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Bridgestone previews Qatar MotoGP

Bridgestone is taking its medium and extra hard front and its medium and hard rear compounds to Qatar for the first MotoGP of the 2011 season. The Losail International Circuit again heralds a return to action on 20 March for motorcycle racing’s top category and for Bridgestone, which returns as the official tyre supplier to the premier class for the third year. The manufacturer says that following the Tohoku earthquake, it has pledged support for the relief and recovery of its home nation and to those affected by the events of last Friday, while “doing its best in this difficult situation to ensure that MotoGP tyre supply will be uninterrupted”.

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New Bridgestone CI a “diversification” of the brand

As was reported at the beginning of March on tyrepress.com (see related news link below), Bridgestone celebrated its 80th year with a new corporate identity – altering its logo and tagline, and “refining” its corporate philosophy. Communications manager at Bridgestone UK, Andy Dingley says the evolution undergone in Bridgestone’s corporate lifespan created the need “to reflect those social changes” in its branding.

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Rossi takes on Bridgestone advisory role

Six-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has signed on as a motorcycle tyre development advisor for Bridgestone following the finalisation of a Marketing Service Agreement between the Italian rider and Bridgestone Europe in February 2011. Under the agreement, Rossi and Bridgestone will, as the tyre maker explains, “work together to promote the passion of motorcycling to end users and enthusiasts throughout Europe.” Rossi will act alone as a professional rider; his MotoGP team and sponsors are not involved in the deal.

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Sepang sees three riders faster than record on Bridgestone MotoGP tyres

Bridgestone was at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia between 22 and 24 February, 2011 to supply riders at MotoGP’s second pre-season tests with one front and one rear test-specification slick tyre, in addition to normal allocation of two compounds each of front (hard and extra-hard) and rear (medium and hard) slicks. After three dry and hot days of running, with the track temperature reaching a high of 57 degrees Celsius, the fastest times on each day were set in the cooler morning or late afternoon runs. The third and final day of the test was the fastest overall, with the leading Repsol Honda duo of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa both lapping the 5.5km circuit in under two minutes. The top three riders also each lapped quicker than the official circuit best lap of 2m 00.518s, set by Valentino Rossi in 2009.

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Bridgestone Reviews MotoGP’s 2010 Finale

The last race of the 2010 MotoGP season was an emotional one, marking the departure of Valentino Rossi from the Fiat Yamaha team and of Casey Stoner from Ducati, as well as a number of other riders. Conditions all weekend were good although the mornings were cold and right from the first practice laptimes were fast; in qualifying the top seven riders all lapped under the lap record and pole-man Stoner was almost 0.8seconds under it. Tyre performance was generally good all weekend, with riders favouring the harder option front slick for its extra braking stability and a mix of rear tyre choices in the race.

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Bridgestone Reviews “Tricky” Estoril MotoGP Conditions

With much of the Portuguese Grand Prix weekend washed out, the challenge for riders was always going to be how well they coped with using slicks for the first time in unhelpful conditions on the Sunday afternoon race. Tohru Ubukata, manager of Bridgestone’s Motorcycle Tyre Development Department discussed the challenge for the tyre supplier after the race: “On Sunday for the race the challenge was for the slick tyres, which were being used for the first time during the weekend. The track conditions were very slippery and greasy because of all the rain and no dry running and the teams and riders had no time to work on their dry setups, and this situation always makes it very demanding for the tyres. Still, even considering this our slick tyres performed well and offered good warm-up performance which we knew would be important here.”

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Lorenzo Wins on Dry Tyres after Two-Day Deluge

The inability to test slick tyres before the race did not prevent heir apparent to the MotoGP crown, Jorge Lorenzo from reasserting his dominance of the 2010 Championship following a run of victories for Casey Stoner, who lost the rear wheel of his Ducati in the final bend of lap five. Lorenzo comfortably beat his teammate Valentino Rossi to claim the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, both riders using the medium front and rear Bridgestone slicks.

