It was this information I based my questions on.
Your last statement:
was never mentioned in Max's text, and I am not privvy to that information, however how can you expect(considering Japan is notriously different to our UK roads) to compare a tyre for use in the UK? And if they did employ Mr Brewer for EXACTLY this purpose why do they spend vast amounts of mony on NTE Cranfield and NTE Bonn doing the same thing? Again just another question I would love to know the answer to.
Maybe all the world needs is Mr Brewers opinion. (Alongside "others" of course
you are taking it personally mate, I am just reporting a conversation that I partecipated to, end of. Whether you believe it (or me for that matter) is a completely different story.
Since these 2 technical Centres you mention appear to have done such a great job in choosing such a crap tyre, tbh I rather have mr Brewer's opinion then, ie that he did say it was shite but wasn't listened to