<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Austin @ Oct 19 2008, 05:49 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'm glad this was brought up. Although maybe it's been brought up before and I missed it as I've been in and out of this place as of late.
Lex has made a lot of noise about Bridgestone and Michelin supplying certain tires to certain riders and making some tires inaccessible to some riders. Given, this is all apart of the loved/hated Lex Files but Lex's theories have been given some support in recent weeks/months. Now with Bridgestone not having to compete with anyone else, who's to stop them from doing it again? Bridgestone are now in the position of deciding who will be world champion, if they felt so inclined. Maybe Bridgestone feel that Valentino Rossi is the most marketable rider on the grid, or they feel it's Nicky Hayden or Dani Pedrosa or Casey Stoner. It doesn't matter. Let's say Bridgestone have selected the rider they think can sell the most tires, who can stop them from giving that rider top drawer rubber that is not available to other riders?
If the solution is some sort of regulation to be done by the FIM or MotoGP, shouldn't Bridgestone's '07 Special and Michelin's Previously Pedrosa's have been caught by such regulation?
The moment Dorna wouldn't let Ducati on Michelin I was sold (on the Lex theories).
I think the correct thing was to go to a control tyre and basically take your tyres all from the same pool of tyres. That is the solution. (or tyre competition)
Now I was listening to the guys on Eurosport (Justin TV) the commentators (those good ones) commented how everyone came out of the tyre meeting and blew up, nary a happy camper amongst them.
Denning and Suppio apparently huddled in the corner and lamented this decision, only one or two riders or teams seemed happy, Ducati and Suzuki certainly weren’t them.
I cannot see any good coming of this.
