MotoGP tires soap opera, new episodes on the horizon....

[koko64]

17" wheels appears a big factor according to the article. They've gone quiet on the "Only competition makes it worthwhile" stance.  The R&D opportunity must make all those gazzilions of $$$ worthwhile I guess. R&D by supporting only a few teams surely makes more financial sense? I suppose at least they can't lose and get all the exposure.
I gotta say, Bridgestone or any other tyre company being in Moto GP never made me think I should buy their tyres, but that's me.

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I also sorta liked BS a bit more because I felt that some of the motogp tech should trickle down... That being said I use Dunlops most of the time. I actually think they get more benefit with their racing efforts because they are designing for bikes that are much more likely to be ridden by their consumers. Sure, Bridgestone can make a ridic race tire now but they will have to translate that to their street tire. Dunlops just has to make a AMA spec tire that is being run on bikes that people actually buy... And then only lightly modify for sport/track use. WSBK and Pirelli is closer to motogp than AMA IMO till the full Evo rules come to play.

I'm interested in seeing what Mich can do in the series though. Should be a very interesting year when they come out... For second place that is if MM is still true to form haha