Two curves are on the program today.
First of all, that of the race. The start of the race is marked by the attack of Rossi, the fastest at this point in the race. Marquez tries to react and succeeds 9th lap, when the front Michelin tires started to suffer from graining; from then on, the times will continue to fall until losing a good second and a half at the end of the race.
This is a quite unusual characteristic for French tires, and this drop in times is undoubtedly the result of a conjunction of “graining at the front, sliding at the rear”.
However, we could not deplore any fall
(apart from the “Iannonade”) fell while they were numbered 7 Last year; in Barcelona, it's slippery but it warns!
We could also see it with the splendid catch of Marc Marquez in the penultimate lap of the race…
The second graph, comparing the times of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, is clear; at no time was the Majorcan pilot able to follow his elder, including when graining there was no…
