Comments on: Bridgestone To Leave Formula One After 2010 http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/ Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:58:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gman http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72984 Gman Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:51:06 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/?p=7752#comment-72984 Suprising news for me- I always thought Bridgestone hadd the perfect deal, with no competition and being free to claim all the wins as theirs. Now, the big question for me is...what company will step in and replace them? From my understanding Bridgestone was the sole bidder last time the contract went out, and I doubt Michelne/Goodyear/etc.. will be back. So that leaves...who? Whatever company gets the deal will have alot of work to do, and I can't help but wonder if the quality will be there. Suprising news for me- I always thought Bridgestone hadd the perfect deal, with no competition and being free to claim all the wins as theirs.

Now, the big question for me is…what company will step in and replace them? From my understanding Bridgestone was the sole bidder last time the contract went out, and I doubt Michelne/Goodyear/etc.. will be back. So that leaves…who? Whatever company gets the deal will have alot of work to do, and I can’t help but wonder if the quality will be there.

]]> By: Oliver White http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72972 Oliver White Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:37 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/?p=7752#comment-72972 <blockquote>Having done some posts on my PDA in the past, I appreciate the difficulties in repurposing machinery primarily designed for different tasks for blogging work. You’ve done a good job with this article.</blockquote> Thanks Alia. :) <blockquote>I think it’s a bit unfair to call this a cop-out. When something no longer makes any business sense, why stick with the model?</blockquote> The thing is, Bridgestone haven't given the business/financial reason as the actual reason for withdrawing. As far as I can tell, they have decided to leave because they want to "redirect resources towards further intensive development of innovtive technologies". That is why I think it is a cop-out excuse. I do think they don't want to afford their involvement any more, but instead of saying that, they've giving a cop-out reason that ultimately doesn't make sense in my mind. <blockquote>I became a believer [of Goodyear tyres] and bought them and noticed a big difference from what I had at that time. As an F1 fan and comsumer I bought them because of the positive image of the company and thier product.</blockquote> I remember that as well. They were stating that what they learned on the race track was influencing what they produce for the average driver on the road. <blockquote>During the 2009 F1 season I also recall seeing what seemed to be at the time a fairly frequent series of Bridgestone adds. With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive.</blockquote> Yeah, Bridgestone teamed up with Ferrari (or at least an unbranded Ferrari car) and had some 'emotive' adverts this year and in previous years as well. <blockquote>With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive.</blockquote> This is what I think as well, but as far as I can tell, that is not what Bridgestone are saying. Which is what I find frustrating.

Having done some posts on my PDA in the past, I appreciate the difficulties in repurposing machinery primarily designed for different tasks for blogging work. You’ve done a good job with this article.

Thanks Alia. :)

I think it’s a bit unfair to call this a cop-out. When something no longer makes any business sense, why stick with the model?

The thing is, Bridgestone haven’t given the business/financial reason as the actual reason for withdrawing. As far as I can tell, they have decided to leave because they want to “redirect resources towards further intensive development of innovtive technologies”. That is why I think it is a cop-out excuse. I do think they don’t want to afford their involvement any more, but instead of saying that, they’ve giving a cop-out reason that ultimately doesn’t make sense in my mind.

I became a believer [of Goodyear tyres] and bought them and noticed a big difference from what I had at that time. As an F1 fan and comsumer I bought them because of the positive image of the company and thier product.

I remember that as well. They were stating that what they learned on the race track was influencing what they produce for the average driver on the road.

During the 2009 F1 season I also recall seeing what seemed to be at the time a fairly frequent series of Bridgestone adds. With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive.

Yeah, Bridgestone teamed up with Ferrari (or at least an unbranded Ferrari car) and had some ‘emotive’ adverts this year and in previous years as well.

With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive.

This is what I think as well, but as far as I can tell, that is not what Bridgestone are saying. Which is what I find frustrating.

]]> By: TED BELL http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72966 TED BELL Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:19:00 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/?p=7752#comment-72966 I recall prior to Michelin and most recent Bridgestone , the Goodyear company had a tire promotion that reflected passenger car versions of their famous wet weather "grooved" tire that directly came down the race car to passenger car pipeline. I became a believer and bought them and noticed a big difference from what I had at that time. As an F1 fan and comsumer I bought them because of the positive image of the company and thier product. During the 2009 F1 season I also recall seeing what seemed to be at the time a fairly frequent series of Bridgestone adds. With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive. Maybe in 2011 we will see the spectacle of TOYO racing slick.... I recall prior to Michelin and most recent Bridgestone , the Goodyear company had a tire promotion that reflected passenger car versions of their famous wet weather “grooved” tire that directly came down the race car to passenger car pipeline. I became a believer and bought them and noticed a big difference from what I had at that time. As an F1 fan and comsumer I bought them because of the positive image of the company and thier product.

During the 2009 F1 season I also recall seeing what seemed to be at the time a fairly frequent series of Bridgestone adds. With the current state of financial crisis throughout the world maybe Bridgestone is just taking a step back to stay alive.

Maybe in 2011 we will see the spectacle of TOYO racing slick….

]]> By: Arnet http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72965 Arnet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:26:22 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/?p=7752#comment-72965 I think it's a bit unfair to call this a cop-out. When something no longer makes any business sense, why stick with the model? If they were competing with another tire manufacturer and got their name in the headlines for beating them it might be worth it, but since Max got rid of Michelin, there is no race for them. They seem to be on the ebb-tide of Japanese involvement in F1. It makes total sense. Question is, who will step in? Perhaps a smaller manufacturer? I think it’s a bit unfair to call this a cop-out. When something no longer makes any business sense, why stick with the model? If they were competing with another tire manufacturer and got their name in the headlines for beating them it might be worth it, but since Max got rid of Michelin, there is no race for them. They seem to be on the ebb-tide of Japanese involvement in F1. It makes total sense. Question is, who will step in? Perhaps a smaller manufacturer?

]]> By: Alianora La Canta http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/11/02/bridgestone-to-leave-formula-one-after-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72964 Alianora La Canta Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:05:32 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/?p=7752#comment-72964 Having done some posts on my PDA in the past, I appreciate the difficulties in repurposing machinery primarily designed for different tasks for blogging work. You've done a good job with this article. One-make racing is rarely good for the make involved because the only publicity is when a tyre fails. Nobody thanks the tyre when they've won on it, or wonder out loud what the next development step will be like. So the marketing advantage might not be so great once the inital spike has occurred. Bear in mind that Japan hasn't done too well in any other part of the sport this year, so one would expect interest to have waned a bit over there and thus less local interest in buying Bridgestones. Having done some posts on my PDA in the past, I appreciate the difficulties in repurposing machinery primarily designed for different tasks for blogging work. You’ve done a good job with this article.

One-make racing is rarely good for the make involved because the only publicity is when a tyre fails. Nobody thanks the tyre when they’ve won on it, or wonder out loud what the next development step will be like. So the marketing advantage might not be so great once the inital spike has occurred. Bear in mind that Japan hasn’t done too well in any other part of the sport this year, so one would expect interest to have waned a bit over there and thus less local interest in buying Bridgestones.

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