Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, said: "Bridgestone Spain is one of the most important subsidiaries of the Bridgestone Group, with over 4,000 employees, so it is good for us to visit Spain for a second time this year. We enjoy high brand awareness and good market share in Spain and this has been assisted by our Formula One activities. Over half of our Spanish tyre production is exported throughout the European Community so this illustrates the importance to us. Valencia was a fantastic addition to the Grand Prix calendar in 2008 and this year we look forward to returning and seeing the 150th race win taken on Bridgestone F1 tyres. This is a momentous occasion and we are very proud to supply Formula One."
Q&A with
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre DevelopmentWhat are the challenges of the Valencia street course? "This is an interesting track. It has the high speed configuration of a permanent circuit, however the track surface gives away that this is only a temporary facility. There are numerous turns, yet there are also many high speed sections and we see speeds of around 300kph five times during the course of a lap. There are low-speed corners too, so some heavy braking does take place. On the slippery surface that accompanies a street course it is difficult to find grip off line."
What did Bridgestone learn in its first visit here last season? "Last year we saw a lot of circuit surface evolution over the weekend and it was very much a learning process for everyone who attended the race. I think that everyone will continue to learn more about this venue when we visit it this season. We also found last year that the infamous gap between the bridge surface and the road surface presented no difficulties for our Formula One tyres. Last year our visit to Valencia was a momentous one as it was here that we celebrated our 200th Grand Prix participation since our entry in 1997."
Here I give a special mention for the beautiful event that Shell has done in a Shopping Valencia ....
Very well thought that counted with the participation of Kimi akhund invited to change tires at Ferrari is such an amazing event that the audience likes ... congratulations to the marketing people at Shell
As Formula One heads back to the streets of Valencia, Shell will be powering and protecting the Ferrari F60s of Luca Badoer and Kimi Räikkönen around the 57 lap race 
Michael Schumacher, Test Driver, Scuderia Ferrari in the garage with Luca Badoer, Test Driver, Scuderia Ferrar
Here we make a special with beautiful photos where you see the Bridgestone tires in particular
Here an engineer at Bridgestone measuring the temperature of the tires because it greatly influences the adhesion of cars .. 
Rubens Barrichello who rides for Brawun GP did a beautiful tribute to Felipe Massa on his helmet. . .. 
The staff of the humor does not let anything and compared the clothes Kimi when rally race with Michael Jakson. . ..
And compared the new Renault driver Romain Grosjean to the character of the series Sioleshow Simpsons ... very cool ... it seems ...
Fernando Alonso that have long become the strong voice of pilots to be intelligent, educated and speak right things and are important for Formula 1 in Valencia and Alonso said that due to global crisis think the value of tickets to watch Formula 1 should lowering the sample is being here in Valencia which showed a much smaller audience than the year passado.Concordo fully with Alonso inglusive already talked several times here at Interlagos SãoPaulo should build more grandstands and charge less but the mayor Kassab not listen to anyone who ... Alonso knows he talking listen congratulation Alonso
