Prime and Option Markings for 2009

[JoshJ81]

How will Bridgestone mark the prime and option tires for 2009?

[imightbewrong]

[modbaraban]

Why not just paint the sidewalls white with black 'bridgestone' logo? This turquoise nonsense won't suit the color scheme of any team

Like this would do too

[Ciro Pabón]

I think that's the idea. I can imagine the whining if they were red or silver...

[modbaraban]

I think that's the idea. I can imagine the whining if they were red or silver...

That's why I thought about white... and btw the traditional black tyres didn't seem to favour Minardi that much

[JoshJ81]

Thanks guys

[mx_tifoso]

I just noticed that the OP has been asking this question in a bunch of different forums...

[ced ampo]

They should color it the way the team will like the color to be.

[Scania]

I like red tire more....

[mx_tifoso]

Official, softer compound to have green bands on edge of sidewall for 2009. Nothing unexpected.

Also...

Hirohide Hamashima:

"The compounds will not only vary in terms of compound hardness, but also working range."

"We have tried to have one tyre which has a quick warm-up and delivers a fast lap time immediately, and the other tyre which has a higher working range, so will not deliver immediate fast times, but gives very consistent and durable performance when it is at its operating temperature."

Compounds for the first five GP's of the 2009 season are as follows:

Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne): Super Soft, Medium
Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang): Soft, Hard
Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai): Super Soft, Medium
Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir): Super Soft, Medium
Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona): Soft, Hard

[nae]

but green means that the rubber is sourced from sustainable forests

and just as grippy

even more contrived this year

why not make the teams have a portion fuel that is 50 % washing up liquid
(that is not the best for the job) that would spice up the racing

or even why not cut the sparks from the ecu from 8 per cycle to a random number
every 10 laps or so

[Ian P.]

I have heard nothing about Tyre Warmers this year....are they in or out..??

The separation between the Hard and Option tyre is now two steps rather than the one from last year. This will make for some really interesting and hokey strategy.
I suspect teams will do a Safety-Car dash-in-out-in-out to minimize the laps on the non-ideal compound. We may also see teams doing a tyre change in the last 5 laps for the short tyre stint.
Unfortunately this is likely to mean all teams will have to two-stop. The one-stop option may disapear if the soft tyre can't be made to last half the distance.
Yes...this is what Max wants, but it isn't going to look good for Bridgstone if one compound is either too hard or too soft. The "hard" compound is likely to be the preferred one since it is showing as "Medium Compound" for most tracks. Same as last year.

Give-up already Max....let the teams pick the tyre they want to run and let em run-it. Think of all the money the teams and Bridgstone would save if they only brought one compound to a track or just enough Soft tyres for qualifying. Let the teams pick the race strategy. This forced mix of compounds is a bad joke and it doesn't improve the competition.

[enkidu]

I have heard nothing about Tyre Warmers this year....are they in or out..??

The separation between the Hard and Option tyre is now two steps rather than the one from last year. This will make for some really interesting and hokey strategy.
I suspect teams will do a Safety-Car dash-in-out-in-out to minimize the laps on the non-ideal compound. We may also see teams doing a tyre change in the last 5 laps for the short tyre stint.
Unfortunately this is likely to mean all teams will have to two-stop. The one-stop option may disapear if the soft tyre can't be made to last half the distance.
Yes...this is what Max wants, but it isn't going to look good for Bridgstone if one compound is either too hard or too soft. The "hard" compound is likely to be the preferred one since it is showing as "Medium Compound" for most tracks. Same as last year.

Give-up already Max....let the teams pick the tyre they want to run and let em run-it. Think of all the money the teams and Bridgstone would save if they only brought one compound to a track or just enough Soft tyres for qualifying. Let the teams pick the race strategy. This forced mix of compounds is a bad joke and it doesn't improve the competition.

I really don't agree with those comments...

I would imagine that you'll see people start with hard tyres up front, soft behind and loads of overtaking. I think this season will be the best yet!

[Scania]

maybe they don't like to look like CCWS

or because F1 not only have 2 type of tires

[freedom_honda]

i prefer the purple marking on the sidewall they did at the beginning of winter testing.