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Which Team on Which Tyre?? in 2006
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:59 pm
by Kapel
Silly Season gets sillier...
With control tyre from 2007 & 2008 & Michelins admission of not being interested in F1 if there is no competition, speculation of teams shifting to Bridgestone have started.
Redbull & Williams are already in discussions & so is Toyota!!!
Latest rumour mill have informed that even Mclaren Mercedes is also contemplating an early switch to get gain advantage for 2007!!!
Will Ferrari switch to Michaelin for a year just to gain advantage or will stick around with their loyal tyre suppliers
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:13 pm
by <T-K>
Maybe it next year could be a case of 7 bridgestone runners and only 3 michelin runners (in which case Ferrari would be stupid to switch to michelin as Michelin would lose their advantage very quickly, like bridestone did this year).
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:00 pm
by JayVee
I thought the proposed single tyre supplier is for 2008. Has it been brought forward now ?
Still I reckon Michelin will still be superior next year even if they don't develop their tyres at all
This must be the Bridgestone propoganda machine (Kapel
)
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:19 pm
by Kapel
JayVee wrote:I thought the proposed single tyre supplier is for 2008. Has it been brought forward now ?
Still I reckon Michelin will still be superior next year even if they don't develop their tyres at all
This must be the Bridgestone propoganda machine (Kapel
)
Could be,but its not me this time i promise
I too reckon Michelin to be superior,that y the mention of Ferrari switch.
The info i've mentioned was mentioned on one the site homeofsports.com
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:44 am
by sgd
what we got?
2006:
RedBull on Michellin (official)
Williams on Bridgestone (official) !!!
Toyota on Bridgestone (official) !!
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:15 pm
by JayVee
I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!
When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:18 pm
by Julian Mayo
JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!
When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Someone pointed out that Ferrari are well into testing the V8, which suggests that Bridgestone would have considerable tyre.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:20 pm
by JayVee
julian mayo wrote:JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!
When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Someone pointed out that Ferrari are well into testing the V8, which suggests that Bridgestone would have considerable tyre.
considerable as in big
Then they had considerable tyres this year too
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:28 pm
by Julian Mayo
data
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:41 am
by rah
JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!
When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Yeah, but at least it will be able to be used at all the tracks.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:54 am
by Julian Mayo
rah wrote:JayVee wrote:I can't understand why would a team jump to Bridgestone!
When Michelin leaves all the teams will have the same crap tyre
Yeah, but at least it will be able to be used at all the tracks.
unless the track temp gets over 40degC
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:26 pm
by rah
They can just schedule all the races to run in the coolest months. Not sure what they will do with Malaysia or brazil, but you can't please everyone. Especially Michelin.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:28 pm
by Julian Mayo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:29 pm
by rah
Sweden and Iceland would be nice new tracks. Just think, they could go anywhere in the world. Except near the equator.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:56 pm
by Julian Mayo
I favour Mawson, a nice few days on the ice-breaker, an endless supply of ice for the WT, no passports needed for the australian base.