Posts Tagged ‘Bridgestone Corporation’
Bridgestone Motorsport’s Belgian GP Report
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling mixed weather Belgian Grand Prix by using a soft – hard – intermediate tyre strategy at Spa. Two safety car periods occurred during the course of the 44 lap race in the Belgian Ardennes forests with numerous incidents taking place throughout the field. Hamilton won after [...]
Bridgestone Motorsport’s Saturday Update
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber powered to his fifth pole of the season using Bridgestone’s soft Potenza tyre in mixed conditions at Spa. Webber set his 1m 45.778secs lap time shortly before rain started to fall during the Q3 qualifying session. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the second fastest time, late in the [...]
Bridgestone Motorsport’s Friday Update
Bridgestone’s soft tyre took Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s Fernando Alonso to the fastest time of the day amidst typically mixed weather conditions at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Alonso set his 1m 49.032secs time on a largely dry track right at the end of the afternoon session, which was interrupted by a red flag period. [...]
Hamashima time – Pt 1
Known around the world as Bridgestone’s motorsport tyre expert, Director of Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Hirohide Hamashima has been an employee of Bridgestone his entire working life. After studying polymer physics at university, Hamashima joined Bridgestone Corporation in 1977, moving to the passenger car tyre development programme in 1980. In 1981, he moved to the [...]
Bridgestone Motorsport Belgian GP Preview
Bridgestone takes to the hills of the Ardennes with the hard and soft Potenza tyres for the thirteenth round of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix on August 27-29. The challenging 7.004 km rollercoaster that is the Spa Francorchamps circuit presents cars and drivers with a severe test. It’s the longest race lap of the [...]
Bridgestone Eco Rally
The demands on a Formula One driver’s time on and between race weekends are more significant than perhaps we all realise but, for Bridgestone, the opportunities the Company gets to work with the drivers away from the race tracks are as valuable as ever. Bridgestone Eco-Rally Take for example the Bridgestone Eco-Rally, an event which [...]
