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Bridgestone Paid Royal Visit at Monaco Grand Prix

Bridgestone Motorsport has described itself as “honoured” when it received a princely visit from Albert II, sovereign prince of Monaco, on the Thursday of the 67th Monaco Grand Prix. Prince Albert was welcomed into Bridgestone Motorsport’s motorhome, meeting Hiroshi Yasukawa, director of Bridgestone Motorsport. Bridgestone has enjoyed a thirteen-year continuous association with the FIA Gold Medal Award-winning race at Monte Carlo, enjoying ever increasing global TV coverage both from its technical association and commercial signage around the track.

Yasukawa said, “It was a great honour to receive Prince Albert at Bridgestone and to earn recognition from His Serene Highness for our association with the Monaco Grand Prix. This is the most important and prestigious motor race in the world. It is the jewel in the racing crown seen around the globe by one of the biggest television audiences of the year, producing the highest return in commercial value of all the races.”

22nd May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Ferrari to Quit F1?

Formula One’s off-track happenings continued to rival its race-days in terms of drama as the sport’s longest running and most successful team issued a stunning ultimatum, threatening to end its involvement if proposed budget cap rules are implemented next season.

FIA chief Max Mosley has proposed a system that would allow teams remaining within a £40 million budget cap to operate with fewer technological restrictions than those that chose not to. Ferrari argues that this would create a two-tier championship stating, “The same rules for all teams, stability of regulations, the continuity of… endeavours to methodically and progressively reduce costs, and governance of Formula 1 are priorities for the future. If these indispensable principles are not respected, and if the regulations decided for 2010 will not change, Ferrari does not intend to enter its cars.”

12th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Softs Run Fast at Sepang

Bridgestone’s soft tyre proved faster at Sepang on the first day of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen’s Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro set the day’s fastest lap time in the afternoon practice session held in hot but cloudy weather conditions, though AT&T Williams driver Nico Rosberg used the hard compound to go fastest in the morning. The hot and humid 5.54km Sepang circuit provided a challenge for competitors still mastering the 2009 specification cars and Bridgestone’s latest slick tyres and new tyre allocations. Today was the first time that Bridgestone’s hard compound tyre has been used by teams, and the first time a Bridgestone soft compound has been used at Malaysia.

3rd April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli Nominated for Award

The only video game to bear the name of a tyre manufacturer in its title racing simulation Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli has been shortlisted in the 2008 North East Digital Awards in the Best Example of Game Development category. The game was developed by Gateshead-based driving game specialist Eutechnyx.

“Ferrari Challenge was a labour of love for Eutechnyx and so you can imagine how pleased we were when it was so well-received by the audience and critics,” said Brian Jobling, Managing Director of Eutechnyx, “To now be recognised in the North East Digital Awards is a great honour.”

Published by System 3 in the UK and by Activision-Blizzard in the US, Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli was released in the Summer of 2008 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii. Offering players the chance to race some of the world’s most prestigious and desirable cars, the game uses Eutechnyx’ IAM– Intelligent Assist Mode– Technology to tailor the game to suit the player’s skill level and allows gamers to choose how real they want their racing experience to be. This gives players a unique gaming experience suited to their skill level to ensure a fun, exciting challenge.

19th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Debuts in Le Mans Series

During the last few years Hankook has steadily increased its involvement in the European racing calendar, and the Korean manufacturer added the 2009 Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans to the list of events in which it participates. The company made its debut appearance in the Le Mans series on the weekend of March 8, at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Southern France.

9th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Carlisle Factory to Close for a Week

News published by the Cumberland News on January 28 indicates that Pirelli’s factory in Carlisle will close for a week in February. The newspaper talks of a phased shutdown at the factory beginning at the end of the month, and this report is the latest in a serious of setbacks experienced by plant workers – since summer 2008 around 80 employee redundancies have been announced, and the factory’s planned Christmas period shutdown was also extended due to a downturn in sales.

28th January 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

F1 Fun at Chiltern Tyres

Chiltern Tyre and Exhaust Specialists based in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire played host to Bridgestone’s Formula One car as part of a family fun day. Families were invited down to the free event to get up close to the Formula One car, which took centre stage at the event alongside the Bridgestone Formula One simulator.

Visitors had their photos taken with the real Ferrari racing car, tested their driving skills on the simulator and enjoyed the food on offer. The kids at the event were also treated to free face painting all day.

