to 7):
Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai): Soft & Hard
Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona): Soft & Hard
Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo): Super Soft & Medium
Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul): Soft & Hard
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The current F1 debacle could be easily fixed by Bridgestone. Supply really REALLY hard tyres. Tyres so hard they do not throw marbles onto the off - line parts of the track. No marbles, drivers can get out of the slipstream vortex, and the last of the brave brakers gets the corner.
These tyres would have difficulty putting the horsepower to the ground, more driver error, more overtaking.
These tyres would have difficulty putting the horsepower to the ground, more driver error, more overtaking.
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Bridgestone Motorsport announce tyre specifications (Rounds 8 to 10)
Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for a further three rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Teams have been informed of the compounds to be brought to the Canadian, European and British Grands Prix. The concept of leaving a compound step between the two allocated for an event is retained for all of these races.
The softer compound tyre used at any Grand Prix can be distinguished by the green bands on the edge of the tyre side walls. These show Bridgestone’s support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign.
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development, says:
“The Canadian and European Grands Prix take place on street courses where it is important to have good grip due to the slippery nature of the track surfaces. As these tracks are not used regularly for racing, even the allocations we bring will seem too hard when used on the Friday. By race day the circuit improvement and rubber laid will mean that the high grip of the super soft compound paired with the greater durability of the medium compound should provide a good combination. The Silverstone circuit is historically the most severe on the calendar and now the new layout makes it even more severe. The new straight means a higher average speed, and there is hard braking and fierce acceleration over a lap. As always, we will be very vigilant to watch tyre temperature and wear. We expect we will see graining, even with the hard compound, but we believe that the soft and the hard compounds should allow exciting racing.”
Tyre compounds for the 2010 season (rounds 8 to 10):
Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal): Super Soft & Medium
European Grand Prix (Valencia): Super Soft & Medium
British Grand Prix (Silverstone): Soft & Hard
Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, is pleased to announce the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for a further three rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Teams have been informed of the compounds to be brought to the Canadian, European and British Grands Prix. The concept of leaving a compound step between the two allocated for an event is retained for all of these races.
The softer compound tyre used at any Grand Prix can be distinguished by the green bands on the edge of the tyre side walls. These show Bridgestone’s support of the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign.
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development, says:
“The Canadian and European Grands Prix take place on street courses where it is important to have good grip due to the slippery nature of the track surfaces. As these tracks are not used regularly for racing, even the allocations we bring will seem too hard when used on the Friday. By race day the circuit improvement and rubber laid will mean that the high grip of the super soft compound paired with the greater durability of the medium compound should provide a good combination. The Silverstone circuit is historically the most severe on the calendar and now the new layout makes it even more severe. The new straight means a higher average speed, and there is hard braking and fierce acceleration over a lap. As always, we will be very vigilant to watch tyre temperature and wear. We expect we will see graining, even with the hard compound, but we believe that the soft and the hard compounds should allow exciting racing.”
Tyre compounds for the 2010 season (rounds 8 to 10):
Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal): Super Soft & Medium
European Grand Prix (Valencia): Super Soft & Medium
British Grand Prix (Silverstone): Soft & Hard