Why the Motegi tyre drama delivers a lesson MotoGP teams cannot ignore
MotoGP · story · 2026-10-04
On the Thursday afternoon ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, Jack Miller spoke to the media as usual. He was asked about the tyre allocation made by Michelin, the championship's supplier, for the weekend at Motegi. There were three options for dry conditions: the conventional soft, medium and hard compounds - with the caveat that the latter featured a stiffer carcass. That ‘stiff ... Keep reading