Technical Focus: Formula One Supremacy

By Michelin Sport
July 20 2005

Michelin has started the second phase of the 2005 Formula One world championship in exactly the same manner that it began its campaign in Australia - with convincing victories at Magny-Cours and Silverstone.

Michelin's motorsport mission is to prove that it gives its partner teams a performance advantage. Its dominant performances in the two most recent grands prix - won by Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Juan Pablo Montoya (Team McLaren Mercedes) - were the latest manifestation.

With 11 of this season's 19 Formula One races now complete, Michelin and its seven partners have so far achieved the following:

• Won 10 grands prix, increasing Michelin's overall F1 world championship tally to 85
• Scored 334 points from a potential maximum 429 - a 77.8 per cent strike rate
• Occupied 24 of the 33 podium positions
• Obtained 68 of the 88 available points finishes
• Taken a clean sweep of 11 pole positions
• Recorded eight out of 11 fastest laps

The company's F1 track record complements its continued success in a wide variety of other disciplines - including MotoGP, the World Rally Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours - and underlines Michelin's role as the most accomplished tyre supplier in world motorsport.

Michelin Sport Formula One Supremacy Technical Focus: Formula One Supremacy Michelin continues their dominance of the 2005 Formula One season. Michelin has started the second phase of the 2005 Formula One world championship in exactly the same manner that it began its campaign in Australia - with convincing victories at Magny-Cours and Silverstone.
Michelin's motorsport mission is to prove that it gives its partner teams a performance advantage. Its dominant performances in the two most recent grands prix - won by Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Juan Pablo Montoya (Team McLaren Mercedes) - were the latest manifestation.

With 11 of this season's 19 Formula One races now complete, Michelin and its seven partners have so far achieved the following:

• Won 10 grands prix, increasing Michelin's overall F1 world championship tally to 85
• Scored 334 points from a potential maximum 429 - a 77.8 per cent strike rate
• Occupied 24 of the 33 podium positions
• Obtained 68 of the 88 available points finishes
• Taken a clean sweep of 11 pole positions
• Recorded eight out of 11 fastest laps

The company's F1 track record complements its continued success in a wide variety of other disciplines - including MotoGP, the World Rally Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours - and underlines Michelin's role as the most accomplished tyre supplier in world motorsport.