It was a phenomenal race at Istanbul this past weekend. Those pesky Ducatis flexed their muscle once again and the Bridgestone shod riders took 1st through 6th. The battle for third was all race long and a real nail biter but the real subplot was the new tyre regulations, which I have to learn more about, which seem to limit the choices for tyre compounds. It seems as if Michelin had guessed wrong and anyone with their rubber was in big trouble. It reminds me of the F1 USGP a couple years back when Michelin didn't have a tyre that could handle that dangerously silly track at Indy. All the Michelin teams pulled out in protest and the race was run by the hand full of teams on Bridgestones (Ferrari being one of them). That race was a total joke and now Bridgestone is the Spec tyre for F1.
Will MotoGP go this way? We'll have to see. World Superbike does it. F1 does it. I'd suggest Dunlop start making an offer to AMA Pro Racing. I can't really say if a spec tyre program is the best for tyre technology in general. It might even out the field and make for better racing at times. But will manufacturers improve their product without competition?
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