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Bridgestone offers Biker’s Club discount

Bridgestone has announced a promotional £30 per pair (35 euros in the Republic of Ireland) discount for bikers purchasing the manufacturer’s latest premium products in May and June through Biker’s Club retailers. Bridgestone’s UK & Ireland motorcycle tyre sales manager Andy Whitehead says that the offer is a response to the challenging start to the 2013 season, with unseasonably cold weather delaying many bikers’ first ride of the year. “We have never done anything quite on this scale before and we are hoping that it will capture our customers’ imaginations,” Whitehead said, adding that the promotion is designed to reward loyal customers, who will qualify for the discount merely by mentioning the promotion at Bridgestone Biker’s Club retailers.

22nd April 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop appoints Dee as Motorcycle Motorsport head

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Dunlop Motorsport has announced the appointment of Jason Dee as manager, Motorcycle Motorsport Europe. He replaces Steve Male, who announced his retirement from Dunlop Motorsport after 43 years’ service. Dee has worked at Dunlop for 16 years, most recently being responsible for the Motorsport Sales and Operating Process and Supply Chain functions. He will be based at the company's Motorsport Technical Centre at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, England.

22nd March 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Metzeler announces 2013 road racing programme

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The Isle of Man TT, Post-TT races and Ulster GP and North West 200 are amongst the racing activities Metzeler has planned for its anniversary year. The tyre maker, which started in 1863 as a firm selling rubber and elastic goods in the German city of Munich, says it will hold a ‘Road Racing’ summer spectacular to mark its century and a half.

18th March 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Pedrosa fastest on opening day of MotoGP testing

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Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa has posted the quickest time on the opening day of the first group test of the 2013 MotoGP season at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit. Pedrosa set his benchmark time of 2:01.157 on his penultimate lap today to finish just eight-thousandths of a second ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo, while on the other Repsol Honda RC213V, Marc Márquez was third on the timesheets with a best lap time of 2:01.201. Bridgestone said the CRT-specific softer rear slick had offered riders increased grip.

6th February 2013/12,345 Comments/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone introduces Racing Battlax V01 motorcycle slick tyre

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Bridgestone has introduced the Racing Battlax V01 racing slick, a motorcycle tyre designed for novices and medium class riders for use on race circuits. The manufacturer says the new tyre has its technological roots in Bridgestone’s latest MotoGP compounds and contact area engineering, giving riders increased handling, cornering, and warm-up performance.

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29th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Rossi continues as Bridgestone adviser

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Nine times world champion Valentino Rossi has extended his agreement with Bridgestone Europe to act as motorcycle tyre development adviser. As under the previous agreement, Rossi and the tyre maker will work together to, in Bridgestone’s words, “promote the passion of motorcycling to bikers and enthusiasts throughout Europe, directly supporting the Bridgestone ‘track to street’ concept.” Rossi will act alone as a professional rider; his MotoGP team and sponsors are not involved in the deal.

8th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone introduces Battlax Sport Touring T30

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On 1 March Bridgestone will launch its latest sport touring range in Europe. The Battlax Sport Touring T30 radial will be marketed in ten front and 13 rear sizes. The Japanese manufacturer says the Battlax Sport Touring T30 is a “premium brand steeped in technology refined through the company's development of MotoGP race tyres” and is intended for use on medium to large motorcycles.

14th December 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone begins post-season MotoGP testing after Pedrosa victory

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Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa finished his most successful MotoGP season with victory at Valencia, having started in the pit lane after making a late decision to swap to slick tyres. He crossed the finish line in spectacular style, 37.661 second ahead of his nearest competitor, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga, gaining his first ever MotoGP podium. In third place was Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner, ending his MotoGP career with a podium. San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Michele Pirro scored the best CRT result of the season by finishing in fifth place, having dared to start the race on slick tyres. Immediately after the MotoGP, Bridgestone kicked off developments for 2013, with a test somewhat compromised by continuing damp weather.

