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[Speeddog]

Aaaaand...JLo and Dovi both go down at high speed on the Michis.

The little info that I've found says they're losing the front.

[Speeddog]

A comprehensive analysis of the Michis here:
https://motomatters.com/analysis/2015/02/26/analyzing_the_michelin_tire_test_despite.html

[triangleforge]

Story on Crash.net on the Michelin test - they called it "a difference in grip balance between front and rear":

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/215050/1/incidents-mar-michelin-motogp-test.html

(And Speeddog beat me by seconds with the link to the Emmett article - but here's the link to pictures of a big pile of $$$ worth of broken motorcycles: http://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/michelin-motogp-test-ends-in-crash-fest-at-sepang)

[duccarlos]

I hope Dovi dumped the 14.3 and not the 15.

[duccarlos]

I feel vindicated:

In other words, it is all going to cost an awful lot of money. Changing tire manufacturers is by far a bigger deal than the introduction of spec electronics.

[Triple J]

I hope Dovi dumped the 14.3 and not the 15.

Doesn't sound that way.

[triangleforge]

It was the GP15:

https://twitter.com/motomatters/status/570916839041183744

[duccarlos]

I understand them wanted to fully test the tires, but Ducati has invested a ton on the 15. Why would you allow them to try a completely unknown tire on what amounts to their salvation?

[triangleforge]

I understand them wanted to fully test the tires, but Ducati has invested a ton on the 15. Why would you allow them to try a completely unknown tire on what amounts to their salvation?

Given that their long-term salvation depends on the new bike getting along well with the Michelins, I'd say yes, especially since it was the last day of testing. It would have been a bigger disaster to bin one or both of the 15s on day one. Sure, they invested a lot in that bike, but they fully expect to send a couple this year to the scrap yard, and I'd imagine the data they got on the bike on next year's tires is worth the price.

[kopfjäger]

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/Ducati+end+of+day+3+report+Sepang+2

[OT]

It was the GP15:

https://twitter.com/motomatters/status/570916839041183744

The 14 is probably too long to fit in that trailer

[kopfjäger]

Not news per se, pulled from the (beta MotoGP site).

[1.21GW]

Not news per se, pulled from the (beta MotoGP site).

[kopfjäger]

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/Barcelona+inaugura+Catalunya+Moto

[duccarlos]

In other news...

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/215219/1/rossi-new-ducati-fast-tyre-rule-unfair.html