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Michelin Men Get to Know Indy
2 Days ago
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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Michelin Men Enjoy Fast Assen Qualifying
28 June 2008
Michelin’s MotoGP men packed the front-running positions in this afternoon’s Dutch TT qualifying session, with two Michelin riders in the top four and five in the fastest seven. In this morning’s damp session Michelin riders monopolised the top four positions. Today’s weather stayed faithful to the Assen tradition with rain before the morning session and bright, blustery conditions this afternoon. Wet weather is a theme of the 2008 season, with rain affecting most of the nine race weekends so far.
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Michelin Men Ready for High-Speed Assen
26 June 2008
Michelin’s MotoGP crew goes into action at Assen this Thursday just four days after competing in last Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Saturday’s Dutch TT is the fourth event in just five weekends and marks the halfway stage in this year’s 18-race MotoGP World Championship. Michelin’s current top MotoGP performer is Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) who has scored an impressive two victories and a further five podiums from the first eight races. Pedrosa holds second overall at the moment with five other Michelin riders in the top eight. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) is fourth overall despite two DNFs, the brilliant rookie followed in the championship table by Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin), Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin), Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin).
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Five Michelin Men in Top Seven it Donington
24 June 2008
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) was Michelin’s top performer at Donington Park today, the Spaniard charging through the pack superbly to finish third after starting from ninth place on the grid. The Spaniard enjoyed a thrilling contest for the runner-up spot with Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1) and set the second fastest lap of the race, just five hundredths of a second off the best lap of the day. Today’s winner was Casey Stoner 20(Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici).
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Difficult Wet Qualifying for Michelin Men for Expected Dry Race
22 June 2008
Michelin riders packed the second row of the grid in this afternoon’s damp qualifying session at gloomy Donington Park but today’s grid sequence will mean little for tomorrow’s race because the latest weather forecast predicts dry weather for Sunday. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin), Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) were Michelin’s top qualifiers 20today, taking fourth, fifth and sixth on the grid, Hayden using race tyres for his fastest lap. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) was ninth in qualifying. In this morning’s fully wet outing Dovizioso, Pedrosa and Hayden were first, second and third quickest. In the dry yesterday Hayden was second, Edwards fourth and Pedrosa sixth.
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Michelin Men Aim to Win Again at Donington
17 June 2008
The MotoGP circus crosses the English Channel for the British Grand Prix where Michelin riders will be aiming to give the French tyre brand its second consecutive victory and its fourth success of the year. As the 2008 MotoGP series nears half-distance Michelin has no less than five riders in the top seven of the points standings. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) is second overall, just five points off the points lead, after his totally dominant win at Catalunya on June 8. Dazzling rookie Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) is still third on points despite missing Catalunya due to injury. Then it’s veteran Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and rookies Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) and James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) in fifth, sixth and seventh. Toseland has impressed in the first races of MotoGP career, with four top-six finishes so far, and the Briton will be out for a best-ever result at Donington, where he has previously enjoyed World Superbike glory.
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Pedrosa the Main Michelin Man at Catalunya
10 June 2008
Michelin man Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) left the rest of the pack racing for second place at Catalunya this afternoon, the local hero smashing lap and race records during his awesome start-to-finish victory. Pedrosa was Michelin’s top performer in a great day for the French tyre brand, four of the first six finishers using Michelin tyres. Local hero Pedrosa – who grew up in Sabadell, less than 20km from the track – chose hard-compound front and rear Michelins for this aggressive track and yet was able to set a stunning pace from the very beginning that quickly left his pursuers behind. At one point he had built an eight-second advantage, finally crossing the line 2.8 seconds ahead after easing his pace during the final laps. Nonetheless Pedrosa broke the Catalunya race record by more than 14 seconds. His performance was particularly impressive because the track has not been in great shape this weekend with riders complaining of a lack of grip. Lap records were not broken in the 125 and 250 GPs.
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Michelin’s MotoGP Men Shift Into Top Gear
05 June 2008
The MotoGP circus continues its high-speed progress across the Continent with this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix, the second of a quick-fire run of four European races over five weekends. Catalunya follows hot on the heels of last week’s packed-out Italian GP and precedes the British and Dutch rounds which take the 2008 MotoGP World Championship beyond its halfway point. With six rounds done and 12 still to go, Michelin riders hold three of the top five positions in the MotoGP points standings, the company’s Spanish stars Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) currently second and third overall and American Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) in fifth place. This weekend the eyes of Spain will be on Pedrosa and Lorenzo, who have already won races this year, as they aim for further access at Catalunya.
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Michelin Man Pedrosa Third at Mugello
03 June 2008
World Championship contender Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) was Michelin’s top performer at Mugello today, the Spanish star disputing the lead with rivals Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1) and Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici) before taking a strong third place, just 2.6 seconds behind Stoner. Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and rookie James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) made it three Michelin men in the top six, the team-mates enjoying a thrilling battle as they fought their way through from eighth and ninth in the early stages. Today’s race was run in warm sunshine following two days of rain-hit practice which gave riders and their technicians very little dry track time to fully prepare for the 23 laps.
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Michelin Man Pedrosa Fastest in Free Practice
01 June 2008
vMichelin men packed the front end of the grid at Mugello today, five of Michelin’s seven MotoGP riders within the fastest eight during qualifying. It has been a challenging two days in Italy with rain falling throughout much of yesterday, this afternoon’s qualifying session the only fully dry outing so far, a factor that greatly complicates the art of tyre choice for tomorrow’s race. Fastest Michelin rider was Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) who topped free practice t his morning and then backed that up with an impressive second place in qualifying, just 0.167s off pole position. Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) were also strong in qualifying, Edwards leading the session for 15 minutes and ending up fifth fastest, a mere 0.253 seconds off pole and just ahead of Hayden. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) and Mugello first-timer James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) head the third row.
