The new tires are a test according to the technician
The Italian Grand Prix at Mugello was quite the thing boring in terms of overtaking and emotions, but the protagonists gave their soul and the clock doesn’t lie in this regard. Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini underlined at the back of the podium how sensational it was to maintain a qualifying race pace and they were not the only ones.
Marc Marquez’s crew chief underlined this aspect Frankie Carchedi on X: “We finished 23 seconds faster than the race distance time that earned us victory in 2023. The bar has been raised”the words of the Gresini team technician who wanted to underline how much a step forward has been made in terms of performance by the prototypes and riders on a track like Mugello.
A user asked Carchedi if the tires Michelin that have a different construction can play a key role in this improvement, but according to Marc Marquez’s technical shoulder this is not the case: “The front tire doesn’t change, the rear tire 95% the same, there’s a little more ‘edge’ but it’s worth 0.2 seconds per lap”. Therefore, according to Carchedi, the new tires may have contributed less than five seconds, with 18 seconds remaining.
