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Bridgestone
Motorsport can confirm that for the 2008 FIA Formula One World
Championship season their extreme wet weather tyre will be marked with a
white line in the bottom of the central groove. This is in addition to
marking the softer of the two dry tyre compounds at each race.
The white tyre marking, which will be present from the Australian Grand Prix
in Melbourne onwards, has been introduced at the request of the teams and in
consultation with the FIA to make Bridgestone's extreme wet weather tyres
visibly distinguishable from the wet weather tyres when used on the track in
the wet.
Markings of this kind were first introduced by Bridgestone in March 2007,
after an eleventh hour change to the 2007 Formula One Sporting Regulations
which stipulated the two specifications of dry weather tyre at each event
must be visibly distinguishable from one another.
Bridgestone welcomed the application of tyre markings as it enabled the
media and the public to further understand the strategies employed by
various teams and potentially increase their enjoyment of the race.
Bridgestone hopes that marking the extreme wet weather tyre this season will
have a similar effect.
Marking of the extreme wet weather tyres will be undertaken by Bridgestone's
tyre fitters at the circuit, in the same manner as the 2007 dry weather tyre
markings.
Quote from Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director, Bridgestone Motorsport:
"Throughout the 2008 Formula One season Bridgestone will continue to mark
the softer of the two dry weather tyres at each event with a white line
along the bottom of the second from inside groove. However, we will now
extend the use of the white tyre marking to our extreme wet weather tyres.
We hope this change will enable spectators of the sport to have a clearer
understanding of the strategies used by all 11 Formula One teams when racing
in the wet. Bridgestone is pleased to be able to play a part in increasing
Formula One fans' enjoyment of the sport." |
