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Vettel claims first ‘Pirelli’ F1 world title in half a century

Despite Jenson Button’s victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, the British driver found himself sharing the limelight with rival Sebastian Vettel, whose third place finish landed him the first Formula One World Championship to be won on Pirelli tyres since 1957. Vettel started the race in pole position needing only one point to be crowned champion for the second time. The German Red Bull driver is now the youngest double world champion in Formula One history and the ninth driver to win two titles in a row.

10th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Museum unveils Yokohama green tyre exhibit

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On October 4, Boston’s Museum of Science officially opened its “Making a Greener Tire” display, which highlight’s Yokohama Tire Corporation’s use of orange oil as a raw material. The tyre maker is represented in the display by one of its orange oil-infused tyres, the Yokohama BluEarth-1, and its Airtex inner liner, a product aimed at reducing air seepage from the tyre.

6th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone previews rearranged home MotoGP

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MotoGP travels to Japan on 2 October for round 15 of the championship at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit near Mito and Utsunomiya, a few hours’ drive from the Tokyo headquarters of tyre supplier Bridgestone Corporation. The event is the rearranged Japanese leg of the series, the aftermath of the tsunami making the original 24 April date impossible to keep; the event now takes place one week before an overseas back-to-back pair of races on Australia and Malaysia. The date change puts the race at the same time of year as it was held last season, the first weekend in October, so the weather conditions are expected to be similar – around 25 degrees Celsius ambient. This means that the tyre compound options are unchanged, but with the addition of the third soft compound front slicks, although the rear asymmetric slicks have been modified slightly.

27th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone shows CAIS tyre surface sensor technology

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Bridgestone Corporation has developed a new technology designed to provide real time road surface condition information to the driver by way of the tyres. The new technology is based on a concept called Contact Area Information Sensing (CAIS) and it was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

16th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone brings harder wearing front slicks to Aragon MotoGP

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In 2010, the Motorland Aragon circuit in the north-east of Spain represented a new challenge for Bridgestone, holding its first premier class motorcycle Grand Prix; this year the tyre supplier, the teams and the riders all have the benefit of last year’s data to call upon. Hiroshi Yamada, manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Department explains: “there was a lot of good feedback from everybody in the paddock. I am pleased that we are going back this year as it is an exciting and quite dramatic circuit, and with the benefit of last year’s experience not only is our job easier as we do not need to conduct more scientific analysis of the circuit and its tarmac, but we can also be very confident of our tyre compound choices.”

13th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

World’s largest tyre arrives in Europe

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The first European shipment of the world’s largest tyre has arrived in Sweden. On August 10, six of Bridgestone’s whopping 4.02 metre diameter size 59/80 R63 off-road were unloaded at Gothenburg and then transported a further 1,500 kilometres north to the Aitik open-pit copper mine in Lapland. There they will be mounted on an electric-drive model of one of the world’s largest vehicles: the Caterpillar 795F mining truck, which weighs 570 tons fully loaded. A second set of six tyres has already been ordered by mine operator Bolidean and will be delivered in September.

26th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama eco tyre OE on new Mazda

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Yokohama Rubber reports it is supplying original equipment tyres to Mazda’s latest model Demio, which went on sale in Japan on June 30. The compact car, known as the Mazda2 in many export markets, is a facelifted version of the popular model first released in 2007; the updated car is fitted with the Japanese tyre maker’s Aspec A349 BluEarth in size 175/65R14 82S.

22nd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Abu Dhabi tyre blowout death toll up to 13 in six months

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The number of people killed in accidents caused rapid deflation of tyres or blowouts in Abu Dhabi rose to 13 in the first six month of 2011, according to report in UAE newspaper The National. There were 41 accidents caused by burst tyres during the first half of the year, compared with 30 during the same period last year. Thirteen people died as a result of those accidents compared with 10 last year. The number of injuries nearly tripled in the same period, from six to 17.

The figures follow the news in June that the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology announced it was working closely with the Ministry of Interior to review the tyre regulations. A task force comprising the country's largest tyre suppliers and manufacturers has been assembled to look at the technical aspects of the regulations. The proposed regulations on the manufacture, handling, and storage of tyres, will be presented to the country’s Cabinet next month for approval.

