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Bridgestone: “slick tires to be tested again in April” 

Bridgestone Motorsport, Formula One’s Official tire supplier, revealed today that teams will have once again the chance to test experimental sets of slick tires in April at Circuit de Catalunya, when the next test session is scheduled to resume. Bridgestone’s Technical Manager, Tetsuro Kobayashi, said: “We are looking to a possible bigger regulation change for next season, and that is why we will be evaluating our latest slick development tire when we next test in April”. Kobayashi revealed also that this year’s tires have been modified only slightly if compared to 2007. “We have modified the super soft compound, but this will not be seen in use until later in the year. The other compounds, the hard, medium and soft, are the same as last year”, he said.