Bridgestone Modifies F1 Slick Compounds

Following the FIA announcement that tyre warmers will not be banned from next season, Bridgestone has made the decision to alter its slick tyre compounds preceding this month’s round of testing. Motorsport journalists have reported that Hirohide Hamashima – leader of Bridgestone motorsport – stated that the basic construction of the slicks would remain the same, despite the changes to the compounds used.

The Bridgestone motorsport team maintain that, despite the drivers’ and teams’ complaints and worries about safety without the use of tyre warmers, the tyre manufacturer would have developed a tyre to meet the challenge. For at least the coming 2009 season, we will never know if they would have succeeded.