Bridgestone Confirms F1 Tyre Choices

Following three days of testing at Belgium’s recently reconfigured Spa-Francorchamps circuit Bridgestone has deemed the time right to reveal the tyre compounds to be used by competitors for the final races of the 2007 season.

“Last week’s (July 10-12) test at Spa provided the final pieces of information we needed before we could confirm our choices of Bridgestone Potenza compound for the remainder of the season,” said Kees van de Grint, Bridgestone Motorsport head of Track Engineering Operations.

The usual soft and medium compounds will be put into play at the Italian, Belgian and Japanese Grands Prix, while the race in Shanghai will see the use of medium and hard compound tyres. At the season finale in Brazil Bridgestone has opted to make use of the soft and super soft tyres.

“We used the medium and soft compounds at this test and from the information we gained we are confident that these are the correct choices for the race,” added van de Grint. “The Spa weather also meant we used the wet and extreme wet Bridgestones, and I wouldn’t be surprised if these were also used over the Grand Prix weekend there.”