Bridgestone look to tread new ground

Bridgestone hope to to reinforce their Formula One supremacy with another dominant display in front of the world’s biggest nation.

Director of motorsport Hiroshi Yasukawa hopes the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix will see Bridgestone tyres on top again.

The company’s engineers spent last week testing with Ferrari, Sauber and Jordan in preparation for the first-ever Chinese Grand Prix at the newly-built Shanghai International Circuit.

Bridgestone saw Ferrari take a one-two in Italy and Yasukawa would like them to continue their success in front of 1.2 billion Chinese.

Last weekend’s race at Monza, in front of Ferrari’s home crowd was one of the best races we have seen this year and I was delighted to see Rubens Barrichello on the top step of the podium.

“Bridgestone and Ferrari have been extremely dominant this year and we are now very much looking forward to visiting Shanghai for the inaugural China Grand Prix next week, where we hope our hosts will be rewarded with another thrilling race.

“This is an extremely exciting opportunity for the F1 community and for the Bridgestone Corporation too, it represents a wonderful opportunity to display our technical expertise in such an important market.

“And finally, I would like to wish the Shanghai Circuit, the race organisers and all the authorities involved in this latest addition to the F1 calendar, the very best of luck for next week. “