Bridgestone withdraws from Formula 1

The announcement caused a stir this week in the world of motorsport: after thirteen seasons in Formula 1, the Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone has announced that it will cease to be the supplier of the Formula 1 world championship after the 2010 season. , due to the economic situation.

The announcement caused a stir this week in the world of motorsport: after thirteen seasons in Formula 1, the Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone has announced that it will cease to be the supplier of the Formula 1 world championship after the 2010 season. , due to the economic situation.

Unique manufacturer of the premier automobile category since 2007, the Japanese manufacturer is also the sole supplier of tires in the MotoGP world championship until the 2011 season inclusive..

“The business environment is undergoing great changes,” commented Bridgestone spokesperson Makoto Shiomi. "We must concentrate our resources in strategic areas and in technological renewal", he said..

The withdrawal of Bridgestone is the third major package of the year in Formula 1, after those announced by Honda (December 2008) and BMW (July 2009) and comes in addition to the departures of Japanese manufacturers Subaru and Suzuki in the category WRC with the long list of sports disciplines abandoned by major players due to the crisis.

In this delicate general context, it seems all the more urgent to find radical and rapidly effective solutions to reduce costs in MotoGP, whose starving grid has already suffered enough from the resounding departure of Kawasaki to allow itself to lose the support of another important partner… 

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