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Michelin Ready for the ‘Indy’ Challenge
05 September 2008
Michelin’s MotoGP crew travels to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway aiming to follow up its strong showing at the recent San Marino Grand Prix with another good result. At Misano three Michelin men finished in the top six, Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) taking a brilliant second place. Indy will be a new challenge for the Michelin’s MotoGP riders. The historic ‘Brickyard circuit’ has never hosted a motorcycle World Championship race, 20though the tyre companies got to know the track during an official two-day MotoGP test session on July 1 and 2. Testing restrictions forbid full-time MotoGP riders from taking part in such pre-event tests, so Michelin was represented by its test riders Erwan Nigon (Honda RC212V-Michelin) and William Costes (Yamaha YZR-M1-Michelin).
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Michelin Men go Back to Business at Brno
14 August 2008
While most riders and teams have been taking a bit of a break during MotoGP’s summer recess, Michelin has been hard at work, aiming to commence the final seven rounds of the 18-round season. “Our programme of development is continuous and our target is obviously to achieve ultimate performance” says Jean-Philippe Weber, Michelin’s chief of motorcycle racing. “We will return to the types of construction that we used at places like Qatar and Catalunya, these are constructions that deliver a much wider working range than those which we used at Laguna Seca. So we will use the type 20 of construction that has already brought us success this year, with front and rear compounds adapted to Brno."
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Michelin Men Get to Know Indy
03 July 2008
Michelin’s MotoGP test team visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time on July 1st and 2nd to test tyres in readiness for the inaugural Indy MotoGP event scheduled for September 14th. The two day session between the Dutch and German MotoGP rounds was scheduled thanks to new regulations which allow tyre manufacturers to test at tracks which haven’t previously featured on the World Championship calendar. “These tests are a good thing,” said Jean-Philippe Weber, Michelin’s director of motorcycle racing. “They allow us to get an initial feeling for the track. They also allow us to better understand the track and they give us an idea of how the race weekend will go.”
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