Bridgestone Tyre Strategies - Japan

In 2008, the tyre regulations stipulate that the two dry tyre specifications must be visibly distinguishable from each other. At the Japanese Grand Prix, the soft compound Bridgestone Potenza tyre was marked with a white line in the second from inside groove. The extreme wet weather tyre was also marked with a white line.

Scuderia Ferrari                 
Kimi Raikkonen            Medium   Medium   Soft
Felipe Massa              Soft     Soft     Soft    Medium

BMW Sauber F1 Team               
Nick Heidfeld             Medium   Soft
Robert Kubica             Medium   Medium   Soft

ING Renault F1 Team              
Fernando Alonso           Medium   Medium   Soft
Nelson Piquet             Medium   Medium   Soft

AT&T Williams                    
Nico Rosberg              Medium   Soft
Kazuki Nakajima           Medium   Soft     Medium

Red Bull Racing                  
David Coulthard           Medium   DNF
Mark Webber               Medium   Soft

Panasonic Toyota                
Jarno Trulli              Medium   Medium   Soft
Timo Glock                Medium   Medium   DNF

Scuderia Toro Rosso              
Sebastien Bourdais        Medium   Medium   Soft
Sebastian Vettel          Medium   Medium   Soft

Honda Racing F1 Team             
Jenson Button             Soft     Medium
Rubens Barrichello        Medium   Soft

Force India Formula One          
Adrian Sutil              Medium   DNF
Giancarlo Fisichella      Medium   DNF

Vodafone McLaren                 
Lewis Hamilton            Medium   Medium   Medium  Soft
Heikki Kovalainen         Medium   DNF

*  Teams do not necessarily change tyres at pitstops
*  Includes drive-through/stop-go penalties