Looking at the big picture to take on Michelin
Mike Gascoyne has admitted that the new agreement between Bridgestone teams could be threatened by the start of the 2006 season.
In the winter test period so far, the pact - which sees Toyota, Ferrari, Williams, MF1 and Super Aguri pool and share their tyre data - has run smoothly.
But when the fire of competition kicks off in Bahrain next month, the more competitive teams might be less eager to keep sharing their crucial data with rivals.
"I hope the agreement is kept," Gascoyne, Technical Director at Toyota, said, "because it is helpful. "Okay, sometimes you might find something yourself and someone else profits from it, but we have to see the bigger picture which is that we all get a better tyre."

Gascoyne says the new agreement, distinct from Ferrari and Bridgestone`s previously near-exclusive collaboration, is already working well.

"I think they realised that they were shooting themselves in the foot by focusing on one team," he explained. "Ferrari and Bridgestone realised that they needed more data."

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