| Hirohide Hamashima | |
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Hamashima at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix. |
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| Born | 1952 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Title | Head of the Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development |
Hirohide Hamashima (浜島 裕英 Hirohide Hamashima, born 1952 in Tokyo), also known as Hammy, is the director of the Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development.
After graduating from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for master's course in macromolecule, Hamashima joined a Japanese tire company, Bridgestone, in 1977.
He is consistently working on the development of the tyres for motor sports since 1981. He worked in many racing categories, such as Formula Two, DTM, the Indianapolis 500 and Formula One. When the company started to supply tire to Formula One in 1997, Hamashima took leading role to develop racing tire.
He often appears on the Fuji TV's F1 program even in Grands Prix week-ends and comments as a tyre engineer, about the compatibility of the circuit and the tyre etc. Thus, he is well-known among Formula One fans in Japan.