Michelin Bans Soft Compound for MotoGP Japanese GP
Michelin now recommends the hard rear after several riders reported blistering in the 12-lap sprint, while the medium remains available.
- Following significant tyre issues during Saturday's 12-lap Sprint, Michelin withdrew the soft rear tyre from Sunday's Japanese MotoGP race allocation at Motegi.
- Motegi's new high-grip asphalt combined with 40C track temperatures and exceptionally fast pace generated extreme rear-tyre heat, causing substantial blistering on the soft compound.
- Riders including Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia suffered major issues during the sprint; Jack Miller revealed his medium tyre also suffered "a lot" of blistering and predicted everyone could be forced onto the hard.
- Teams face a dilemma between managing the medium or switching to an "unknown" hard rear with reinforced casing, which Michelin recommends for maintaining strong race pace.
- Miller warned that using a tyre never tested at Motegi could turn Sunday's race into a "lottery," with no changes to the race distance or warm-up session.
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After broken rear tyres at Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin in the sprint, no one is allowed to start with the soft rear tire in the Grand Prix of Japan. Michelin strongly recommends the hard tyres with reinforced carcasses, but it is not mandatory. The article MotoGP Motegi: Why Michelin brushes the soft and only recommends the hard appeared first on Motorcycles.News - Motorrad Magazin.
Thanks to the new asphalt in Motegi, the ever-present tire theme raises even bigger questions. Supplier Michelin has answers that bring changes on Sunday after the MotoGP sprint.
The strong degradation of the tires was the theme of the Sprint of Motegi with several drivers who had problems with the rear tire. In view of the race on Sunday (LIVE at 7 on Sky Sport and streaming on NOW), Michelin announced that the soft has been withdrawn. The average remains available, but it is the hard the recommended solution DEGRADO GOMME: THE POST POST PHOTOS SPRINT AND THE RECASTRUCTION
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