Malaysia Sunday quotes: Bridgestone

Hirohide Hamashima - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development: “This was another hot race for us and another race where our tyre performance was very good. Today was very interesting in terms of tyre wear, especially with the front tyres.

“For cars with better balance the tyre appearance was favourable, however, for those cars without such agreeable balance there was significant graining. With the new surface this circuit shows the balance of the cars very well.

“The track is more severe than before which is why we saw different tyre strategies compared to last year and this suited our tyre compound allocation very well. We saw a range of strategies from different competitors and this made for an interesting strategic race.

“Congratulations to Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari on their successful strategy. They maximised tyre performance today. Also, Robert Kubica and BMW Sauber did very well and got very close to maximising the potential of our tyres.”

23.3.2008   ▪ Formula One    ▪ Bridgestone, Malaysia    ▪ www.autosport.com