As sole supplier again after six years of competition, our major concern was now to ensure fairness and impartiality. Accordingly, we decided to supply a new tyre design that was clearly different to the one used the previous year. This was in order to eliminate any advantage for teams that had used Bridgestone tyres the previous season. The new tyres had the same size, but less grip, and this caused the handling to tend toward oversteer. This year's new regulations meant that drivers must use two specifications of tyre during the race, and the teams were requested to construct cars that could be set up to match both specifications. The result was an exciting season, with a close fight to the finish between teams now all using the same make of tyre. Hamashima looks back with considerable pride on the tyres we provided this year. "If we had continued to supply the same tyres as the previous year, then that would surely have given an advantage to Ferrari, Williams and Toyota. By not doing so, we gave the fans a season that kept them on the edge of their seats until the final race. I think we can be rather proud of this."
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Car: MP4-22 Engine: Mercedes FO108T(V8) Drivers: Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton |
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Red Bull Racing Car: RB3 Engine: Renault RS27(V8) Drivers: David Coulthard, Mark Webber |
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ING Renault F1 Team Car: R27 Engine: Renault RS27(V8) Drivers: Giancarlo Fisichella, Heikki Kovalainen |
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AT&T Williams Car: FW29 Engine: Toyota RVX-07(V8) Drivers: Nico Rosberg, Alexander Wurz, Kazuki Nakajima |
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Scuderia Ferrari Car: F2007 Engine: Ferrari Tipo056(V8) Drivers: Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen |
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Scuderia Toro Rosso Car: STR2 Engine: Ferrari Tipo056(V8) Drivers: Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scott Speed, Sebastian Vettel |
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Honda Racing F1 Team Car: RA107 Engine: Honda RA807E(V8) Drivers: Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello |
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Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team Car: F8-VII Engine: Ferrari Tipo056(V8) Drivers: Adrian Sutil, Christijan Albers, Markus Winkelhock, Sakon Yamamoto |
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BMW Sauber F1 Team Car: F1.07 Engine: BMW P86/7(V8) Drivers: Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica, Sebastian Vettel |
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Super Aguri F1 Team Car: SA07 Engine: Honda RA807E(V8) Drivers: Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson |
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Panasonic Toyota Racing Car: TF107 Engine: Toyota RVX-07(V8) Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli |