Bridgestone, in their usual race recap following the U.
S.
GP at Laguna Seca, released the news that at the Brno round they will be bringing new hard rear (softer) option for the MotoGP riders to use.
The hard option rear tire has been almost never used this season because the riders have complained of last of grip and having trouble bringing it to temperature, and in almost the rounds they’ve preferred using the softer compound.
During the post-race test at Montmeló the riders got the first chance to test the new hard compound rear tire.
“Early in the season it was evident that a strong preference among the riders for the soft and medium compound rear slicks was occurring and the hard compound rear slick was not being used often,” said Bridgestone’s Masao Azuma.
“For whatever reason; be it an evolution in bike design or electronic controls, our current hard compound rear slick isn’t popular with riders this year, so we set about developing a new hard rubber.
” compound.
“Until this change could be properly tested and introduced into the allocation, it was agreed that riders could choose a greater number of softer rear slicks at each race weekend.
We are planning to introduce our new hard compound rear slick tyre at the Czech Republic Grand Prix next month and are hopeful that this new tyre will be well received.
“Bridgestone, Dorna and IRTA have come to an agreement that riders on MSMA machines can select up to eight softer rear tyres from the Czech Republic Grand Prix to last race regardless of the effectiveness of the new hard compound.
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