MotoGP Le Mans: Tyre pressure controversy - Dorna statement and rider reaction

Tyre pressure irregularities on the Ducati Lenovo GP22 brought the validity of Pecco Bagnaia’s Jerez victory into question this week.

With speculation abound, multiple riders were suggested to have breached regulations regarding Michelin operating parameters across the opening six rounds of the 2022 season, promoting MotoGP Technical Director Danny Aldridge to issue a statement on Thursday evening.

“In cooperation with the MSMA and following a request from the MSMA, the Technical Direction of the Championship is currently in the process of evaluating a new tyre pressure monitoring protocol,” the statement confirmed.

“This procedure must include the introduction of a unified sensor and receiver system, because it is the only way to have reliable data for scrutineering. In addition, a detailed protocol of how the new regulations will be enforced has been discussed with the MSMA and it has been unanimously agreed that it will not be implemented before the start of the 2023 season.

“This protocol has preliminary been agreed within the MSMA on the condition that it would be evaluated by all manufacturers during the 2022 season. To aid in this evaluation, all manufacturers have unanimously agreed to freely share their riders’ tyre data after each event with all other manufacturers; as this data is supplied voluntarily and the sensors are calibrated individually by each sensor manufacturer, it cannot currently be verified for its accuracy.

“As agreed between Michelin, FIM, IRTA, MSMA and Dorna, the tyre regulations will continue to be enforced as they have been for many years, under the control of the Technical Director and Michelin, until such time that the proposed new procedure is ready to be introduced.”

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