There are many challenges Bridgestone will face in order to replace Pirelli as F1's sole tyre supplier. Here's a closer look at what the Japanese manufacturer needs to overcome to return to the championship.
Bridgestone, which has been absent from F1 for 15 years, passed the technical vetting undertaken by the FIA, and has been deemed qualified to be the F1 tyre supplier following the initial tender phase.
The teams have no say in the matter other than airing their views through informal conversations they may have had with F1 boss Stefano Domenicali or the FIA. The last invitation to tender was launched back in 2018, to cover 2020-'23, and Pirelli successfully fended off a bid from Hankook. There's no doubting Bridgestone's credentials, and many in the paddock have first-hand experience of working with the company – not least Domenicali himself, who was a key player atPhoto by: Sutton Images
The big complication is that in 2026, the second year of the upcoming contract, the technical rules will change dramatically and thus so will what is required from the tyres. However, those test days are few and far between, and only available from next season. Bridgestone will need a lot more track time for its own private testing, and it has to start this year, probably within weeks of the tender decision being made.
"It was super complicated," recalls Pirelli's Mario Isola."In the second year the Toyota was no more available, they were also running out of parts. And obviously, we had to find a car that was in the championship. It also went to great lengths to stress that the majority of the data was handled not by Lotus, but passed directly to Pirelli via an independent infra-red system run by a German company called Rennwerk set up by former Toyota employees.
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