Bridgestone Corporation announced that, as the official tire supplier of the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it will supply MAKE CARS GREEN TYRES to all teams at every race this season. Through this initiative, Bridgestone Corporation aims to further spread the message of the MAKE CARS GREEN environmental campaign. Since last year Bridgestone Corporation has been promoting the campaign globally with Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.

This season, Bridgestone will supply the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with two types of dry tires with different compounds (rubber hardness) and two types of wet tires with different tread depths. In order to differentiate the tires within the two categories of tire, the softer dry tire and the heavy-rain-use (extreme wet weather) tire will be indicated in green lines.

Last year, Bridgestone used white lines to differentiate tires. Bridgestone supplied MAKE CARS GREEN TYRES to the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix, which provided a good way of informing the legions of F1 fans around the world about the MAKE CARS GREEN campaign. This year, we will be delighted if the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, through its global audience, helps popularize the circles of greener motoring internationally.

Green lines are on side of dry tires, and the center tread of extreme wet weather tires.

Amid growing worldwide concern with environmental protection, the Bridgestone Group has established a Fundamental Environmental Statement with the slogan, “To provide a safe environment for all our children and the children of future generations.” Guided by that philosophy, we are advancing a wide variety of environmental management initiatives that reflect the broadening of our business area.

The MAKE CARS GREEN environmental campaign aims to reduce the effect of cars on the environment by informing drivers using cars in an earth-friendly way. In partnership with automobile associations in countries worldwide, Bridgestone Corporation and the Bridgestone Group are calling on drivers to observe the “10 points for greener motoring.”