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Bridgestone OE On New Audi TT Coupé

The all-new, second generation Audi TT Coupé harnesses Formula One-derived tyre technology from Bridgestone as original equipment. The new Coupé boasts a hybrid steel-aluminium ‘Audi Space Frame’ shell that reduces weight and improves dynamics, and an electronically retractable rear spoiler that maximises downforce at higher speeds. It is initially available with two engine sizes, a front-wheel-drive 2.0-litre Turbo FSI delivering 197BHP and a quattro four-wheel-drive 3.2-litre V6 delivering 247BHP. This power is transmitted to the road through Bridgestone Potenza RE050A high performance tyres.

19th October 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Winners Enjoy Italian Grand Prix

Ten lucky motorists are coming back down to earth after enjoying a dream trip to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza courtesy of Bridgestone UK. Eight of the winners who travelled to the Autodromo Nationale di Monza for the 9 September spectacle were runners-up in a national prize draw run in association with Ford and Rapid Fit. Four pairs of tickets were up for grabs after motorists completed an entry form at participating national outlets following a free tyre check.

26th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Stars Help First Stop Dealers Raise Charity Cash

First Stop tyre dealers rubbed shoulders with stars from TV and radio to help raise more than £1,500 for impoverished African youngsters. The owners of Tyrecraft, Bootle; Tyresave, St Helens; Tyreworld, Widnes; Pemberton Tyres, Wigan; and Ashton Tyre & Exhaust, Ashton-in-Makerfield, were joined by Big Brother celebrities Nikki and Mikey, Coronation Street’s Richard Fleeshman and Radio 2 presenter Sally ‘Traffic’ Boazman at Truckfest North West, which attracted thousands of people to Haydock Park Racecourse on 16/17 September.

20th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Kovalainen and Fisichella to Drive for Renault in 2007

Finland’s Heikki Kovalainen (24) will race for Formula One champions Renault in 2007 while Flavio Briatore has signed up as team boss for two more years. Kovalainen will partner Italian Giancarlo Fisichella after world champion Fernando Alonso moves to McLaren.

7th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Charity-minded Dealer Finds Formula for Success

First Stop dealer, Steve Andrews, has discovered a new winning formula after using a race-ready Williams racing car to impress visitors at a local festival. Andrews, owner of Steve Andrews Tyres, St Austell, booked the car, used during last year’s Formula One World Championship, as a showpiece for an evening of live music and fireworks at the Charlestown Regatta in Cornwall. And it certainly made an impact, attracting huge crowds and helping to raise more than £1,200 for local causes.

18th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Button Wins First Grand Prix

Jenson Button scored his first Formula One victory last weekend in what Michelin called a “topsy-turvy Hungarian Grand Prix.” Michelin’s partners dominated the early stages of the rain-affected race and Button swept to the front of the field on lap 52, when world championship leader Fernando Alonso stopped with a rear wheel problem.

7th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Makes its Mark at Tattoo

Bridgestone has continued to spread safety messages to UK motorists, and raise money for charity, by exhibiting its Think Before You Drive roadshow at the world’s largest military air tattoo. Thousands of people visited the Bridgestone stand at the recent Fairford Air Tattoo, where they not only received potentially life-saving road safety information but also had the opportunity to have their photos taken with a stunning replica of Michael Schumacher’s World Championship-winning Ferrari Formula One car in return for charity donations.

28th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama to Supply WTCC for Second Year

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced it will continue to supply ‘Advan’ control tyres for the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Yokohama began supplying tyres to the WTCC for the current 2006 season.

28th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Honda F1 and BMW Lifted by Maywood

Maywood Equipment Group has supplied the Honda Formula One team, based in Brackley, Northamptonshire, with a floor-to-floor platform lift (The Move 30) for the team’s wind tunnel complex. The Move 30 is a high-rise elevator type vehicle lift with a travel range of 1.8 to 12 metres and a capacity of three tonnes. In addition to taking cars from one floor to another it is also ideal for basement or roof parking. At Honda the lift takes vehicles from the ground level to the wind tunnel on the first floor and then up to the museum on the second floor.

14th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to Supply F1 Control Tyre for 2008 Season

Bridgestone has been named as the sole tyre supplier for the Formula One world championship starting in 2008. In a widely anticipated move, the World Motor Sport Council named the Japanese manufacturer as control tyre supplier at a meeting on 5 July. Bridgestone was also designated the sole tyre supplier for the sport in 2007 due to the withdrawal of Michelin at the end of the current season. Michelin has consistently refused to supply a single-supplier F1, saying it would be counter-productive.

6th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Takes 100th F1 Win in Canada

Fernando Alonso’s (Renault F1 Team – Michelin) victory in Montreal has given Michelin its 100th win in Formula One racing. This latest success, Michelin’s seventh of the season, is the company’s 41st since returning to the sport in 2001. Around the same time Michelin made it clear that it would not tender for a single-supplier series. After an exciting race, the remaining podium places were filled the Bridgestone-equipped Ferrari of Michael Schumacher (2nd) and the Michelin-shod McLaren of Kimi Raikonnen.

26th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Receives President’s Award at Podio Ferrari 2006

Bridgestone received the President’s Award at the Podio Ferrari prize-giving ceremony in Maranello, Italy, on 7th June. This annual awards programme recognises and rewards suppliers and technical partners who have excelled in innovation, technology and product development whilst working with Ferrari. Mr Luca di Montezemolo, President and CEO of Ferrari, presented the prestigious award to Mr Takashi Urano, Chairman, CEO and President of Bridgestone Europe, in recognition of Bridgestone’s “major contribution to ensuring cutting-edge performance from the Formula 1 cars and transferring this experience to our GT cars”.

23rd June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Pleased that USGP Class Action is Thrown Out

Michelin has admitted that it is pleased a class action case brought against itself, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Formula One was thrown out of court. The case was brought following last June’s now infamous US Grand Prix. “Michelin is very pleased with [US District Judge Sarah Evans Barker’s] decision dismissing the entire class action lawsuit,” pitpass.com quoted Michael Fanning, vice president, corporate affairs Michelin North America as saying.

19th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

New Audi Q7 to Sport Bridgestone Tyres

The wait is nearly over for one of the most eagerly anticipated new car models of the year, as Audi prepares to deliver the first UK specification versions of its Q7 sport utility vehicle (SUV) next month. The striking newcomer is the company’s first-ever large off-road vehicle, and will be the first car on UK roads to be fitted with Bridgestone’s new Dueler H/P Sport tyres.

14th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Find Your Way to Winning a Satellite Navigation System

Think you’re up to scratch with your tyre history? Here’s your chance to prove it. Tyres & Accessories wanted to share its cheery anniversary mood with our loyal readers and so has teamed up with Blaupunkt to give away two of the satellite navigation manufacturer’s latest Travel Pilot Lucca portable satnav units. So if you want to get your hands on one of these two gizmos, then answer the six simple questions (one question for each decade Tyres & Acccessories has been in print) in the subscribers area. For more details on the Travelpilot Lucca search “Lucca” in the quickfinder at www.tyrepress.com.

Competition entries must be received before the closing date of 31 July.

7th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors