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Green grooves for Fuji

Postby MWISimmer » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:47 pm

Bridgestone have decided that the grooves will be coloured green for the Fuji GP, a marketing ploy to show their "green" credentials.
One small problem, the green grooves stay when the tyres are the softer compound.. which makes the white groove VERY difficult to distinguish.

Or do I need an eye test?

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Re: Green grooves for Fuji

Postby Craig. » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:01 pm

I dont understand why they wasted so much time on this, as you said try to distinguish the soft tyre and its hard to, especially if your colour blind. Why not just paint the softs, would have saved on paint and still got the point across.
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Re: Green grooves for Fuji

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:32 pm

OH THANK GOD!!! I thought we would never find the solution to global warming! ;D  Creds to Bridgestone and the FIA (now known as "Fix It All").  These guys are just freakin' geniouses!

Now that global warming is under control, I guess I can FINALLY go start that oil/tyre fire that I've been putting off ;D
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Re: Green grooves for Fuji

Postby expat » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:58 am

[quote]OH THANK GOD!!! I thought we would never find the solution to global warming! ;D
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Re: Green grooves for Fuji

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:36 am

the next new solution is to color the fuel green and make exaust flames green by adding copper
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