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MotoGP Heads into First of Back-to-back Concluding Races

The Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend represents the first half of the final back-to-back pairing of the 2010 MotoGP season. The Riders’ and Teams’ championships have been clinched, by Jorge Lorenzo and the Fiat Yamaha Team, but the Constructors’ title is still up for grabs, as is second position in the riders’ championship. Additionally Estoril is described as one of the most technically challenging races on the calendar for Bridgestone’s tyres with a multitude of different corner characteristics, corner loads and surfaces, meaning that a well-balanced setup is important to allow the tyres to perform consistently throughout a lap.

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Bridgestone Pleased with Positive MotoGP Tyre Feedback

Bridgestone’s motorcycle tyre developers have declared themselves pleased with the “positive feedback” they received from MotoGP riders in Australia following the use of its extra-soft compound in the rear tyres.

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Stoner Claims Fourth Consecutive Australian GP

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Producing a repeat performance of his spectacular pace in qualifying, Casey Stoner dominated the Australian Grand Prix to take his third victory of the season and his fourth consecutively at the Phillip Island circuit. From pole, the Australian never looked back as he romped to a convincing victory using Bridgestone’s softer option slicks front and rear. Every rider used Bridgestone’s softer option front and rear slicks in the cold conditions; the weekend was the first time Bridgestone’s softer option asymmetric rear slicks featured the new extra soft compound in the right shoulders for improved warm-up performance and grip in the cold.

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MotoGP Prepares for Final Round in Australia

No sooner had the meeting in Malaysia finished than Bridgestone and MotoGP was preparing for the last in the series of three back-to-back weekends, and the last stage of the season in Australia at the Phillip Island circuit on 17 October. Phillip Island is the fastest circuit on the calendar with a record average speed set in qualifying in 2008 by pole-sitter and race-winner Casey Stoner of 180.598 km/h. The layout of the track is fast and flowing, with the Honda Hairpin representing the only real heavy braking point in the lap.

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Lorenzo Wins First MotoGP Championship as Rossi Takes Malaysia Victory

Amidst sweltering temperatures and high humidity Valentino Rossi triumphed at Sepang, Malaysia, proving too strong for his rivals as he recovered from eleventh position during the opening lap to take his second win of the season. Fiat Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo’s third position was enough to finish the Drivers Championship early. “This is the maximum I can get and is a dream come true,” gushed the understandably delighted first-time champion. “It’s difficult to have words at this moment but today is the happiest day of my life! I started very well today but it was difficult to be very concentrated and when Dovi and Vale passed me and when the tyres started sliding more I thought today we have to finish and just get the best we could, but I am so happy and want to thank many many people. I have had a good bike, a good team and people who wanted the best for me.”

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Bridgestone Unveils Latest Addition to Battlax Range

Bridgestone has introduced its latest motorcycle tyre at the Intermot exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Called the Battlax BT-016 Pro Hypersport, the radial sports tyre is described by the manufacturer as a product incorporating “a number of advanced technologies developed by Bridgestone in MotoGP.” The end result, says Bridgestone, is a successful combination of excellent durability and superior performance on both dry and wet surfaces. Designed specifically for larger-sized sports motorcycles such as supersport and naked bikes, the line-up includes one front tyre and three rear tyre sizes.

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Stoner Takes Second Straight Victory at Motegi

Ducati Team’s Casey Stoner took his second victory in a row today at Motegi from third on the grid, catapulting himself into an early lead that he never relinquished, despite pressure throughout from pole man Andrea Dovizioso of Repsol Honda who crossed the line in second. In third, Valentino Rossi was victorious in a tooth-and-nail battle with his Fiat Yamaha teammate, Jorge Lorenzo after trading paint in the closing stages of what was the most nail-biting fight of the race.

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Softer Option Tyre Consistency Key to Pedrosa Fastest Lap at Misano

Dani Pedrosa continued to chip away at the lead built earlier in the season by Jorge Lorenzo with his second win in two weeks at the Misano Circuit in Japan, though the Grand Prix was overshadowed by the tragic death of Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa following an accident. Pedrosa dominated proceedings all weekend and led from the green light, setting a new lap record. Valentino Rossi kept Andrea Dovizioso at bay to finish third. Whilst rain was forecast for Sunday’s race, it failed to materialise and conditions were dry and warm all weekend, allowing all riders to used the softer compound rear tyre and the harder compound front, apart from Alvaro Bautista who used the softer front to good effect, finishing eighth with the sixth fastest lap time.

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