As common for a ‘new’ circuit, Michelin will deliver an additional rear tyre possibility for this weekend’s Czech Republic MotoGP at Brno.
In different phrases, riders and groups can select from three totally different rears (gentle, medium and onerous), in addition to the standard three fronts.
Brno has not featured on the MotoGP calendar since 2020 and has undergone a full resurfacing forward of this weekend’s comeback.
Solely Yamaha and Honda have performed personal testing on the brand new floor.
“We’re very completely satisfied to return to the Brno circuit,” stated Piero Taramasso, Michelin’s Two-Wheel Motorsport Supervisor.
“Not solely is it an attractive venue, additionally it is a race weekend the place followers come from throughout Europe, and the present is all the time intense.”
The extensive, power-hungry format features a lengthy uphill climb for the ultimate sector of the lap.
“From a technical standpoint, we see this monitor as a problem as a result of it’s the most undulating of the season, with spectacular elevation modifications,” Taramasso stated.
“Furthermore, because the asphalt has been fully redone, we’ve little or no information on its properties.”
Whereas early check suggestions from Yamaha and Honda confirmed a clean floor and excessive grip ranges, Taramasso warned that tyre efficiency, notably thermal behaviour, stays unsure.
“Two groups have performed exams there and reported good grip and a clean floor, however we nonetheless lack suggestions on the thermal behaviour of the monitor, whose darkish nature ought to promote warmth retention,” Taramasso stated.
He additionally revealed that Michelin picked out Mugello as having essentially the most related traits.
“To arrange our tyre bundle, we additionally checked out information from the same profile circuit, corresponding to Mugello in Italy,” he added.
“Between this pre-race evaluation and the essential Friday exams, we imagine our companions will discover the fitting mixture to carry out.”
Dani Pedrosa nonetheless holds the official Brno race lap file from the Bridgestone period in 2014, when the Repsol Honda rider’s victory additionally ended team-mate Marc Marquez’s ten-race win streak.
