MotoGP goes single tyre for 2009.

The beginning of the end for MotoGP ?

The future's so bright ... I gotta wear shades ...

"V"

Real shame... It has been coming for two years now I guess.

would be good if its dunlop so they all start a clean sheet . bring back the 990,s leave the tyres we wish

If it isn't broke, dont try to fix it. BridgeStone sucked for the longest time, now they're on top and they decide to go to a one tire rule. This is a prototype series. More rules means less fun for everyone. It is a shame that the tire war is coming to an end.

This is madness!! how can they lessen the side grip for slower cornering speed?? If safety is what they want, wgy not sit back on your sofa and grab the console of your playstation. Definitely the restrictionss killing the sport..I have been following up motogp for years and that's because of me seeing the riders making impossible possible by going beyond limits..By implementing the single tyre rule, the performance development will not be as drastic as compared when there are competition with other manufacturers.. It doesn't make sense at all!!!

hondas 800cc rule didnt suit them so now they shaft the tyre makers try makeing a better bike. than duke or yam then and shove your 6oo,s with it vale, nicky well rid of this team of muppets

How do you figure Keith? Whether 2nd or 3rd at the end of this year, I doubt CS would lay blame on his tyres when Rossi was also on bridgestones. Crap biased comment son.

Everybody knew this rule had to come, I reckon you can blame Rossi and Pedro for it's introduction. They should have grown some balls and stuck with Michelin and not been so impatient. Instead they wanted a piece of the BS pie that Stoner had been helping develop. The irony now for Stoner is that he faces getting second rate Shinkos because the financial influence the Iti and Spaniard have. ******' mafioso!
I'd like to see anyone prove me wrong!

Nothing to do with safety or even the pecking order between Bridgestone or Michelin. It doesn't matter if one tyre supplier is stronger than the other, that's entirely normal. The problem has been that with the capacity and tyre limitations in one year all of a sudden we had the all the big money players totally hamstrung by under-performing tyres. That was not normal and that's why there has been such a fuss. Now everyone wants to be on Bridgestone - who just can't supply 90% of the grid and expect to compete with Michelin. I guess at the end of the day the powers that be decided that the tyres had become too big an issue and maybe they're right. Though I am sad to see the competition go

What this morons and many Sport directors do not understand, is that Fans keep the money flowing, sponsors would not give a rat's *** who wins if they did not make money out of it. Fans like competitiveness, they should keep Fans happy and only then advertising would work better, and sponsors would make money. I***t sport director should be banned, you can see all this crap politics and silly rules a 1000 km away!

Yeah Bob, you are so right. Rossi should have been patient and waited for Mich to catch up and let Stoner win another WC rather than switching and giving himself a chance to compete. That makes perfect sense! Where would Rossi's championship be if he had been 30 seconds behind with the other Michelin runners in Laguna Seca and Brno? Stoner wouldn't have been pressured, could have lapped .7 of a second slower and still won, wouldn't have binned 3 times in a row. How selfish of Rossi to want a chance to compete on equal tyres. I'm sure when he is celebrating regaining the championship (when it comes) in the back of his mind he will be thinking, "if only I had the balls to stick with Michelin".

600 class now one tyre rule...not very imaginative, just looks like they are copying WSBK and trying to add a twist, they need to make sure that the 800s are still quite a bit quicker than the superbikes or it's in trouble..

Bob-- walk towards the light, you clearly completely in the dark..

JC, I appreciate your bias, however, we are talking about the reason the series is going to this rule. You are still yet to provide a suggestion as to why my comment is way off the mark. Don't let Hollywood Rossi's bright lights prevent you from having a an opinion of your own.

It's not hard Bop.. michelin have failed to come up with goods since 2006, three of the top four riders on michelin.. no spectacle... The funny thing is CS was saying let them have bs I'll still kick their 4sses...totally dillusional.. the biggest con of the new era (800s)was anybody who believed CS was really that much better than anyone else he'd just always had crap kit..blame his fans for that....

Since you asked Bob… Stonner was on Michelins in 2006, when did he helped develop Brigestones? He simply inherited them into last years' Championship. There you go, it was easy!

JC how many WC did Rossi win with his "overnite" specials from Michelin? No one else got those tires but Rossi.

Dunce--Are you sure????

Dunce, nice name by the way, apt. Are you really suggesting that Michelin engineered Rossi's success by providing better tyres than everyone else on purpose? And that no one else got overnight tyres? Even considering that for most of his championship winning years there was no real competition between tyre manufacturers and all his competition were on Michelin too? If so maybe you should go post on a conspiracy website or something. Maybe Bridgestone are behind his success this year too huh? hmmm... Stoner has been moaning about getting duff tyres....Hmmm

VH MP, '06 was a 990 year, if you think they just threw the same hoops on the 800, you are a bigger tool than you make out to be. Try again!

To BeBop, no one here is saying anyone is streets ahead of anyone else, sometimes a certain rider has an advantage over another and vice versa, it just seems to some non Rossi fans that his 'pull' is a considerable advantage, bordering on unfairness. I don't dislike Valentino (Pedro either), but I do feel a little ripped off when these advantages impact on the performances of other competitors. I was happy with CS's championship year, but if his advantage had continued, who knows, I'd probably have climbed on someother underdogs bandwagon. Cheers.

Dunce--you reckon repsol got 2nd rate michelins in 2004/05 when Rossi was on the Yam... dream on, the rules allowed it back then you could make your tyre choice after friday practice everyone who was anyone got the tyres they wanted(it was a myth developed by the CS fans to blow Rossi's light out and make Caseys shine brighter)... besides I don't think BS have flown tyres in this year and he's got a very good chance of winning the title again...

JC, you really are in the dark aren't you! Either that or you're yanking my chain. Only a wall eyed mullet or a dead set Rossi fan would NOT believe the theories you've suggested. I personally believe them to be gospel, am I the only one?
Crikey, I'd better get another beer before the race starts.