Know the Michelin MotoGP tyre markings!
Opening practice for the 🌃2016 Qatar MotoGP is just one week aw꧃ay.
The event will mark Michelin's debut as exclusive tyre supplier - and the company has sent mahbx.com this graphiಌc showing the different sidewall m🃏arkings to look out for when 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 tꦏwo major technical rule changes, alon🐬gside the introduction of a 'unified' ECU software.
The single software means the former𓆉 Open class no longer exists and all riders will therefore 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 Bridgestone was announced as the sport's first single-tyre supplier.
Practice starts in Qatar on Thursday March 17, with the race on Sunda🥃y 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 e🐻xit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
