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Michelin: Riders testing softer front, dual compound rear
Michelin has brought variations of a dual compound rear tyre to Phillip Island for the second MotoGP test of 2016, along with the two most favoured front tyre specifications from the Sepang test, held at the start of February. Piero Taramasso, manager of Michelin's two-wheel motorsport activities also explained that riders' first impressions of the rear tyre were positive, with its traction a particular proving popular. The French firm, that returns to MotoGP as sole-tyre supplier after a seven-year absence, was keen to test around Phillip Island, a track which places distinctive and considerable demands on the rubber available to riders. Thus the rear tyres that riders are using at the...
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