"The only problem here was the lack of performance in qualifying," said> Hamashima. "After that the pace was good for Michael until the > retirement."

Bridgestone have stepped into the ongoing dispute between Ferrari and> their rival teams over testing limitations by claiming that their> current form is suffering because they cannot test enough.>

Although Ferrari are the only team not limited to the current 30-day> ceiling agreed between the nine other teams, the outfit's tyre> supplier Bridgestone are adamant that they are still at a> disadvantage compared to Michelin.>

Bridgestone's head of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima> claims that the number of teams that Michelin can call upon to test,> even with each outfit limited to a 30-day limit, has handed the French> tyre manufacturer a huge advantage in terms of data.>

From Autosport:-> <snip>> When asked why there appears to have been a dramatic turnaround in form > between Michelin and Bridgestone this year compared to last season, > Hamashima told Gazzetta dello Sport: "The explanation is simple: we > don't test enough.>

"They say Ferrari test more than anyone but last winter, when we had > only one car at our disposal, there were teams lining up three of them. > And besides, our rivals can count on several top teams, so they can > improve much faster.

Shouldn't they be trying to sign up additional top teams then? Oh> wait; they used to supply several top teams, and the others left> because the product wasn't good enough for them.

So, whose fault is> that?

The reason being they were developing a product specifically for the Ferrari > not the other teams.

From Autosport:->

Bridgestone have stepped into the ongoing dispute between Ferrari and > their rival teams over testing limitations by claiming that their > current form is suffering because they cannot test enough.>

Although Ferrari are the only team not limited to the current 30-day > ceiling agreed between the nine other teams, the outfit's tyre supplier > Bridgestone are adamant that they are still at a disadvantage compared > to Michelin.>

Bridgestone's head of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima > claims that the number of teams that Michelin can call upon to test, > even with each outfit limited to a 30-day limit, has handed the French > tyre manufacturer a huge advantage in terms of data.>

When asked why there appears to have been a dramatic turnaround in form > between Michelin and Bridgestone this year compared to last season, > Hamashima told Gazzetta dello Sport: "The explanation is simple: we > don't test enough.>

"They say Ferrari test more than anyone but last winter, when we had > only one car at our disposal, there were teams lining up three of them. > And besides, our rivals can count on several top teams, so they can > improve much faster.>

"This is particularly decisive this year, with these new regulations. > This is why we pushed for an agreement which limited testing in terms of > kilometres rather than days.">

Ferrari did propose a testing limitation to the other teams that > involved setting a maximum amount of kilometers that each tyre > manufacturer could test for.>

Rival teams rejected that because the distance would have had to be > shared out by the Michelin teams, whereas Ferrari would have been able > to conduct most of that work alone for Bridgestone.>

Despite the problems that Ferrari are suffering, however, Hamashima > believes that the only area where the team are weak is in their single > lap pace В which has hindered Schumacher's chances of decent grid > positions.>

"The only problem here was the lack of performance in qualifying," said > Hamashima. "After that the pace was good for Michael until the retirement.">

But if Bridgestone hadn't dicided to make tyres just for Ferrari other > teams would not have left for Michelin so this is Bridgestones own fault.

From Autosport:->

Bridgestone have stepped into the ongoing dispute between Ferrari and > their rival teams over testing limitations by claiming that their current > form is suffering because they cannot test enough.

Emma wrote:> > From Autosport:-> >

What exactly is stopping them.

I kinda reminds one of the old story of the kid who kills his parents> and then called on the court for compassion because he is an orphan.> ­

The fact they only have 1 top team to test for them, perhaps?

"Bigbird" <BigBird.usenet@REM­THSgmail.com> wrote in message> news:VLCdnSfBmpGDze­LfRVnytg@pipex.net..­.>>

The fact they only have 1 top team to test for them, perhaps?

The reason being they were developing a product specifically for the > Ferrari not the other teams.

neutron wrote:> > "Bigbird" <BigBird.usenet@REM­THSgmail.com> wrote in message> > news:VLCdnSfBmpGDze­LfRVnytg@pipex.net..­.> > >

That was their choice. Jordan and Minardi are both top ten teams and very> capable of providing data.>

"neutron" <neutron(not real)@a.b.c.co.uk> wrote in message> news:d5o0pu$t50$1@n­wrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.i­bs-infra.bt.com...> >

And who's fault is that? Bridgestone taught all their customers last year> where their loyalty lied.>

Not really. Ferrari was the only top team Bridgestone had last year. The> teams that changed did so because they knew Michelin had an advantage.

When asked why there appears to have been a dramatic turnaround in form >between Michelin and Bridgestone this year compared to last season, >Hamashima told Gazzetta dello Sport: "The explanation is simple: we >don't test enough.>

From Autosport:->

Bridgestone have stepped into the ongoing dispute between Ferrari and> their rival teams over testing limitations by claiming that their> current form is suffering because they cannot test enough.>

Although Ferrari are the only team not limited to the current 30-day> ceiling agreed between the nine other teams, the outfit's tyre> supplier Bridgestone are adamant that they are still at a> disadvantage compared to Michelin.>

Bridgestone's head of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima> claims that the number of teams that Michelin can call upon to test,> even with each outfit limited to a 30-day limit, has handed the French> tyre manufacturer a huge advantage in terms of data.

That was their choice. Jordan and Minardi are both top ten teams and very >capable of providing data.

On Mon, 9 May 2005 17:24:13 +0100, "Bigbird"><BigBird.­usenet@REMTHSgmail.c­om> wrote:>>neutron wrote:>>> "Bigbird" <BigBird.usenet@REM­THSgmail.com> wrote in message>>> news:VLCdnSfBmpGDze­LfRVnytg@pipex.net..­.>>> > Emma wrote:>>> > > From Autosport:->>> > > Bridgestone have stepped into the ongoing dispute between Ferrari>>> > > and their rival teams over testing limitations by claiming that>>> > > their current form is suffering because they cannot test enough.>>> > >

Huh?>

They cant afford to test as much as the top top teams

and their cars> are slower so do not put the same pressures on the tyres.

But if Bridgestone hadn't decided to make tyres just for Ferrari other> teams would not have left for Michelin so this is Bridgestones own> fault.

I really hope that's apocryphal!

So last year when Bridgestone had the best tyre by far, the> explanation was difficult ?

Ped Xing wrote:> > "Michael Burke" <mburke@removeme.co­rdovabay.com> wrote in> > news:5TKfe.1293527$­6l.1115361@pd7tw2no:­> >

Probably Lizzie Borden. She was acquitted - and may well have been > innocent.

Lizzie Borden took an axe> and gave her mother forty whacks> when she saw what she had done> she gave her father forty-one...