Bridgestone single-tyre bid confirmed.

It is shamefull, that Michelin has been pressed out of MotoGp by the Japs in this way. Safety and cost are ridicolously pretended reasons. It means no competition in the tyre development and exclusive money for the Dorna.

Whilst in many ways sad that MotoGP will have a single tyre rule, I'm glad that it has gone to Bridgestone. After all, they have spent years catching up with Michelin, often working against very biased rules, and finally prevailed.
I don't accept the argument that the single tyre will stop development. After all, Pirelli started from a very low base, but their tyres in WSB & BSB are now way better than when they started up.
And surely nobody can argue that racing in both WSB & BSB has been much closer and fairer as a result of single tyres.
Bridgestone has MotoGP, Dunlop 125, 250 & AMA, and Pirelli WSB & BSB. Reputationally and image wise, the real losers will be Michelin.

Does anyone know what the rules around the rule will be?

Will Bridgestone be allowed to make tyres specificly for each rider or will it be more like WSBK where they take a bunch of tyres & riders go pick which ones they want?

Very good news for the racing fans and for the show.

Speaking without the benefit of a background in tyres, it seems to me that all that has happened is we now have a level playing field regarding tyres. - Riders/Teams will no longer be able to blame an inferior tyre for their lack of success in a race - a minor migraine or disagreement with the missus should do as an acceptable excuse (dont get out of your prams folks, that is an attempt at humour).

I've clearly missed something here, so can someone please explain how it is that (according to "asmaco"), Michelin have so shamefully been pressed out of MotoGp? - My understanding is that they simply did not bid to be the supplier. - I see no fiendish eastern plot here!

WOW i never saw THAT comming !

'Spec tires belong in support series'?
Wot, like Formula 1 or WSB???
A totally stupid comment SP3.

What next, a single control bike! so much for being a prototype championship with emphasis on engineering excellence. Dorna should have let it be and let the teams choose which supplier they wanted and it would have been amazing to see Ducatis, Kawasaki's and Suzukis switching to Michelen if rumours are to be believed. Now we have Bridgestone with no competition for 3 years whereas we could have had a fired up Michelen trying to restore some corporate pride for 2009 season. Dorna mark this up in another of your screw ups.

What a complete disaster for motoGP, the pinnacle of bike racing, hamstrung by a stupid single make tyre rule.

Just what do Dorna/FIM think they are doing, or do they even know what they are doing?

F1 is the biggest pile of processional crap there is, and MotoGP will be right up there along side F1 within a a couple of years.

I don't blame Michelin for not bidding and getting involved with the Spanish mafia's control of MotoGP.

and why do we have to have umpteen different representations in racing, reading the list of attendees at this meeting is like what British Leyland was like with it's unions in the 70's.

Read my lips MotoGP will be on it's bottom in no time...a bad day!

I think bridgestone is a good one to go with... every team/manufacturer has at least one rider on bridgestones so there wont be huge amounts of set up data lost. it was either the most equal tyre to be chosen or a brand new one i.e pirelli... obviously michelin are a french company, gave up pretty easily hehehe

There is no place to emotional comments!... Favourite riders already made their choices like Rossi, Stoner and Pedrosa so next year probably Michelin would be refused by its weak performance if they continue to stay?

Now the final score is:
Bridgestone: 2
Michelin: 0



What about WRC???

Here's a compromise. Make them run Bridgestone fronts and Michelin rears.

I don't think F1 run a spec tyre Otto, bridgestone is just the only manufacturer supplying tyres. I beleive another supplier would be free to join F1.

This is bit sad though. MotoGP needs to watch itself. The move to 800cc killed the racing a bit, now they are going with a spec tyre and the grid is also pretty small at the moment, 18 (i think) bikes is a little on the low side.

Actully, F1 is mono-tyre and BS have the contract. F1 went to mono-tyre in 2007 after Michelin won the world championship back to back in 2005 and 2006. Michelin's answer was the same then as it is today in not taking part in mono-tyre world championships.

I have no problem with this - Michelin looked to be on the way out - I am sure that the Yamaha and Honda factory teams would have seriously considered going to Bridgestone next year - I mean why a) split a garage down the middle running 2 different tyres and b)Bridgestone have the upper hand

Plus Motogp is not really going anywhere - where are the new teams - the impetus is with WSB - Motogp grids are short on bikes - probably why they have 3 on a grid row to spread the numbers out

Jerry Burgess pulls no punches as regards this matter in octobers 'bike' magazine interview. Carmelo Ezpeleta has no clue about the dynamics of motogp bikes, of that there is no doubt. He should go sell a car or bike event that is at the base of the ladder and not strangle what was,pretty much, the last of a none controlled world series. Everyone involved in motogp, bar this controller and his yes men, told him that a 250gp bike went round corners faster than a 800cc gp bike.Dunlop being sole supplier to 250's would indicate that a sole motogp supplier isn't going to slow an 800 down..next step a standard issue 'fim ecu' or maybe a rev limiter and a fixed cylinder number format Mr Ezpeleta ?

Quote: 'Spec tires belong in support series'?
Wot, like Formula 1 or WSB???
A totally stupid comment SP3.
Posted by Otto - Unregistered (13 hours ago)

Yes Otto just like in those formulae. Spec tires are stupid in those series as well.

Michelin would probably not be in the series as things stood anyway. If they pulled out for a year or two leaving only Bridgestone that would be OK with me. MANDATING that there only be one supplier in F1 or MotoGP (even SBK) is dumb. Next year will have the same few guys at the sharp end - a spec tire will do nothing to "fix" that "problem".

There was a time when the bike manufacturers and tyre manufacturers worked together to optimise a chassis to work with a particular tyre, now call me stupid, but i don't see how one tyre will fit all motorcycles.

Even on road bikes, certain tyres work better on one bike than they do on another.

Perhaps due to the tyre rules all chassis development will follow a same path, so in effect we will end up with a one make class, but with different names on the sides of the bikes.

Let's not forget this is supposed to be competition, i don't see that going on with the tyres anymore.