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Bridgestone Tires Officially

thefastlane | 26 December, 2007 18:42

It was officially announced that Bridgestone Motorsport is obliged to declare that they have signed a three year contact with the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA) from January 1st 2008 which will feature Bridgestone as the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Hiroshi Yasukawa, the Director df Bridgestone Motorsport, said in Motor Sport's press release: "Becoming the 'Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship' is a prestigious honour for Bridgestone and we await the start of the 2008 season with great anticipation. Our participation in Formula One is a core element of our company's expansion and development and this is an exciting step for us as a company."

"To be chosen by the FIA as the 'Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship' shows the high regard we are held in by the sport in which we have participated since 1997. We will continue to use Formula One as a global platform for promoting our brand and look forward to continuing our collaboration with the FIA Foundation to promote the 'Think Before You Drive' road safety campaign, the agreement for which has also recently been confirmed for the next three years," the statement continued. 

"As the sole tyre supplier to Formula One in 2007, we all saw a dramatic and exciting season with very close competition. We strived to treat all teams with fairness and we believe we did a good job. It was an epic battle with Kimi Raikkonen crowned the drivers' champion at the final round and in our role as 'Official Tyre Supplier' we now look forward with great anticipation to some equally exciting battles over the next three seasons."

 

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