Pirelli will take Bridgestone's place after 2010

[WhiteBlue]

The best solution is a control tyre. Same for all is usually the better solution. If the allocation of teams to tyre suppliers is regarded as too much of an element of luck to tolerate, it is even less tolerable to have the distribution of tyre suppliers in a conventional way to teams by money and sweeteners like automotive tyre deals.

[myurr]

The best solution is a control tyre. Same for all is usually the better solution. If the allocation of teams to tyre suppliers is regarded as too much of an element of luck to tolerate, it is even less tolerable to have the distribution of tyre suppliers in a conventional way to teams by money and sweeteners like automotive tyre deals.

Agreed - I would consider another tyre war to be detrimental to F1.

[lebesset]

if you look at the market awareness figures for bridgestone you can see
why they went into F1
why they have decided to quit

they have spent a lot of money if reports are to be believed , but achieved their objective

but why pirelli and michelin now

pirelli have concentrated on the lucrative motorcycle market for quite some while
why lucrative ? because the market is almost totally non-price sensitive ...whatever riders sees as the best performing tyre for their machine , they normally buy first , and ask the price after ,..
car tyres are much more price sensitive except at the high performance end of the market , where the motorcycle scenario pertains ; is it that pirelli have decided they want a bigger chunk of that market ? I no longer have access to statistics on that so cannot say , they look to me to have a good share , but now they have decided to be a tyre company instead of a conglomerate , maybe they want more ; perhaps it is analogous to fashionable ladies who say you can never be too rich or too thin

but why michelin therefore ? my guess is that they are desperate to stop pirelli's strategy ...ask yourself , who would be the biggest loser if it succeeded ?
I don't think michelin would be bothered if this went the avon unbranded route , their market awareness is already high in the segment that matters most to them so would improve little

[WhiteBlue]

For Michelin it is a win situation whichever way it goes. If they get in on their conditions (tyre war eventually) they can expect to get the greatest publicity on earth because none of the competitors will beat their recent experience and general competence in the high performance field. If F1 decides not to agree to a tyre war the contract will not do any of their competitors so much good that they have to be concerned.

[Pup]

That would kick off a tremendous testing race! The only way I see this being done is having all teams for the same number (half the races) of races on both tyres and draw the slots in a lottery.

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Seems my job here is done.

[deus1066]

Pirelli confirmed:

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 10935.html
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=48673
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 756430.stm
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/06/23/p ... r-absence/

[Pup]

Short and sweet. Discretion is the better part of valor; yes, Mr. Todt?

[WhiteBlue]

Sensible decision. No tyre war. 18" wheels delayed to 2013. Supplier with the commercially best bid selected. Majority of teams happy with tyre supplier.

[ISLAMATRON]

Ferrari still going to run Michilens(maybe just for Alonso)... just watch

[ringo]

Sensible decision. No tyre war. 18" wheels delayed to 2013. Supplier with the commercially best bid selected. Majority of teams happy with tyre supplier.

So they are not using 18" wheels then?
Where did you hear this. I hoping the wheels would be bigger than 13" next year.

[WhiteBlue]

Pirelli agreed to delay the 18" wheels to 2013 when the new formula brings a bunch of other fundamental changes.

It will be interesting to see how FOTA will go about the testing now.

[CMSMJ1]

Who supplies GP2 next year?

GP3 is already Pirelli.....

[lebesset]

what part of sole supplier didn't you understand islamatron , or did I miss something here ?

[spinmastermic]

what part of sole supplier didn't you understand islamatron , or did I miss something here ?

Rossi will have the Pirelli's on the third Ferrari so Alonso can have the Michelins

[lebesset]

well , he is going to need some advantage to have a chance to beat the boss , he won the championship before thanks to special tyres from michelin

maybe he can do it with some stickers on the sidewalls