(GMM) Up to five Michelin shod F1 teams may be contemplating a switch to rival tyre supplier Bridgestone.
A Bridgestone spokeswoman was quoted in The Australian newspaper as casting doubt on the candour of a Michelin statement proposing a 'better balance' between the tyre foes.
''The facts are that we have been approached by five non-Bridgestone teams,'' she said.
''If we do secure further teams it will be on the basis of mutually agreeable commercial terms.''
The five teams, in order of likelihood, are almost certainly Red Bull, Williams, Toyota, BAR-Honda and Renault.
Any Michelin exodus should not be interpreted as a reprisal after the Indy fiasco, but rather most teams' desire for a single-tyre situation in Formula One.
Michelin is vehemently opposed to the idea.
Written: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:29:31
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