Michelin to return to Formula One?
And that’s not because of some new technology those guys will be introducing next year.
But because at the end of the 2010 F1 season, the sport will have no tire manufacturer to turn to with Bridgestone set to quit at the end of this campaign.
And since Michelin, which was F1’s ”other” tire manufacturer a few years back, is still reluctant to return to the sport, Formula One is scrambling to find a solution before this season is over.
So who’s to blame for this yet another fiasco? Well, the ”powers – that – be” of course.
It was only four years ago when the French manufacturer, Michelin, walked away from the sport after the ”powers – that – be” decided to switch to a single manufacturer, enabling Michelin’s rivals, Bridgestone, to monopolize F1’s tire demands.
Now that Bridgestone is quitting they expect Michelin to just return? Well, at least Michelin is interested in making a return to the sport, provided that they have competition.
”We are interested in it but it must be right, who know what will happen,” a senior Michelin company spokesman said in an interview with Racecar Engineering.
”Certain things have to be done, we must have competition, we do not want to be the only supplier.”
”Also we need to be able to use the the opportunity of competition to improve our tire technology. For example our new Pilot 3 road tires had technology developed for Le Mans in them. We need this from Formula 1.”
”Finally it must have the possibility to improve the greeness, perhaps we would like something like the Green X Challenge in F1 something to help ecology.”
Whew! Michelin sure has more than a few demands to take Formula One’s invitation for a comeback. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how this entire thing plays out.
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