Which Team on Which Tyre?? in 2006

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:59 pm

Silly Season gets sillier...

With control tyre from 2007 & 2008 & Michelins admission of not being interested in F1 if there is no competition, speculation of teams shifting to Bridgestone have started.

Redbull & Williams are already in discussions & so is Toyota!!!

Latest rumour mill have informed that even Mclaren Mercedes is also contemplating an early switch to get gain advantage for 2007!!!

Will Ferrari switch to Michaelin for a year just to gain advantage or will stick around with their loyal tyre suppliers

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:13 pm

Maybe it next year could be a case of 7 bridgestone runners and only 3 michelin runners (in which case Ferrari would be stupid to switch to michelin as Michelin would lose their advantage very quickly, like bridestone did this year).

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:00 pm

I thought the proposed single tyre supplier is for 2008. Has it been brought forward now ?

Still I reckon Michelin will still be superior next year even if they don't develop their tyres at all

This must be the Bridgestone propoganda machine (Kapel

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Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:19 pm

JayVee wrote:I thought the proposed single tyre supplier is for 2008. Has it been brought forward now ?

Still I reckon Michelin will still be superior next year even if they don't develop their tyres at all

This must be the Bridgestone propoganda machine (Kapel )

Could be,but its not me this time i promise

I too reckon Michelin to be superior,that y the mention of Ferrari switch.
The info i've mentioned was mentioned on one the site homeofsports.com

sgd · Post by **sgd** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:44 am

what we got?
2006:
RedBull on Michellin (official)
Williams on Bridgestone (official) !!!

Toyota on Bridgestone (official) !!

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:15 pm

I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!

When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:18 pm

JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!

When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre

Someone pointed out that Ferrari are well into testing the V8, which suggests that Bridgestone would have considerable tyre.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:20 pm

julian mayo wrote:
JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!

When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Someone pointed out that Ferrari are well into testing the V8, which suggests that Bridgestone would have considerable tyre.

considerable as in big

Then they had considerable tyres this year too

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:28 pm

rah · Post by **rah** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:41 am

JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!

When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre

Yeah, but at least it will be able to be used at all the tracks.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:54 am

rah wrote:
JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!

When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Yeah, but at least it will be able to be used at all the tracks.

unless the track temp gets over 40degC

rah · Post by **rah** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:26 pm

They can just schedule all the races to run in the coolest months. Not sure what they will do with Malaysia or brazil, but you can't please everyone. Especially Michelin.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:28 pm

Or schedule a round for Mawson

rah · Post by **rah** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:29 pm

Sweden and Iceland would be nice new tracks. Just think, they could go anywhere in the world. Except near the equator.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:56 pm

I favour Mawson, a nice few days on the ice-breaker, an endless supply of ice for the WT, no passports needed for the australian base.