[kropotkin thinks...] - Bridgestone Press Release: New Rubber Ready To Roll At Sepang

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Bridgestone issued the following press release, explaining their strategy for 2013, and the tires to be tested for possible use in the upcoming MotoGP season:

Bridgestone rolls out new rubber for the first MotoGP™ group test of 2013

Saturday, February 2 2013

Bridgestone heads to Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit to support the first MotoGP™ group test of 2013, as the world’s largest rubber goods manufacturer begins its fifth season as the official tyre supplier to the class.

In keeping with Bridgestone’s philosophy of creating safer race tyres with superior warm-up performance and rider feel, tyre development over the winter focused on creating a suite of softer rear slicks specifically for the CRT class. Bridgestone has also recently developed a new, more user-friendly hard rubber compound.

The CRT-specific rear slicks represent the first time Bridgestone has made different specifications of tyre for the CRT machines, that use production-based engines, and the ‘works’ bikes – the factory and satellite entries from Ducati, Honda and Yamaha. The slicks developed for the CRT class will feature the same construction, though they will utilise compounds one step softer than those provided to the ‘works’ bikes.

Year:
2013


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