16th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli First Across the Line at the 2008 FIA GT Season Finale

The final round of this year’s FIA GT Championship, which took place on the new Argentine circuit near Mendoza, saw a victory from the PZero Racing-equipped Saleen S-7R from Longin-Kumpen (PeKa Racing). This triumph compensated the Belgian squad for the bad luck they endured earlier in the season, and highlighted the partnership between the American supercar and Pirelli tyres: a combination that has, comments Pirelli, been winning since 2004.

26th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Massa Ahead of Hamilton in Opening Practice

Felipe Massa held the advantage in opening practice at his home country’s Grand Prix in Interlagos, Brazil, though championship leader Lewis Hamilton was only two-tenths behind having led for much of the time the pair were on track. The race, which takes place this Sunday, will decide the winner of 2008’s championship, though Hamilton is in the box seat seven points ahead of his Ferrari-driving rival.

31st October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Releases Lowest Profile Tyre

Kumho has announced its development of the lowest aspect ratio tyre available, the 15 series Ecsta SPT 385/15ZR22. Designed for sports cars such as the Ferrari F430, Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper, the South Korean manufacturer says the tyre delivers ‘incredible’ handling, stability, control and safety.

30th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Present Green – Literally – F1 Tyres

Following the addition of reflective painted strips on the company’s extreme-wet and super-soft tyres at the Singapore Formula One night race, Bridgestone has announced that its rubber at the Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji will contain green-painted grooves to show its support for the Make Tyres Green campaign.

Ferrari and McLaren’s drivers, who were at the launch alongside with their Make Tyres Green tyre-shod cars, were full of praise for the initiative. Felipe Massa said that it was good that drivers “in the public limelight” could promote the movement and that Formula One “should try to lead by example with energy efficient systems.” Lewis Hamilton added that, “the messages of the campaign help to show us that we can all choose to drive in a greener way… The new Make Cars Green tyre that all the teams will be running on in Fuji is a great way to promote the campaign and a real first for Formula One. The sport can also help in other ways, especially with the launch of new energy efficient technologies next season.”

8th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Ready for Step into WTCC Unknown

Yokohama’s ADVAN brand will receive its sternest challenge yet as the World Touring Car Championship’s control tyre this weekend, as the company prepares to take its tyres to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola – the first of two previously unseen tracks this season.

Whilst most circuits included in the Japanese tyre manufacturer’s racing programme provide a degree of familiarity, the addition of Imola and Okayama to this year’s WTCC calendar provides Yokohama’s engineers with new considerations when preparing for the meeting, as Yokohama Technical Consultant Ian Beveridge explains: “For Imola, our pre-season work included visiting the track and collating as much data as possible, from its actual dimensions to the level of grip given out by the asphalt. We then researched what the conditions are likely to be and found comparative tracks to give us some reference points.”

17th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kingsway Present Cheque to Norfolk & Norwich Hospital

First Stop tyre dealership, Kingsway Tyres has presented a cheque for £331.38 to the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital Respiratory Unit. The money was raised from a tyre safety road show which took place at Asda in Norwich, in conjunction with the Bridgestone worldwide ‘Think Before You Drive’ campaign, after research showed that 90 per cent of drivers do not know their correct tyre pressure.

5th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Massa Pulls Back Hamilton Deficit

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took the European Grand Prix on the streets of Valencia over the weekend, holding off the challenge of Championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren. The placing of the drivers, coupled with the retirement of Kimi Raikkonen, thanks to engine failure, means that Hamilton increases his lead on second place to six points, while Massa moves up to second.

BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica took the final spot on the podium, while Hamilton’s McLaren colleague Heikki Kovalainen took fourth to follow his debut victory in Hungary. McLaren’s performance means that it has closed the team’s Constructors’ Championship deficit to eight, with Ferrari continuing to lead the way.

26th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Jet Wheel Supports Ferrari Day

First Stop dealer, Jet Wheel Tyre, based in Rayleigh, Essex has been out sponsoring charity initiatives this summer. Jet Wheel Tyre lent their support to a Ferrari Day in aid of Little Havens Hospice which is established to support terminally ill children and their families. The event brought together over 40 Ferrari drivers from around the county who took members of the public for a spin in their car in return for charity donations.

15th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors