What's your take on MotoGP's Pirelli move?
Added 2025-03-06 11:11:44 +0000 UTCMotoGP is dropping Michelin and switching to Pirelli tyres from 2027 - and we want to know what YOU think about that!
What's your take on how Pirelli has got on in Moto2 and Moto3, or its Formula 1 tenure? How do you feel about Michelin's MotoGP era?
Tyres may not be the most exciting topic, but they're hugely significant to both the racing and safety in MotoGP.
Let us know your thoughts on the news and any questions you've got - it'll help us shape our video and podcast coverage of Pirelli's arrival and we'll make sure you get due mentions in it all!
Comments
Last year’s Michelin decision to come back with an even better rear tyre that ruined to season for almost everyone not on a ‘24 Ducati could of been the final straw. It was a bit like telling a rider their strength is more than enough and they need to work on their endurance and they come back in the spring boasting they can bench press 30kg more but their endurance is still the same. Madness
Eddie Martin
2025-03-10 18:32:34 +0000 UTCI see this largely as a negative. Their approach in WSBK has continually demonstrated an interest in creating crushingly fast tires with high deg. The deg is not necessarily a good or bad thing as it can add interesting dimensions to racing, but I strongly agree with Matt Oxley’s take on tires. He believes that tires are the single best way to control the performance envelope of the bikes. That we could simultaneously improve the quality of the racing and the safety by designing a tire to suit the sport and not to create flashy record setting lap times. I think marketing people at the tire companies over estimate the fans valuation of their product based on the bikes setting lap records on them vs being the sole supplier to the best racing. If Michelin were to have invested the effort in the front tire for 2024 and just left the already excellent rear tire alone, we would have seen a closer grid and better, safer races. Instead we get single make domination and lap records. Is Michelin seeing a ROI? I don’t think so, they have a PR problem instead.
Edward Forer
2025-03-08 17:49:41 +0000 UTC
