<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Bridgestone Motorsport</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com</link><copyright>© Bridgestone Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><description>The latest news, inside stories and results from Formula 1, GP2, Moto GP, Indy Racing League, Champ Car, Formula Nippon, Super GT and other championships.</description><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport’s Turkish Grand Prix report</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport’s+Turkish+Grand+Prix+report.htm</link><description>Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) has taken his third consecutive Turkish Grand Prix victory after using a medium-medium-hard tyre strategy at Istanbul Park for the fifth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport’s GP2 Series Report</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport’s+GP2+Series+Report.htm</link><description>Giorgio Pantano (Racing Engineering) and Romain Grosjean (ART Grand Prix) both took race wins in the second round of the Bridgestone-supported GP2 Series at the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport’s Saturday Update</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport’s+Saturday+Update.htm</link><description>Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) has set pole position on Bridgestone’s medium compound Potenza at the Istanbul Park Circuit for the fifth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix. This was Massa’s third consecutive Turkish pole position.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport’s Friday Update</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport’s+Friday+Update.htm</link><description>Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) set the marker on the opening day of running for the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix by using Bridgestone’s hard compound Potenza tyre to set the day’s fastest lap time at the 5.34 km Istanbul Park Circuit for the fifth round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hiroshi Yasukawa Director Bridgestone Motorsport discusses the 2008 Bridgestone Motorsport season</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/Features/Hiroshi+Yasukawa+Director+Bridgestone+Motorsport+discusses+the+2008+Bridgestone+Motorsport+season.htm</link><description>2008 is looking to be another very exciting season for Bridgestone Motorsport with our activities at all levels of motorsport around the world.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rossi Takes Maiden Bridgestone Win In China</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Rossi+Takes+Maiden+Bridgestone+Win+In+China.htm</link><description>Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi took a triumphant victory at the Shanghai International Circuit in China this afternoon to secure his first ever MotoGP victory using Bridgestone tyres.</description><category>MotoGP</category><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rossi and Stoner On Shanghai Front Row</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Rossi+and+Stoner+On+Shanghai+Front+Row.htm</link><description>Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi and Ducati Corse’s Casey Stoner used Bridgestone’s latest generation rear qualifying tyres to score competitive front row results in this afternoon’s qualifying practice at the Shanghai International Circuit. Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards took pole position.</description><category>MotoGP</category><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strong start for Bridgestone riders in Shanghai</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Strong+start+for+Bridgestone+riders+in+Shanghai.htm</link><description>All six teams using Bridgestone tyres performed strongly in today’s opening two practice rounds at the Shanghai International Circuit, in preparation for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.</description><category>MotoGP</category><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interview with Lucas di Grassi</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/GP2/Features/Interview+with+Lucas+di+Grassi.htm</link><description>The Bridgestone-supported GP2 Series heads to one of the toughest challenges on the calendar for the second round of the season held at the Istanbul Park Circuit alongside the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix.  Last  season,  Brazilian  driver  Lucas  di  Grassi  won  his  first  GP2  Series  race  in  Istanbul,  and the ART driver went on to finish second in the drivers’ championship standings. Now a test driver for the ING Renault F1 Team, di Grassi gives his wisdom ahead of this year’s Turkish races.</description><category>GP2</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport Istanbul GP2 Series Preview</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/GP2/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport+Istanbul+GP2+Series+Preview.htm</link><description>The Bridgestone-supported GP2 Series heads to Turkey for its second round, where two races on Bridgestone’s hard compound GP2 slick racing Potenza will be played out on the challenging and diverse Istanbul circuit, scene of the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix on 9-11 May.</description><category>GP2</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridgestone Motorsport Turkish Grand Prix Preview</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/News/Bridgestone+Motorsport+Turkish+Grand+Prix+Preview.htm</link><description>Formula One heads to Turkey for the fifth round of the season where Bridgestone’s hard and medium compound Potenza tyres will face the tricky turn eight, as well as the rest of the difficult-to-master 5.34 km Hermann Tilke designed track, for the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix on 9-11 May.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aspiring journalist Gavin Grace reports on the GP2 Series in Barcelona</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/GP2/News/Aspiring+journalist+Gavin+Grace+reports+on+the+GP2+Series+in+Barcelona.htm</link><description>Bridgestone, exclusive tyre supplier to the GP2 Series, took all nine finalists of the 2008 Bridgestone e-reporter young journalists’ competition to Barcelona to be part of the official GP2 Series launch event (on 24 April) ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. In 2008, the Bridgestone e-reporter contest celebrates its fifth anniversary and Gavin Grace, from County Galway in Ireland, was recently announced as one of the finalists in this pan-European contest, for students aged 18-30.</description><category>GP2</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From grooves to slicks</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/Formula1/Features/From+grooves+to+slicks.htm</link><description>Formula One cars will line up on the grid for the Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix with Bridgestone Potenza grooved racing tyres on them, but for next year’s race the tyres could be very different.</description><category>Formula 1</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aiming To Get China In Hand</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/MotoGP/News/Aiming+To+Get+China+In+Hand.htm</link><description>After a brief break, MotoGP gets back on track with the Chinese Grand Prix at the state-of-the-art Shanghai International Circuit this weekend.</description><category>MotoGP</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 Race Report</title><link>http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/en-gb/Championships/IndyCar/News/Road+Runner+Turbo+Indy+300+Race+Report.htm</link><description>Just seven days after Danica Patrick's historic first IndyCar Series victory in Japan, series veteran Dan Wheldon celebrated a win at the Kansas Speedway on Sunday 27 April, his first since taking the chequered flag at the circuit a year ago.</description><category>IndyCar</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>