# Microsoft to supply ECUs to F1 in 2008...

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**Created:** [July 8, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307 "2006-07-08T21:25:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RobY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobY)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/1 "2006-07-08T21:25:17Z")

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[http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/](http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/)

Bridgestone, Microsoft Get Exclusive F1 Contracts  
Written by: RACER staff Paris, France – 7/5/2006

Bridgestone’s monopoly should effectively happen already in '07, as Michelin is set to pull out of F1 by this season’s end. (LAT Photo)

Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.

The announcement was made following this Wednesday’s meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris.

The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic Control Units, responsible for a car’s engine management) is part of the FIA’s radical cost-saving package announced earlier this year for introduction in '08. Both Bridgestone and Microsoft will supply F1 through 2010.

That being said…

![http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/RobY6298/Misc/MSF1wheel.jpg](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/RobY6298/Misc/MSF1wheel.jpg)

![http://www.pitpass.com/images/headlines/jokes/clippy.jpg](http://www.pitpass.com/images/headlines/jokes/clippy.jpg)

![http://ubersoft.net/comics/hd20060706.png](http://ubersoft.net/comics/hd20060706.png)

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**Author:** ![tnick24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tnick24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tnick24)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/2 "2006-07-08T21:47:34Z")

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lol

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/3 "2006-07-08T22:14:06Z")

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“reboot Your engines” FTW

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**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/4 "2006-07-08T22:16:37Z")

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hahahahah

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**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/5 "2006-07-10T06:00:51Z")

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I read about this last week but had not seen the comics yet. Hilarious.

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**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/microsoft-to-supply-ecus-to-f1-in-2008/14307/6 "2006-07-10T06:13:49Z")

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You think they’ll replace “Clippy” with a cartoon character Nascar?