Monaco GP: Bridgestone Race Review
By Bridgestone
May 17 2010
Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) has proved peerless with a superb performance to win the Monaco Grand Prix with a super soft - medium Bridgestone Potenza tyre strategy on the streets of Monte Carlo.
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Bridgestone Monaco GP
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Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) has proved peerless with a superb performance
to win the Monaco Grand Prix with a super soft - medium Bridgestone Potenza
tyre strategy on the streets of Monte Carlo.
Webber
finished just ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel after the end of the
fourth safety car period. Renault F1 Team driver Robert Kubica finished in
third. The top three drivers were all on the same tyre strategy.
Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says
"Once more this wonderful, historic location of Monaco has provided Formula
One with an excellent race and we are proud of the performance of our tyres
which added to the spectacle today. Many spectators here and television
viewers around the world were rewarded with a fantastic sporting event. We
enjoy a good relationship with the people of Monaco and our signage has
always been very prominent here. It shows the brand name of Bridgestone
strongly on televisions and newspapers everywhere. Congratulations to Mark
Webber and Red Bull for their consecutive win, and also to Renault who
powered all three podium finishers."
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development,
says
"Today I am proud to say that both compounds of Bridgestone Potenza's
performed very well and a variety of strategies were possible. The medium
compound was so strong. It provided good lap times right up to the end of
the race, even when it had been used for 77 laps as in the case of Fernando
Alonso, who achieved a good result after starting from the pit lane. The
super soft compound also showed praiseworthy performance, even with the
heavy fuel loads at the start of the race. We could see from the pace of
Nico Rosberg before his pit stop that this tyre could have been used for
longer stints than we generally saw. We always expect transverse graining on
the rear tyres here, due to the traction demands of the circuit layout, but
we were surprised at how well our tyres resisted this. The drivers should
have got good satisfaction from our tyres today, and I am happy with this." |
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Stats of the Day
Race: 14:00 - 15:50
Driver Team Time Tyre Strategy
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1h 50m 13.355s SS-M
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1h 50m 13.803s SS-M
Robert Kubica Renault F1 Racing 1h 50m 15.030s SS-M
Tyres used: Medium (prime) / Super soft (option)
Temperatures Ambient Track Weather
PM - Race 22C-21C 39C-29C-33C Partly cloudy / Sunny |
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