Building a special coffee table...suggestions

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Its no ordinary base though, its a formula 1 tire used in testing that my dad got me for my birthday several years ago.

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

And, by the way, recent F1 tires are made by Bridgestone, or previously, Michelin. It's been a while since Goodyear made tires for F1 cars themselves—maybe it's another racing series that you're thinking of? In fact, Goodyear makes tires called F1, but they aren't F1 tires!

It is common practice for all racing series to "test" tires from other manufacturers in an effort to keep their sport competitive. It wouldn't be a bit surprising to have Goodyear submit tires for these types of tests to the F1 series.