Michelin have made a bid to supply tyres to Formula One from 2017, providing the sport agrees to them being bigger and longer-lasting.
The Honda-powered team reached an agreement with Bridgestone to end their partnership.
The FIA confirmed it had written to teams using Michelin tyres outlining new rules for measuring tread width at the September 14 Italian Grand Prix.
Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn said they contacted FIA after receiving photographic evidence at the Hungarian Grand Prix.\n\n\n\n
Apollo Tyres on Monday decided to offer 14.9 per cent stake to Michelin for Rs 129 crore (Rs 1.29 billion) and to set up a joint venture, which would be 51 per cent owned by the French firm, while the former would have 49 per cent holding.
With the 51:49 joint venture Michelin Apollo Tyres failing to take off, the France-based Michelin, the world's second largest tyremaker, is planning to set up its own truck and bus radial manufacturing facility in Ranjangaon, Pune.
France-based tyre manufacturer Michelin Group on Monday signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu government for setting up a Rs 4,000-crore (Rs 40 billion) manufacturing facility in Tiruvallur district near Chennai.
Michelin do not foresee being driven out by Formula One's governing body after their U.S. Grand Prix tyre problems.
Aprilia did not say if Martin would be fit for the test in Thailand next week or the season-opening Grand Prix at Thailand's Chang International Circuit from Feb. 28.
International Engineering network n+i and Michelin Tyres announce full sponsorships for postgraduate studies to Indian students going to French engineering colleges.
Formula One's governing body poured scorn on Michelin after the French tyre company criticised plans to move to a single supplier in 2008.
Apollo Tyres has convened an extraordinary general meeting on December 15 at Kochi to seek approval for technical alliance with Michelin group of France to manufacture dual-branded radial truck and bus tyres.
Michelin's possible return to Formula One comes seven years after it withdrew from the competition, and comes after rival Pirelli has been dogged by tyre blowouts this year.
When it comes to the replacement of old tyres with new ones, car owners are in a catch-22 situation, wondering about the tyre brand, price and most importantly, tyre warranty.
"In the next ten years, I would expect that we should be recognised as one of the leaders in the truck tyre market in India," Michelin President (Africa-India-Middle East) Prashant Prabhu said.
The tyre company could pull out at the end of next year if the governing body presses ahead with plans for a sole supplier.
From the 30-share pack, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Nestle India, Asian Paints, ITC, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and State Bank of India were among the laggards. Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, HDFC Bank, Adani Ports, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel and PowerGrid were among the gainers.
Michelin will quit at the end of next year because of the governing body's decision to move to a single tyre supplier from 2008.
Only six cars started after seven teams boycotted the race because of safety concerns.
Apollo Tyres' $100 million project in joint venture with Michelin would begin production from early 2006, its chairman and managing director Onkar S Kanwar on Tuesday said.
Culinary Culture, which is spearheading the venture, will bring globally-ranked chefs to India as well as take local chefs abroad so they can work at world-ranked eateries.
Ralf Schumacher eclipsed his older brother Michael in Friday's first qualifying at the German Grand Prix.\n\n
Global tyre major Michelin said it may consider making passenger car tyres and set up a new plant in India after 2015 if the market demand then is good enough to sustain a large plant.
Formula One's move to a single tyre supplier has hit champions Renault hardest, team boss Flavio Briatore said after Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
The shareholding of Apollo Tyres Limited promoter Onkar S Kanwar will come down by 6.54 per cent to 37.33 per cent after preferential allotment of 14.90 per cent of the company's existing shares to French Tyre major Michelin Group.
With television images broadcast around the world showing bucking cars scraping along on rear left wheel rims stripped of rubber, the drivers wrestling to keep them on the road, the sport breathed a sigh of relief that the British Grand Prix had ended safely.
Italy's Pirelli has been appointed as the single tyre supplier for the Formula One world championship for three years starting in 2011, the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) said on Wednesday.
The Japanese company has been selected as Formula One's sole tyre supplier until the end of 2010.
FIA has invited tyre makers to tender for the right to become the sport's sole supplier for three years from 2008
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