Bridgestone investigate Dani Pedrosa tyre issue

Ok i knows it a mcn article but that aside...are the control tyres as consistant as they should be?

i was thinking since qatar there have been complaints about some tyres not working the same as the previous selection, i know things come into play like changes in the track/temps, weather and bike setup but There has been different outcomes for different riders using the same rubber, What do you guys think about this... isit some of the changes listed above or a flaw in bridgestones manufacturing of the tyres?


STORY: Dani Pedrosa will find out the result of a Bridgestone investigation in Jerez this weekend after the Spaniard managed to claim a podium finish in the Japanese GP, despite serious front tyre wear.

An immediate investigation was launched after the Repsol Honda rider finished third in the Twin Ring Motegi clash, despite problems with his choice of medium compound front Bridgestone tyre.

Pictures showed the triple world champion’s front tyre was badly chunked and Tohru Ubukata, Bridgestone Motorsport’s Manager of Motorcycle Race Tyre Development, said: “We did see some problems with Dani Pedrosa’s medium compound front Bridgestone tyre after the race.

"All the other tyres that were used during the weekend, and this season, performed well so we can say this is a problem isolated to just this one tyre, but of course we have already taken the tyre to our technical centre in Tokyo where we are investigating the problem in detail.

"I would like to apologise to Dani and the Repsol Honda team, but we saw that despite the problem the front Bridgestone continued to perform until the end of the race and I am happy that Dani finished a great ride in third position.”

It is known that Honda also had severe front-end tyre issues during the first race in Qatar earlier this month. Pedrosa slipped back from sixth to eventually finish 11th, while Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso had to settle for fifth after initially running in third.

Honda bosses told MCN during last weekend’s Twin Ring Motegi race that one of the big problems with the 2009 factory RC212V was its heavy wear on front tyres.

Both Pedrosa and Dovizioso have also complained of the bike having balance and weight distribution issues, which have contributed to aggressive wear of front and rear tyres

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Apr 29 2009, 02:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well if they are all pretty much on a control tire here it has to be that the honda just is eating those tires. What else could it be at this point?


yes it could be that but in qatar a few riders were left scratching there heads because the tyres they used all weekend did not perform the same on raceday and destroyed after a few laps mainly the suzuki guys but others to.

i was just asking what you guys think about this, im not trying to create conspiracy's im just wondering if bridgestones tyres are as controlled as they should be?

nevermind im just killing time until the next race...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Apr 29 2009, 04:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINK

Wow, I expected Babel to be all over this. He is the resident tire expert of the forum after all.



....Oh I know why he missed it, it didn't involve some excuse for Rossi.


Anyway, how impressive is Peder's podium now?

thanks for the bigger pic jum hopefully now the guys can see what i mean.. i know rubber gets feathered and shreds a little but that tyre is taking the piss.

surley that isnt wear from the bike, that thing is falling apart in chunks. I thought the suzuki riders comments after the qatar race were odd and dovi's..... i did post about it in 2 other threads so this just add's to my question.... are the control tyres consistant?

and hats off to dani for taking the machine race distance.