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Magnificent Mugello Awaits Michelin Men
26 May 2008
The Italian Grand Prix is one of the most keenly anticipated races on the MotoGP calendar. A superb, high-speed racetrack in a beautiful Tuscan valley that throngs with a vast and enthusiastic crowd makes Mugello an irresistible event for riders, teams and fans. This year’s Italian GP marks the one-third stage of the MotoGP World Championship, which currently features three Michelin riders in the top five: Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin). Mugello 2008 also marks the home-tarmac MotoGP debut of Italy’s newest MotoGP hotshot Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin).
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Randy de Puniet Pays Michelin a Visit
16 May 2008
Randy de Puniet is one of seven Michelin riders contesting this year's MotoGP World Championship and this weekend will see the Frenchman take part in the French Grand Prix – round five of the 2008 series – with his LCR-run Honda RC 212 V. "I have often gone well at Le Mans," he says. "I finished on the podium several times when I was racing 250s bikes, and last year I even led briefly before falling foul of the rain 2E Competing on home tarmac is always something of a motivation booster and I hope I go well this weekend."
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Pedrosa & Lorenzo go to Michelin’s Home GP 1st & 2nd on Points
14 May 2008
The 2008 French Grand Prix begins the busiest period of this year’s MotoGP World Championship with seven races over ten weekends. Thus Le Mans is the first race of the most crucial part of the season, and Michelin’s MotoGP riders go into the company’s home race with great confidence following the first four rounds of the 18-race series. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) leads the points chase thanks to his superb 100 per cent podium record at the Qatari, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese rounds. But the Spaniard is only seven points ahead of rookie sensation Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin), who missed the podium for the first time in China after injuring both ankles in a practice fall. In total, six of Michelin’s seven riders are in the top ten of the current points standings, with Pedrosa and Lorenzo followed by James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin), Chinese GP pole-sitter Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin), 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin).
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Pedrosa & Lorenzo Placed 1st & 2nd After First Four Races
10 May 2008
Michelin’s MotoGP riders have made a superb start to the 2008 season. After the first four rounds of this year’s World Championship, Michelin men Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) are first and second in the points chase with a win apiece. In total Michelin riders have scored four pole positions, won two race victories and filled seven of 12 podium places at the first four events of the 18-round series.
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Michelin Man Edwards Blitzes Qualifying
04 May 2008
Michelin rider Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) scored Michelin’s fourth consecutive pole position this afternoon at Shanghai, maintaining the company’s full-house of 2008 MotoGP poles. The Texan Tornado left it until the last gasp, snatching pole from Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1) just four seconds before the chequered flag came out. Joint World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) completed a heroic session in fourth place, riding with both ankles injured following his accident yesterday morning at turn two.
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First-Time Michelin Winner Lorenzo ‘In Heaven’
13 April 2008
Michelin men Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) dominated this afternoon’s Portuguese GP to finish first and second and share the joint World Championship lead after three rounds of the 18-race World Championship. The two Spaniards spent the first half of the race disputing the lead with Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1) in spectacular style but as the pace increased they left the Italian behind. The early laps had been particularly difficult, with light rain falling across the Estoril circuit, situated just a few miles inland from the Atlantic.
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Michelin Men Dominate First Three Rows
13 April 2008
Michelin riders were able to dominate this afternoon’s Portuguese GP qualifying session, the French tyre brand’s seven MotoGP riders filling seven of the first eight places on the grid. Most impressive was dazzling rookie Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) who swept to his third successive pole position, maintaining his 100 per cent pole record by cutting almost six tenths off last year’s pole time. He was chased hard by Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) who ended the session just two tenths behind his compatriot to repeat the pair’s one-two qualifying performance at last month’s Spanish GP.
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Michelin Men Approach Estoril With Confidence
04 April 2008
Spanish GP winner Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) goes into round three of the 2008 MotoGP series leading the points chase ahead of fellow Michelin man Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin). The two Spaniards were the star performers at the first two races which proved the performance of Michelin’s latest MotoGP tyres. Michelin riders have so far scored one victory and four podiums and they fill five of the top seven championship positions, with Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) in fifth, followed by James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin).
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Michelin Man Pedrosa Smashes Jerez Records
30 March 2008
Michelin riders dominated today’s Spanish GP at Jerez, Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) running away with the race to score his first victory of the year and take the World Championship lead. Fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) finished third, just four seconds down on Pedrosa, with Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) taking an excellent fourth-place finish. Pedrosa led from turn two on lap one all the way to the finish line, running a stunning pace that saw him stretch his advantage lap after lap until he had a 4.6 second lead with eight laps remaining. During the 27 laps he broke the three year-old lap record by 0.480 seconds and the 2005 race record by more than eight seconds. After the race he was presented the winner’s silverware by King Juan Carlos, a frequent visitor to Spanish rounds of the motorcycling World Championships.
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Michelin Men Shine In Cool, Moist Night Test
04 March 2008
Michelin riders completed MotoGP’s first-ever night-time test session on top in Qatar on Friday and Saturday, with rookies Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat-Yamaha Team-Michelin) and James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) first and second fastest, just ahead of established MotoGP star Randy de Puniet (Honda LCR RC212V-Michelin). Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin), Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda Team RC212V-Michelin) confirmed Michelin’s strength in depth by setting the fifth, sixth and seventh fastest times.
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