26th November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone’s Masao Azuma debriefs after red-flagged Sepang MotoGP

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This year’s Malaysian Grand Prix was red-flagged after thirteen laps in an intense tropical downpour, with Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa claiming victory ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo in second place and teammate Casey Stoner, who finished third. With varied track conditions over the weekend, riders experienced every specification of tyre brought to Sepang by Bridgestone. All riders opted for the hard compound front wet tyre during the race, while rear tyre choice was equally divided across the grid with ten riders each selecting the soft and hard compound wet tyre. Masao Azuma, chief engineer in Bridgestone’s Motorsport Tyre Development Department speculated on why riders may have experienced less grip at Sepang, even before the rain came.

25th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Donington's Dunlop Bridge to be auctioned

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The Dunlop Bridge was a fixture of Donington Park for 30 years before a revamp of the circuit saw it out of commission. A deal signed with the Goodwood Revival will see the bridge auctioned on 15 September, with funds raised to be donated to local Leicestershire and Rutland charity, Hope for Cancer. Established in 1977, like its close counterpart at Le Mans, the bridge became a landmark as part of Donington Park’s rich racing history, which hosted some of the world’s most watched races, including British Tour Car Championship and MotoGP action.

10th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New MotoGP hard compound “improves warm-up”

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Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Department manager Shinji Aoki has revealed that MotoGP riders’ test session at Brno suggests the tyre supplier’s experimental new hard compound tyre improves on the warm-up performance of the current hard tyre. The results were far from conclusive though, with few riders choosing to test the rubber in cool conditions.

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29th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pedrosa victorious in Brno, as Bridgestone stays on for tyre test

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Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa won an exciting last lap battle with Factory Yamaha Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo to win MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix for his second successive victory. Lorenzo led Pedrosa for the first half of the race, with the two riders setting new circuit lap record on six consecutive laps; Lorenzo’s eighth lap time of 1:56:274 being the quickest. After Pedrosa made his way past Lorenzo on lap eleven the two riders held position until the last lap where Lorenzo squeezed past Pedrosa, leading to a close final bend where the Repsol Honda rider hit back, getting the better drive to the line to win the race by 0.178 seconds. Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow claimed his first ever MotoGP podium by taking third place, while Power Electronics Aspar’s Randy de Puniet made the most of his good qualifying performance to cross the finish line in eighth position to be the highest placed CRT rider. Bridgestone stayed in the Czech Republic after the race weekend, using Brno as the venue for its group test, where the company was due to unveil a new compound.

28th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone combines sporting interests with MotoGP golf tournament

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Bridgestone Motorsport has held its inaugural Bridgestone Golf Performance Challenge at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, next to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where MotoGP’s Indianapolis Grand Prix takes place this weekend. Four golfing teams led by NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards, Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Andrea Dovizioso, CAME IodaRacing project’s Danilo Petrucci and James Ellison from Paul Bird Motorsport, all headed out to the driving range and then onto the course for a three-hole golfing contest.

17th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone previews MotoGP Indianapolis

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Bridgestone will supply its MotoGP tyres to teams in USA for the second of two consecutive races in the country. This weekend’s action is held at the revered Indianapolis Motor Speedway, whose distinctive layout places significant demands on Bridgestone’s rubber. The circuit comprises three distinct parts; the renowned oval which forms the main straight, the opening complex and turns seven and eight built specifically for MotoGP, and the rest of the infield which was constructed for when the circuit held Formula One races. Large sections of the circuit were resurfaced last year, resulting in more consistent grip levels, while some undulations on the tarmac that caused the bikes to behave erratically in corners were also removed. Bridgestone will supply special construction asymmetric rear slick tyres in the medium and hard compounds to manage the very high tyre temperatures expected around this circuit.

14th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Stoner claims Laguna Seca victory on soft rear slick

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Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner claimed victory from behind as he rolled the dice on a softer rear tyre than his championship rivals at Laguna Seca. Approaching the race differently to his main championship rivals Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Dani Pedrosa, Stoner trailed Lorenzo for most of the race, but having managed his tyres well he was able to exploit the extra rear grip on offer to pass Lorenzo down the main straight on the entry to turn one on lap twenty-two. While only six of the twenty-one riders on the grid selected the harder compound for the rear, the four riders between second and fifth all chose the medium compound Bridgestone tyre. Stoner remains in third position in the riders standings, though his fourth victory of the season means he narrows the gap to Lorenzo to thirty-two points and just nine to Pedrosa.

30th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

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