Jenson Button says hello to Bridgestone website visitors

Brawn GP Team Principal Ross Brawn and current Formula One World Championship leader Jenson Button took time out of their busy schedules this week to make a pit stop at Bridgestones Technical Centre, Tokyo to meet, greet and motivate factory staff and tyre engineers.

The Technical Centre, which was expanded in November 2000, is located on Bridgestones 601,000m² Tokyo Plant site. The site is Bridgestones primary production facility in East Japan, producing not only Formula One tyres but also passenger car, truck and bus tyres, as well as aircraft tyres.

On arrival at the facilities, Ross and Jenson were greeted by the Bridgestone Technical Centre management team and given a brief overview about the site and its production capabilities. Next on the agenda was a photo and autograph signing session with the team responsible for Formula One tyre production, before moving on to the centres auditorium for a question and answer session in front of approximately 300 excited staff members.

The day ended with a visit to the Bridgestone Today corporate museum, which showcases a range of Bridgestones rubber, tyres and other diversified products. Both Ross and Jenson were given a guided tour of the site where they learnt about Bridgestones corporate history, saw the worlds largest and smallest tyres and tried out some of the practical demonstration models. Jenson also took the time to send a special hello message to www.bridgestonemotorsport.com visitors!

Jenson Button Brawn GP team driver, says
It was fascinating to visit the Bridgestone Technical Centre in Tokyo on Wednesday and see what goes on behind the scenes. We were so warmly welcomed by the staff and it was a pleasure to meet some of the people who work so hard to design and produce our Formula One tyres. The Bridgestone Today museum was really interesting with everything from historic F1 tyres to seismic isolators for buildings and a rubber fin for a dolphin!

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