Bridgestone announce Tyre Specifications

By Bridgestone
June 13 2007

 Bridgestone Tyre Specifications
 

Bridgestone Motorsport can announce the compound choices of Potenza tyres for a further three rounds of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

The soft and medium compounds will be used at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, the Hungarian Grand Prix will have the super soft and soft compounds and the Turkish Grand Prix will utilise the medium and hard compounds.

Four compounds of Bridgestone Potenza have been produced to cover the entire FIA Formula One season, all of the same construction. Bridgestone's wet Potenza is the same compound for all circuits bar Monte Carlo and Bridgestone's extreme wet is the same compound for all circuits. The softer of the two
specification Potenzas at each round will be signified by a white line in the base of the second from inside groove.

Kees van de Grint, Bridgestone Motorsport Head of Track Engineering Operations, says:
"Now we have experienced all four Bridgestone Potenza compounds in race conditions we can announce the compounds we will use for a further three races in the calendar. These compounds have been chosen using the data collected at the races so far, added with our predictions and our past experience of the circuits. Of particular note will be the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. The change of date to July should mean hotter weather and our tyre choice of the soft and medium Potenzas reflects this. Although we expect hotter conditions the micro-climate means that the temperature and conditions can vary tremendously at this location."

 
Tyre compounds for first twelve Grands Prix:

Grand Prix                        Super Soft Medium Hard
Soft ING Australian GP X X Petronas Malaysian GP X X Gulf Air Bahrain GP X X Gran Premio de España Telefónica X X Grand Prix de Monaco X X Grand Prix du Canada X X United States GP X X Grand Prix de France X X Santander British GP X X Grand Prix of Europe X X Magyar Nagydíj Hungarian GP X X Petrol Ofisi Turkish GP X X
 

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