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Bridgestone is the sole provider of tyres to F1, MotoGP, GP2 and IndyCar.http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/MotoGP+heads+to+the+Italian+Riviera.htmThe weekend after the Indianapolis Grand Prix, MotoGP action continues in San Marino at the Misano World Circuit which presents Bridgestone with a totally different type of challenge than was faced in North America.MotoGP:Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Pedrosa+shines+in+scorching+Indianapolis.htmStarting from fifth position, Dani Pedrosa stormed to a decisive victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix today to record his third win of the season.MotoGP:Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/GP2/News/Maldonado+and+Perez+take+wins+in+Belgium.htmPastor Maldonado (Rapax) and Sergio Perez (Barwa Addax Team) both claimed victories at Spa Francorchamps on Bridgestone’s medium compound dry tyre. Maldonado took his sixth consecutive feature race win.GP2:Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Hamilton_wins_2010_Belgian_Grand_Prix.htmVodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling mixed weather Belgian Grand Prix by using a soft – hard – intermediate tyre strategy at Spa.Formula 1:Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Spies+secures+first+MotoGP+pole+position+at+Indy.htmBen Spies scored his career first MotoGP pole, and his first on Bridgestone tyres, with a stunning lap in the closing stages of the hour-long qualifying session for the Indianapolis Grand Prix. TheMotoGP:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Webber_takes_Belgian_GP_pole_position.htmRed Bull Racing’s Mark Webber powered to his fifth pole of the season using Bridgestone’s soft Potenza tyre in mixed conditions at Spa. Webber set his 1m 45.778secs lap time shortly before rain started to fall during the Q3 qualifying session. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the second fastest time, late in the session despite rainfall on sections of the track.Formula 1:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Stoner+leads+the+way+in+opening+Indy+practice.htmDucati Team’s Casey Stoner leads the way in Indianapolis after the first practice session of the weekend, setting the fastest lap by a margin of 0.2secondsMotoGP:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Alonso_quickest_in_Belgian_friday_practice.htmBridgestone’s soft tyre took Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s Fernando Alonso to the fastest time of the day amidst typically mixed weather conditions at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.Formula 1:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/MotoGP+returns+to+the+Brickyard.htmThe Brickyard plays host to the second American grand prix of the season as MotoGP travels to Indianapolis, five weeks after the last North American visit to Laguna Seca.MotoGP:Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/IndyCar/News/Power_wins_at_Sonoma.htmWill Power (Team Penske) won the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway on Sunday 22 August, at the track from which he was airlifted a year ago after breaking his back in a crash in practice.IndyCar:Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Spa_Francorchamps_set_to_host_Formula_One_round_13.htmBridgestone takes to the hills of the Ardennes with the hard and soft Potenza tyres for the thirteenth round of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix on August 27-29. The challenging 7.004 km rollercoaster that is the Spa Francorchamps circuit presents cars and drivers with a severe test. It’s the longest race lap of the season, and Bridgestone’s tyres will be put through extreme forces over the course of a lap.Formula 1:Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Interview_with_Hirohide_Hamashima.htmKnown around the world as Bridgestone’s motorsport tyre expert, Director of Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Hirohide Hamashima has been an employee of Bridgestone his entire working life. After studying polymer physics at university, Hamashima joined Bridgestone Corporation in 1977, moving to the passenger car tyre development programme in 1980. In 1981, he moved to the UK as the Technical Manager for motorsports, as part of a very small team taking the Bridgestone brand into competition.Formula 1:Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/GP2/News/Spa_Franchorchamps_host_round_eight_of_GP2_Series.htmWith just three rounds remaining in the 2010 GP2 Series, Spa Francorchamps will provide the next instalment of GP2 action on 27-29 August, this time on Bridgestone’s medium specification slick.GP2:Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Czech+Republic+Grand+Prix+and+test+debrief.htmThe Czech Republic Grand Prix was the first after MotoGP’s summer break, and was won by championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, from Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. Conditions throughout the weekend were unpredictable and Friday and Saturday practice and Sunday’s warm-up were all affected by rain. This meant reduced dry running time for the teams ahead of what was a dry race, and the track conditions were also affected by the downpours. The event was followed by a one-day Official Test on Monday 16 August, during which Bridgestone continued testing with developmental front slick tyres.MotoGP:Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Lorenzo+takes+seventh+win+of+the+season+in+Brno.htmAfter a damp warm-up session in the morning the Czech Republic Grand Prix, during which it was only the second time this season that Bridgestone’s wet tyres have been used, the forecast rain stayed away and made for a dry race at the Automotodrom Brno circuit.MotoGP:Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Pedrosa+clinches+pole+in+Brno+softer+rear+slick+proves+race+distance+durability.htmDani Pedrosa will start tomorrow’s Czech Republic Grand Prix from the front having secured his third pole position of the season, and his sixth ever on Bridgestone tyres, in a thrilling end to the hour-long qualifying session.MotoGP:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/From_Japan_to_Russia_with_love.htmJuly was a busy month for Bridgestone Motorsport. It started with a round of the MotoGP World Championship in Catalunya, where Bridgestone was delighted to be joined by numerous tyre dealers who had the opportunity to watch the Bridgestone equipped riders dice it out wheel-to-wheel on track, soak up the atmosphere of the fascinating MotoGP paddock and enjoy specially arranged pit box visits. For Bridgestone, race weekends like these are the perfect opportunity to maintain and develop its relations with the people who really are at the front line of its business of selling tyres.Formula 1:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Lorenzo+leads+the+way+in+opening+practice+at+Brno.htmFiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo continued his strong form during the first hour-long free practice session at Brno, setting the fastest time by more than half a second.MotoGP:Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone_Eco_Rally.htmThe demands on a Formula One driver’s time on and between race weekends are more significant than perhaps we all realise but, for Bridgestone, the opportunities the Company gets to work with the drivers away from the race tracks are as valuable as ever.Formula 1:Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/MotoGP+returns+to+full+speed+at+Brno.htmMotorcycle Grand Prix racing recommences in the Czech Republic after the summer break as MotoGP heads to the Automotodrom Brno circuit, located 200km south west of Prague.MotoGP:Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/IndyCar/News/Franchitti_reaches_25_career_wins_in_Mid-Ohio.htmDario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) took the chequered flag by 0.5234 of a second from Will Power (Team Penske) to win the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Sunday 8 August, it was Franchitti’s second win of the 2010 IndyCar Championship.IndyCar:Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/FormulaNippon_SuperGT/News/Duval+wins+Formula+Nippon+round+four+at+Twin+Ring+Motegi.htmThe fourth round of the Formula Nippon Championship took place at the Twin Ring Motegi on Sunday 8 August. Docomo Team Dandelion Racing driver and 2009 series champion, Loic Duval, started from second on the grid but clinched the lead to claim his first win of the 2010 season.F-Nippon / Super GT:Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT