Thursday, October 16, 2008

China preview quotes: Bridgestone

Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone director of motorsport tyre development: "The Shanghai International Circuit is very severe on tyres and that is why we are bringing the two hardest compounds from our range. There are very high lateral forces and we expect to see graining on the front left tyres, especially caused by the increasing radius Turn 2 and the banked Turn 13. We could also see graining on the rear tyres here too.

"The circuit layout means that a medium downforce set-up will be used, as there are two long straights, but a large percentage of the track is also very twisty and technical. For the teams and drivers, finding the correct set-up to make the best use of their tyres will be a big challenge."



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