The Latest Breaking News from Bridgestone

After qualifying for last week’s Golden Week classic, there would have been short odds on a Honda victory, with NSX-GT crews starting first and third. Without a power steering issue for the #8 ARTA car, it might have been three Bridgestone Honda squads starting ahead of the #36 TOM’S Toyota…

On March 12, Hankook's No. 2 plant in Daejeon, located 150km outside the South Korean capital of Seoul, was almost completely destroyed in the blaze. According to the Korea Economic Daily, 11 were injured in the fire, while 400,000 stored tyres were burned.

Impul Nissan duo Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine came home seventh on the road in a race interrupted and ultimately cut short by three red flags, but were later promoted to sixth when the #16 ARTA Honda was hit with a penalty.

The company is testing tires comprised of 75 percent recycled and renewable bits including plastic, steel, and natural rubber.

Special Potenzas and Blizzaks were developed specifically for the 1,000-horsepower hybrid hypercar.

After two seasons as a ‘super-sub’ in the Honda Super Formula stable, 2022 was supposed to mark the year that Sasahara became part of the furniture at the Sakura brand. Handed the chance to join Tomoki Nojiri at Team Mugen, Sasahara finally had the platform he had so desperately craved…

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The French tyre firm, which supplies just the two NISMO-run Nissan Zs in the 15-car GT500 field, revealed a new specification of wet tyre for the 2022 season designed to maximise performance in mixed conditions.

The #14 Rookie Racing Toyota concluded the final official test with the fastest time of 1m39.293s, set by the returning Kenta Yamashita during a phase of slightly lighter rain during the two-hour afternoon session.

Mitsunori Takaboshi set the day's benchmark time of 1m36.400s aboard the #3 NDDP Racing-branded Nissan Z he shares with Katsumasa Chiyo in the two-hour afternoon session, when conditions were at their best.

Pirelli has been the sole provider of tyres to the series since 2011. This followed on from a one-make deal with Bridgestone, which also featured alongside Michelin in the last tyre war that ran through the mid-2000s.