Know the Michelin MotoGP tyre markings!
Opening practice for the 2016 Qatar MotoGP is jus🔴t one week away.
The event will mark Michelin's debut as exclusive tyre supplier - and the company has sent mahbx.com this graphic showing the different sidewall markings to look out for 𝓡when riders take to the track at Losail:
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In other words:
Slicks:
Hard slick = Yellow marking.
Medium slick = No marking (black).
Soft slick = White marking
Intermediates/Wets:
Intermediate = Grey marking.
Hard wet = No marking (black).
Soft wet = Blue marking.
The switch to Michelin is one of two🅰 major technical rule🤪 changes, alongside the introduction of a 'unified' ECU software.
The single software means the former Open class no longer exists and all riders will there♓foreও have the same choice of tyres at each MotoGP event.
Michelin won 26 premier-class titles from 1976-2006, during open tyre competition, leaving at the end of 2008 when Bridgeston𓆏e was announced as the sport's first🏅 single-tyre supplier.
Practice starts in Qatar on Thursday March 17, with the raജce🥂 on Sunday 20th March.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit ꦅstory and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
