Keen to avoid the problems experienced in Argentina, Michelin has brought two rear tyres with a stiffer construction for this weekend’s MotoGP round in Austin. The French firm went through a difficult moment last week at Termas de Rio Hondo, where a race initially scheduled for 25 laps had to be shortened to 20 and split in two by mandatory mid-race bike swaps. This decision was taken for safety reasons after the rear tyre of Scott Redding’s Ducati delaminated in free practice on Saturday. This weekend, Michelin faces a new challenge at the Circuit of the Americas, another circuit where it has never tested its MotoGP tyres, and where its test last year was disrupted by rain. It can’t...
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