Bridgestone Has No Grip In Turkey
By Dale Calkins
August 21 2005
Bridgestone reunners were made fools of today, as Bridgestone has clearly not designed a suitable tyre for Turkey. Only three Bridgestone runners set a time and the fastest lap was way down in eleventh.
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Bridgestone Has No Grip In Turkey |
Dale Calkins |
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Bridgestone reunners were made fools of today, as Bridgestone has clearly not designed a suitable tyre for Turkey. Only three Bridgestone runners set a time and the fastest lap was way down in eleventh. That lap was set by Rubens Barrichello who was clearly running more conservatively, knowing that pushing at all would have him end up like Michael Schumacher. Schumacher did indeed push the limit of the tyres and exceeded them at turn 9 when he spun of the track.Michael always pushes hard, but when the tyres can't handle that you get what happened today. Jordan and Minardi runners were down the grid as usual. Bridgestone is clearly not even close to competitive in Istanbul. Hisao Suganuma - Bridgestone Motorsport - Technical Manager: "The track did gain a lot of dust this afternoon, hindering grip levels. Rubens gave it his best effort but Michael spun so he didn’t set a qualifying time. Narain Karthikeyan and Robert Doornbos didn’t experience the best of luck today either. All in all, this afternoon’s qualifying session did not go so well for the Bridgestone runners. Nevertheless, we are expecting the picture to be better tomorrow for our drivers in race trim because this track is tough on tyres and in the practice sessions we have been seeing consistent performances." |
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