Hirohide Hamashima | |
|---|---|
 Hamashima at the2008 Japanese Grand Prix. | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Title | Head of theScuderia Ferrari F1 Team Tyre Development |
Hirohide Hamashima (浜島 裕英,Hirohide Hamashima, born 1952 inTokyo), also known asHammy, is the former director of theScuderia Ferrari F1 Team Tyre Development. He previously worked forBridgestone as the director of its Motorsport Tyre Development until 2011.
After graduating fromTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in a master's course inmacromolecular chemistry, Hamashima joined a Japanese tire company,Bridgestone, in 1977.
He has consistently worked on the development of tires for motor sports since 1981. He worked in many racing categories, such asFormula Two,DTM, theIndianapolis 500,Formula One andMotoGP. When the company started to supply tire to Formula One in1997, Hamashima took leading role to develop racing tire.
During the Formula One era, he often appeared on theFuji TV's F1 program even in Grands Prix weekends and commented as a tire engineer, about the compatibility of the circuit and the tire, and other related matters. Thus, he became well known among Formula One fans in Japan.
On 11 January 2012,Scuderia Ferrari announced that Hamashima moved to the team and took a role in its technical department to improve the interaction of the Ferrari car and its tires.[1] Hamashima left Ferrari at the end of 2014.[2]
On 5 March 2015, MediaDo Kageyama Racing (owned by Masahiko Kageyama, who finished in 3rd place at the1998 24 Hours of Le Mans withKazuyoshi Hoshino andAguri Suzuki) announced that Hamashima had become a special advisor to the team.
In January 2016, he joined CERUMO taking part inSuper Formula andSuper GT, and he became the team principal.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