16th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Orange oil Yokohama tyre becomes ‘museum piece’

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The museum may be the last place you’d expect to see new-generation environmental tyres, yet Yokohama Tire is proud to announce that is exactly where specimens of its BluEarth-1 can be found. As of this autumn, the orange oil-infused tyre will be highlighted in a two-year exhibit as the Museum of Science in the US city of Boston. The “Making a Greener Tire” interactive display, which will be in the museum’s Transportation, Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology area, revolves around the BluEarth-1’s technology, which combines oil extracted from orange peels with silica and natural rubber to form “Super Nano-Power Rubber” (SNPR), a substance initially utilised in Yokohama’s dB Super E-spec tyre. Also to be featured is the BluEarth-1’s Airtex Advanced Liner, designed to reduce the amount of air loss from the tyre.

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16th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone H1 net income beats expectations

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For the six months to June 30, 2011, Bridgestone Corporation reports net sales of 1,459,125 million yen (£11.7 billion), 1.4 per cent lower than the sales projection announced on May 13 and 5.3 per cent higher than net sales for the first half of 2010. Operating income during the first half of this year was 93,629 million yen (£751.0 million), 30.0 per cent higher than projected, and ordinary income amounted to 91,880 million yen (£737.0 million), 43.6 higher than the projected figure. Net income for the six months to June 30, 2011 was 54,115 million yen (£434.1 million), a 54.6 per cent increase on the May 13 projection and up 21.6 per cent year-on-year.

11th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

US replacement market remains depressed, little growth in 2011

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The US replacement consumer tyre market will remain depressed through 2011, according to an update by the Rubber Manufacturers Association, even as OE shipments to automakers are continuing to grow. The RMA now says that replacement P-metric tyre shipments will fall short of even posting 1 per cent growth for the year, “as continued high energy costs, decreases in non-essential driving, and continued economic uncertainties weigh on the consumer.”

3rd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch innovates compact motorcycle antilock braking system

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Bosch has claimed it has achieved a World first with its new brake control system developed specifically for motorcycles, contradicting the idea that the systems are too big and too heavy to be fitted to two-wheelers. The manufacturer says it has been able to reduce the size and weight of its system to make it suitable for use on motor scooters and small motorcycles, while the flexible design allows Bosch to offer three different levels of system, from the basics to electronically controlled models. The company points out that only 16 per cent of all newly manufactured motorcycles in the EU in 2010 were fitted with ABS; the company says it expects European legislation to impact the market in the next decade, as a proposal has been tabled to make ABS compulsory on new bikes entering the market from 2017.

2nd August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama employees pitch lend a hand to disaster recovery efforts

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Yokohama Rubber has launched a programme to facilitate employees wishing to participate in earthquake/tsunami recovery efforts. The first group of 28 Yokohama volunteers travelled to northeast Japan on July 11 and spent three days clearing mud from ditches and clearing debris from the surrounding land in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Higashi-Matsushima.

19th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Replacement market debut for Potenza run-flat

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For the first time, run-flat fitments have been added to Bridgestone’s replacement market portfolio in Japan. The first run-flat made available to aftermarket consumers in the tyre maker’s home market is the Potenza S001 RFT, introduced in four sizes on July 1. Run-flat variants of the Potenza S001 had their public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March; according to Bridgestone, European replacement market customers will be able to purchase the Potenza S001 RFT as of August, with global market availability to follow.

15th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Internet gaining influence in Japan’s tyre market

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In Japan, as elsewhere, the internet is growing in influence as a source of information for tyre purchasers. According to the according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2011 Japan Winter Tire Retailer Satisfaction Index Study, the percentage of Japanese consumers who say they rely on information from the internet while shopping for winter tyres has increased to 29 per cent in 2011, up seven percentage points from 2010, while the percentage of customers who say they purchased their winter tyres through the internet or mail order has increased to from nine per cent in 2010 to 13 per cent this year.

4th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

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