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Sebastian Vettel
(Red Bull Racing) used a hard - hard - soft tyre strategy to score his third
race win of the season after a dominant performance in the Japanese Grand
Prix at Suzuka.
 Vettel
finished over four seconds ahead of Panasonic Toyota Racing driver Jarno
Trulli, who used the same tyre strategy, whilst Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
driver Lewis Hamilton used soft - hard - soft to finish third.
Shoshi Arakawa - Bridgestone Chairman of the Board, President and CEO,
says:
"Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for his victory here at the Suzuka
Circuit. The Japanese Grand Prix was held at Suzuka in beautiful weather
today after a two year interval, and I believe the spectators thoroughly
enjoyed the world's top class battles of Formula One. We are proud that our
tyres have helped to provide an impressive and exciting race. Bridgestone,
as the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship,
will continue to support all of the teams and drivers with our full efforts
for the season's remaining two races."
Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says:
"Well done to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing for keeping the drivers'
championship alive with a thrilling win. Congratulations to Jarno Trulli for
scoring Toyota's second podium finish in as many races and also to the
reigning champion Lewis Hamilton for his third place for McLaren. We were
privileged to have many Bridgestone guests, staff and board members here to
enjoy fantastic racing."
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development,
says:
"From the beginning of the race the soft tyre worked well, however in the
second two thirds of the race it really came alive and we saw very good race
performance from this tyre. The high track temperature meant that the hard
compound could be used at the start which would not be as advisable on a
colder track due to longer warm-up requirements. This was a safe strategy
for those concerned by any degradation from the soft, however those who did
opt to use the soft at the start saw good performance." |
