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Bridgestone is to introduce a white painted groove as its new tyre marking system for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, the Japanese firm has confirmed.
Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier trialled various new ways of visually distinguishing the softer ‘option’ tyre from the harder compound at last week’s Sepang test, after the small white circle used in Australia proved unpopular.
Bridgestone has now been given the go-ahead to use the solution that it tested on Takuma Sato’s Super Aguri last Wednesday, whereby the second inside groove is painted white.
“We have found a better solution by marking the bottom of the second from inside tyre groove white,” said Bridgestone’s head of track engineering operations Kees van de Grint.
“This has received a positive response from teams and onlookers at the test.
“It is time-consuming to apply to the tyres but is clearly visible on track.”
Source = ITV F1
