MotoGP could be heading for another tyre crisis in Austin, after riders reported massive right-side wear issues with rear tyres following free practice one on Friday. As our exclusive photos of Jorge Lorenzo’s rear tyre at the end of the 45 minutes of running clearly show, the right-hand edge of the asymmetric cover was badly worn. This problem was reported up and down the pitlane, with Honda’s Marc Marquez speaking out on the subject. “The main primary [problem] was the rear tyre, on the right side [it] was completely destroyed,” he said. “Sometimes in FP1 this can happen, because the track is dirty. “I think already Michelin is starting to think how it can manage this problem,...
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