This season had two very important moments with Michelin to be involved in controversy, as first (at a decisive stage) Pecco Bagnaia complained about problems with the tyre leading him to crash, and then in Lusail, Jorge Martín, who even spoke about a possible sabotage. Marco Bezzecchi, third in the standings overall, spoke about the tyre supplier.
The italian isn’t exactly the rider with more experience, at this point, in MotoGP, but already has enough experience to praise… and complain, about the tyres, has he told Motosan, in a conversation with Manuel Pecino: ‘I’ve known Michelin for two years, since I came to MotoGP, so I think the tyres are really competitive and the technical package they offer us is good. It is also true that from time to time, unfortunately, it happens, but it happens to everybody to find tyres that work differently, but like in all things in the world there is always something that is a little bit different’.
Bezzecchi himself wasn’t free of such weird problems, has he recalled: ‘It has happened to me three times this year at Mugello, in Thailand, in the sprint, in Malaysia and in FP2 in Qatar’.
And added, saying it is ‘easy’ to focus on the tyres: ‘Unfortunately these things happen, especially when we go out of Europe, because the tyres have to be a long time before they arrive, so I know it’s easy to attack them every time, but I don’t think they want to cause problems. I think everyone gives their best and in my experience they work well, so I have nothing to complain about at the moment. Unfortunately these things happen from time to time, and they have happened at least once to all the MotoGP riders this year’.
