Formula Toyota

Bridgestone the one-make tyre supplier to Formula Toyota for 15 years

Formula Toyota is the series which gave many drivers who stepped up from karting their first experience of car racing and Bridgestone was the one-make tyre supplier to Formula Toyota for 15 years.

In 2002 there was a change to a new chassis while the dry tyre in the same year and the wet tyre in 2003 were changed over from bias-ply to radial.

The aim was to acquaint drivers hoping to progress to F3 and beyond with the characteristics of the radial tyres used in those categories at an earlier stage. The 11-round championship in 2005 was won by Kazuya Oshima who saw off the challenge of Tsubasa Abe whose victory in the final race at the Fuji Speedway left him just six points adrift of his rival.

Bridgestone commit to supply the Formula Toyota series

Bridgestone committed themselves to be the one-make tyre supplier to the Formula Toyota series for 2007 and beyond. Many promising young drivers competed in this category as training for the step up to Formula 3, and as a gateway to the pinnacle of racing in Formula 1. In 2006, Yuhi Sekiguchi took the Formula Toyota title, earning himself a position in the All Japan Formula 3 series in 2007.

Seven races were fiercely battled for the 2007 Formula Toyota season title. Kei Cozzolino clinched the title after coming from behind to win consecutively from the fifth through to the final round. The Formula Toyota Series unfortunately did not continue into 2008.

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Bridgestone the one-make tyre supplier to Formula Toyota for 15 years

Bridgestone commit to supply the Formula Toyota series

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