MotoGP - What make of tyres do the teams use?

Lordie · 2 Feb 2005, 15:04 (Ref:1215583)

Can anyone let me know or point me in hte right diection, so I can find out what tyre is being used by what team in the 2005 MotoGP championship?

Thanks

Lordie
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Alex Toropov · 2 Feb 2005, 21:15 (Ref:1215910)

Michelin : Yamaha Gauloises, Tech 3, Repsol & Telefonica & Camel & Konica Minolta Honda
Bridgestone : Ducati Marlboro, Kawa, Suzuki
Dunlop : D'Antin (Ducati), Blata WCM

Team KR will probably use Michelin (they tried it at Jerez last autumn and bike was going very well) or Bridgestone

asha · 2 Feb 2005, 22:56 (Ref:1216025)

beat me too it!

It wasnt long ago that basically everyone was riding Michelin. With Dunlop more like a small retarded cousin then a competitor

DavidStHubbins · 3 Feb 2005, 02:32 (Ref:1216093)

Apologize to my dunlop shoes at once!

Lordie · 3 Feb 2005, 08:35 (Ref:1216167)

Thanks guys. Your help is much apprieciated.

asha · 3 Feb 2005, 23:40 (Ref:1216999)

i'm sorry to hear you have dunlop shoes.

Hazza · 4 Feb 2005, 06:33 (Ref:1217160)

hahaha. But Simon Crafar still managed to win on Dunnies @ Donnington didn't he?

asha · 6 Feb 2005, 00:23 (Ref:1218493)

yeah dunlop wets at a donnington. Yet no one was ever able to work out why dunlops worked there! Something to do with the Jet fuel???

Hazza · 6 Feb 2005, 10:08 (Ref:1218653)

Hahaha, thats right! Jet fuel from the planes I remember that one.

DavidStHubbins · 7 Feb 2005, 05:56 (Ref:1219161)

Donington is notorious for being very greasy in the morning from the fuel dumped by the planes above as they come to land at East Midlands airport. Doesn't have to be wet either, always tippy-toes time at Dony in the morning.

What made the Funlops so special then?

asha · 7 Feb 2005, 07:53 (Ref:1219184)

the whole jet fuel things sounds pretty far fetched. but hey? I"m not going to take Crafar's win away from him!

I think it he got podiums in Australia and Assen that year too. WITHOUT JET FUEL!!

chunder · 7 Feb 2005, 11:03 (Ref:1219261)

Crafar wasn'ton wets when he won at Donington, if you remember he flew that year on the Red Bull bike and ther ace before set pole and nearly beat Doohan at Assen.
Dunlops were always the better tyre at Donington usually because the weather was not as good as anywhere else.
I was there that year and the weather was warm but very overcast. Crafar was quickest all weekend and simply drove away from the field. He just managed to be on the best tyes and the perfect set up, it does happen occasionally you know.
As for the jet fuel theory, this has been researched and proven to be rubbish, it is simple the case that the surface is a bit more slick unless the weather is really hot (which doesnt happen often!)
I remember Simon sliding the bike out of the old hairpin for 50 yards, laying a huge darkie, he said that the front tyre felt it would never tuck and that was the main reason for the win, he had so much confidence in the bike

DavidStHubbins · 7 Feb 2005, 14:53 (Ref:1219452)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunder

I remember Simon sliding the bike out of the old hairpin for 50 yards, laying a huge darkie,

Ah, so that's how he won. He squeezed out some cleveland steamers at the old hairpin for the other bikes to slip on. Crafty Crafar

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