Right. Overwhelming in terms of numbers preferring it, yes - '90%' of the field liked it acc. to Goubert (I thought you meant overwhelming no. of riders faced chatter.)
No, to clarify once more...
"According to a Michelin spokesman, Rossi was the only member of the 23-rider MotoGP contingent to express preference for the harder casing at the close of testing."
I think chatter was identified as an issue - but the point is, following testing, the #70 was overwhelmingly rejected in favour of the #6 carcass. However, one rider expressed a preference for the former. Taramasso had already stated that the aim for 2017 was to provide one casing and one profile for the season, and only change compounds track by track. However, now it seems they are 'evaluating' another construction to run in tandem with the existing one, which it transpires is the mothballed #70 owing to a small group of riders, (we’re still not entirely certain who because of contradictory reporting), and supposedly two factories requesting it after Qatar. Or did they? Márquez has stated that although reappraisal of the #70 may be beneficial to him, he was actually referring to compound. (Apparently that is of no consequence to this debate, because it’s still a different tyre???!!)
The tyre consignment which they stated was never planned to race arrived late due strike action, and throughout this the Safety Commission weren’t advised of the planned introduction of a fourth option which now seems to have been agreed almost a fortnight ago. Is that the accepted protocol that the Safety Commission should be informed of an evaluation of a differing product at a race weekend? – to my knowledge yes, particularly at a circuit that only a year ago witnessed a near catastrophic tyre failure. This has split the paddock into two factions and at the centre of this schism appears to be the usual suspect.
Re Marquez statement, regardless of what words came out he still pointedly asked for a different tyre.
Riders request different compounds all the time which is why I will refer you again to the original Michelin objectives for 2017 which were to target only compound changes from circuit to circuit. Again the statement from Taramasso
“the aim for 2017 was to provide one casing and one profile for the season, and only change compounds track by track.”
Introducing a different construction is an entirely different issue to a rider request for a harder compound option.
The blame dodging exercise that MM is putting forth, it may be different but it's not a world away. He is not satisfied with the current tyres. And he asked for something to be done.
What on earth are you talking about? This discussion has pertained throughout to the requests submitted following Qatar and Michelin’s controversial possible reintroduction of the harder construction #70 in future races. What excuses put forth? We are evaluating the sequence of events prior to the Argentina race weekend.
He was talking about the casing NOT the compound (as everybody knows).
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Astonishingly there are members on here that either do not appear to understand the implications, deem it inconsequential or even such differentiation an inconvenience.
