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Bridgestone announce final tyre specs

Tuesday 7th September 2010

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Bridgestone announce final tyre specs

Bridgestone announce final tyre specs

Bridgestone have confirmed the compound allocations for the final four races of the season.

These are the final tyres that the company will provide for F1, with the Japanese giant to be replaced by Pirelli next season.

"The most interesting question for these final allocations is which tyres will we bring to Korea?" explained Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone Head of Motorsport Tyre Development.

"As always for a new race we work closely with the FIA, the circuit and the teams to reach our decision but in addition to all this information we always have safety in mind so our allocation for the first race in Korea will naturally be on the conservative side.

"The tyres for Korea are currently being shipped to the track and we are very interested to see this new facility when we go there in seven weeks time.

"Suzuka puts the tyres through a tough workout so we have the harder combination of hard and soft, whilst Sao Paulo and Yas Marina suit the softer combination of super soft and medium.

"Due to the nature of the tracks, there were no further opportunities for a hard - super soft allocation, although we did evaluate this after the lessons learnt at the Nurburgring," he added.

The tyre allocations for the rest of the season are as follows:

Italian Grand Prix (Monza) - Soft/Hard
Singapore Grand Prix (Singapore) - Super Soft/Medium
Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka) - Soft/Hard
Korean Grand Prix (Yeongam) - Soft/Hard
Brazilian Grand Prix (Interlagos) - Super Soft/Medium
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit) - Super Soft/Medium

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