Michelin has chan൩ged t⛦he hard front tyre option on offer for this weekend's penultimate MotoGP round in Portimao, compared to the earlier April event.

That should be good news for the likes of KTM's Miguel Oliveira, who dominated last Novem🧸ber's inaugural race with a symmetric hard front tyre but – like most of the field – didn't like the asymmetric hard option brought for this April's return.

That prompted Oꦚliveira, who had only qualified tenth, to choose the medium front. But it soon overheated, resulting in a fall.

Tech3 KTM's Danilo Petrucci was the on🎶ly rider to race the asymmetric hard front in April, managing 13th place. The rest, including dominant winner and newly crowned world champion Fabio Quartararo, ran with the medium (symmetric) front.

“After the emotional rollercoaster of Misano, with its incredible highs and 🎐lows, we are now back at the phy🧔sical rollercoaster of Portimao with its elevation changes," said Piero Taramasso, Michelin Motorsport Two-Wheel Manager.

“The al🐲location for this race is slightly different t♌o the previous race back in April.

"We took onboard the feedback from the riders reg♓arding the Hard compound asymmetric front option and have replaced that tyre with a symmetric version to give them improved feedback and confidence when turning into corners.🌼"

Riders struggled with feeling during corner entry with the asymmetric tyre, particularly the transition from the centre🦄 compound when upright to the edge compound as they began to lean.

Rear tyre choice was evenly split between the medium and hard🍸 (both asymmetric), in April.