At Honda outraged over Michelin: The decision is not fair

Author of the article: , published March 19, 2022.

Pol Espargaro expressed the anger of his team over the decision of Michelin, which brought a special tire specification to Indonesia for the weekend. As he pointed out, their move is not fair.

Due to the extremely high temperatures, Michelin brought a special tire specification to the race in Indonesia. This was last used in Thailand in 2018. The reason for such a decision was the problems that racers had with this year’s version of the tire in pre-season testing here in Indonesia. With the old version of the tires, some teams have a lot of trouble this race ending, especially Honda. None of their four racers managed to break into the faster group in the qualifications.

Marc Marquez has fallen twice in qualifying and will race after punish Morbidelli started from fourteenth place and Pol Espargaro from sixteenth. It was the latter who, after completing the qualifications, loudly criticized Michelin's unfair decision.

“Honda has spent a lot of time understanding new tires in the last year. Already in Malaysia, a completely new motorcycle was brought in, which completely matched this year's tires. There were some problems with the tests here in February, and in response, they brought a four-year-old tire to Michelin. ”

"From our point of view, then - we have a motorcycle that best adapts to new tires, and now we have to come up with a version that is not compatible with the motorcycle."

“At Ducati, they had a lot of problems in testing, but today they practically dominated. We are very angry because we do not find this fair. Honda did a great job over the winter, so we didn't deserve it today. "

Due to problems, especially with the rear grip, Espargaro is afraid that he may not see the finish line of the race tomorrow.

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