F1 proved that MotoGP's tyre conundrum was avoidable
MotoGP has come in for a bit of flak over the last couple of months for producing races that won’t be featuring in anyone’s best-of lists anytime soon.
The 2025 tyre was tested on Monday after the San Marino GP by the whole grid and was generally met with a positive response. Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia was the most vocal in his support for the tyre, saying: “I love it, because it’s something I’ve been needing”. While this is certainly a better move than putting a tyre on track that is potentially dangerous, Michelin’s 2025 decision was entirely avoidable.
Despite lacking data on the tyre, though, it was only mandatory for the 2025 prototype front to be used for only a very small portion of the Misano test - 30 minutes, in fact. Though there was a bit of dampness on the circuit for the start of that test, it ran from 9am until 5pm. Quite why one of the two sessions that Monday wasn’t reserved fully for 2025 tyre testing seems like a baffling oversight.
Formula 1 often trials development tyres during Friday practice sessions to help Pirelli gather data for its future programme. At the 2021 Austrian GP, for example, all drivers had to complete a minimum of 12 laps on a new rear tyre construction that would be introduced at the following British GP. MotoGP is in a relatively luxurious position compared to F1 in that each of a team’s riders has two bikes at their disposal. If muddying set-ups on a race weekend is a fear, the mandate that tyre testing in an extended session be done on #2 bikes.
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