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Originally Posted by Seton Fanatic

Honestly, when one thinks about it, the tyre performance of the Dunlops, particularly the British ones in the ATCC, was pretty poor. The Bridgestones had bulk grip, compared to the Dunlops. There was no excuse for GSR and HRT not to have won the title in 1995. 1995 will always reflect well on DJR and John Bowe, in my mind, for those reasons.

Considering that by Bathurst, they were using tyres literally pulled from the rubble of the factory at Kobe. And Dick stated that in 96 the whole car setup was based around the available tyres, rather than picking the tyres to suit the setup as was the norm before control tyres.