Bridgestone runflats for Ferrari

By Patrick Raleigh, ERJ On-line news editor

Tokyo-Bridgestone Corp. has started supplying its Potenza runflat tyres as a factory option on the newly launched Ferrari 612 Scaglietti-a 12-cylinder, 540-horsepower model with a top speed of almost 200 miles per hour. The new Ferrari is the 11th vehicle model for which Bridgestone has supplied runflat tyres as factory equipment, said a 24 June Bridgestone statement.