MotoGP Indianapolis: Bridgestone's point of view

Last Sunday the MotoGP raced in Indianapolis, where Marc Marquez triumphed as he did at the Sashsenring and Laguna Seca. The Honda rider managed to make the most of his Honda RC213V, so much so that he set a new track record on the 18th lap of the race, also thanks to the work of Bridgestone, the sole tire supplier.

“Even in Indianapolis the drivers preferred the soft compound for the race, a bit like what happened in the other races this season – said Masao Azuma, chief development engineer at Bridgestone Motorsport – because rather than having grip for the entire duration of the race they prefer to go fast from the first lap. This is why we at bridgestone are now working on a new hard compound for the race. However, this year's tires are very good also because Marc Marquez managed to lower the track record and did so on the 18th lap of the race. Furthermore, this year the races have been shortened by one lap but the drivers are lapping faster than last year and according to our calculations if the races had not been shortened by one lap, this year the races would have lasted 7 seconds less than last year. 2012.”