Bridgestone Formula One

Bridgestone Corporation is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a literal translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese. It is currently the largest tyre manufacturer in the world.

Bridgestone is currently ranked as the top company in the global tyre market, with Michelin second and Goodyear third. As of the end of 2005, production facilities belonging to the Bridgestone Group have increased to 141 spread throughout twenty-four nations of the world. In order to attain this level of globalization, the company established a new set of corporate policies in the year 2001. In continuation of this, company's Brand Vision was also established in 2003.

One of the major factors controlling the cornering speed of the cars is the design of the tyres. Tyres in Formula One are not 'slicks' (tyres with no tread pattern) as in most other circuit racing series. Each tyre has four large circumferential grooves on its surface designed to limit the cornering speed of the cars.

Formula One Rules On Tyre Use as of 2005: One set of tyres for both qualifying and race; replacements due to damage (must be as worn down as those already on the car). However, this rule was rescinded for the 2006 season, allowing tyre changes on each service stop.

From 2008 to 2010 Bridgestone will be the sole tyre supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship. However, because Michelin chose to conclude its Formula One tyre program at the end of the 2006 season, all teams will use Bridgestone tyres for the 2007 season.

Bridgestone currently(2007), is a major sponsor to Ferrari, Williams, Toyota, McLaren, Super Aguri and Spyker (formerly Midland) Formula One teams. -- source www.wikipedia.org

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Car Tyre Storage

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Tyre storage for a prolonged period of time can cause damage on your car tyre if you do not know how the tyre storage is properly done.

Tyre storage care to consider when storing your car tyre

1) Do not store the tyre near the heat sources tyre should not have direct contact to sunlight. Avoid storing your tyre near motors and generators which yield ozone.

2) Tyres should be kept away from oils and chemicals.

3) When stacking the tyre horizontally, limit each stack to a maximum of 1.5 meters (5 feet) so as to prevent permanent deformation.

For all steel radial tyres excessive moisture permeation may cause deterioration of the tyre structure and possibly cause the tyre to fail, for this reason Bridgestone has recommends to store the unmounted tyres indoors in dry location away form moisture.

Before mounting a tyre on a rim or a wheel, be sure that the tyres inside surface, flaps and the inside surface of the rim or wheel are dry and clean. Keep compressed air sources for tyre inflation free of moisture.

Thought we do not often stored tyres for our car, it is still better if we know how to care for the tyre if in some cases we have a spare tyre for tyre storage.

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