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Lowes credits MotoGP Michelins with more Qatar grip

Sam Lowes has credited MotoGP’s new Michelin tyres with giving more grip to Qatar’s Losail circuit – despite being on the Dunlop-shod Federal Oil Kalex Moto2 machine! Taking to the track for the first time last night alongside the MotoGP machines, who have tested separately up until now, the Brit says that the added rubber on track has changed the nature of the track for the better – despite two crashes during last night’s two sessions. “My first crash was strange, but the second one was just pushing a bit and went down. I got caught out though, because now the MotoGP boys have been out and the track has changed a lot. On corner entry, there’s the same grip as the test, but...
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