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A brace of Korean manufacturers are bidding to replace Bridgestone as the sole tyre-supplier to F1 from 2011 onwards - but if governing body the FIA gets its way, the Japanese company won't leave after all

The results of Bridgestone's investigation into the cause of Dani Pedrosa's damaged front tyre at the Japanese Grand Prix, round two of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, have been announced.

The Kobalt Tools 500 had eleven cautions during its eventual 330-lap duration, but none was more bizarre than that thrown to cover the actions of Jimmy Watts, gas man on the #47 Toyota driven by Marcos Ambrose.

With race wins divided equally between Bridgestone and Michelin during the first four rounds of the 2008 MotoGP World championship, Tohru Ubukata, manager of Motorcycle Race Tyre Development at Bridgestone, believes the tyre war is 'about as even as it could possibly be'.

Bridgestone has confirmed the compound allocations for the first nine rounds of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.