Big braking loads and hard acceleration characterise the Motegi circuit in Japan,🐻 venue for this weekend's MotoGP.

But the stop-go layout means a lack of flowing corners and the൲refore not as much stress placed on the rear tyres as at some other track𓆉s.

Instead, front braking stability aꦬnd warm-up performance are the stand-out Motegi attributes for Michelin, which will offer sy🎐mmetric front compounds but provide a harder right-shoulder on the rears, due to the slight 8-6 bias towards right-hand turns.

"Motegi is a track that demands st♏ability from the front as the riders brake hard into many turns, especially ones such as ’90-degree Corner’, but then they also need the grip from the rear to get the power down to𓆉 accelerate from these slower corners," explained Michelin Motorsport Two-Wheel Manager Piero Taramasso.

"We select compounds which we know will meet these requirements a♔nd give al♚l the riders the confidence they need to push hard into these corners, while still having total control of their machines."

Rain often makes an appearဣance at Motegi for which soft and medium tyres will be o🏅n offer, again symmetric at the front but asymmetric at the rear.

"Motegi can also be wet, but after what happened there in 2017, we know how well the rain ty🐈res work, so have no worries about those giving top peജrformance for all," Taramasso said.

The current Motegi lap records were set by Jorge Lorenzo, o♍n a Yamaha, during the Bridgestone era.