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Ferrari & Bridgestone

  • 09-05-2005 11:04am
    #1
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭


    Once again Bridgestone have SCREWED up really badly on Ferrari

    Ok 1 puncture on a car you can accept and not blame the tyre company but 2 punctures - both on the same side of the car - coincidence - i think not!

    Tyre company change for Ferrari next year unless Bridgestone get contracts with more top teams next year!

    Ferrari and Sauber are the only teams on the B/S rubber and they arent gettin enough data to produce decent tyres!

    Ferrari boys have to be very pist off! :mad:


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  • #2
    Robbo
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    Schumacher went for the softer compound tyre and it worked against him.


  • #3
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Robbo wrote:
    Schumacher went for the softer compound tyre and it worked against him.


    Softer compound or not - to tyre failures in the space of 2 laps is NOT ON !!!

    Bridgestone screwed up and they know it - according to itv-f1.com they have flow the 2 tyres back to Tokyo for serious inspection!


  • #4
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Robbo wrote:
    Schumacher went for the softer compound tyre and it worked against him.


    Softer compound or not - two tyre failures in the space of 2 laps is NOT ON !!!

    Bridgestone screwed up and they know it - according to itv-f1.com they have flow the 2 tyres back to Tokyo for serious inspection!


  • #5
    Töpher
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    Having to use the same tyre's for the race rule included in this mess. But honestly, every team/driver knows that your left side tyres take a real beating on that circuit. Going for a soft compound wasn't a clever idea considering that he wouldn't be allowed to change them. That said, Bridgestone would be worried by it too.

    Also, Jordan use bridgestone too, so thats 3 teams that use it. I think Minardi switched last season.

    Bridgestone don't get nearly as many miles completed in testing, which I'm sure comtributed to the incidents.


  • #6
    Ay Cee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 905 ✭✭✭Ay Cee


    Ye call yourselves F1 fans?! :D

    Ferrari only share Bridgestones with Jordan/ Midland and Minardi! And let's face it...what good is that for feedback?!

    Sauber switched to Michelin. Which probably contributed to the sour relationship where they won't be using Ferrari engines next year. Red Bull will be though.

    Mark my words. I'm putting this on the record right here:
    Ferrari won't lose the WC this year...Bridgestone will!


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  • #7
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Ay Cee wrote:
    Ye call yourselves F1 fans?! :D

    Ferrari only share Bridgestones with Jordan/ Midland and Minardi! And let's face it...what good is that for feedback?!

    Sauber switched to Michelin. Which probably contributed to the sour relationship where they won't be using Ferrari engines next year. Red Bull will be though.

    Mark my words. I'm putting this on the record right here:
    Ferrari won't lose the WC this year...Bridgestone will!

    Sorry Ay Cee........im very peed of with myself............was in a rush earlier typing my post and wasnt think straight.........humblest apologies!


  • #8
    Blaster99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Blaster99


    On the other hand, Bridgestone makes tyres that are custom made for Ferrari. When that relationship works, it works a lot better than the Michelin fits-all deal that the Michelin teams get. You'd have to assume that this was one of the reasons Ferrari was so dominant in previous years.


  • #9
    Ay Cee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 905 ✭✭✭Ay Cee


    Yeah but look at 2003. MICHAEL won that Championship. Michelin were all over Bridgestone that year.

    No probs Curran ;)


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