Just days after Stewart had announced that ...

Published on 17 December 1998 by Verstappen Info Page

Just days after Stewart had announced that they would be able to start testing as early as this month the team has been forced to postpone the pre-season test due to a dispute with tyre supplier Bridgestone. Bridgestone has just announced that they will only supply a certain amount of tyres for specific venues. Chief designer Andy le Fleming: "We've made a big effort to get the car out early and now we'll be sitting around for ages without being able to test. We were planning to give it a shake-down test around December 20-21, just after we receive the first 1999 engine from Ford." A meeting between Bridgestone and all teams is planned to take place this week to hopefully end the dispute.