RACEGUIDE 2021 Michelin BARWA GRAND PRIX TISSOT GRAND PRIX 01 OF QATAR 02 OF DOHA march 26-28 april 2-4 timetable FRIDAY MARCH, 26 / APRIL, 2 1:50pm-2:30pm FP1 Moto3 2:45pm-3:25pm FP1 Moto2 3:40pm-4:25pm FP1 MotoGP 6:10pm-6:50pm FP2 Moto3 7:05pm-7:45pm FP2 Moto2 8:00pm-8:45pm FP2 MotoGP SATURDAY MARCH, 27 / APRIL, 3 1:25pm-2:05pm FP3 Moto3 2:20pm-3:00pm FP3 Moto2 3:15pm-4:00pm FP3 MotoGP 5:30pm-5:45pm QP1 Moto3 5:55pm-6:10pm QP2 Moto3 6:25pm-6:40pm QP1 Moto2 6:50pm-7:05pm QP2 Moto2 7:20pm-7:50pm FP4 MotoGP 8:00pm-8:15pm QP1 MotoGP - INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO SUBJECT - INFORMATION 8:25pm-8:40pm QP2 MotoGP SUNDAY MARCH, 28 / APRIL, 4 motogp.com 2:40pm-3:00pm WUP Moto3 3:10pm-3:30pm WUP Moto2 SOURCE: SOURCE: 3:40pm-4:00pm WUP MotoGP 5:00pm RAC Moto3 Check out 6:20pm RAC Moto2 the 2021 motogp LOCAL TIME - 8:00pm RAC MotoGP season teaser LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT - QATAR 07 TURN NUMBER s1 SECTOR 12 13 HIGH TYRE-STRESS ZONE 05 S2 04 S3 08 09 tire 14 severity S1 rating 06 11 10 15 03 02 TOTAL DISTANCE 22 118.4KM LAPS 01 16 LENGTH WIDTH RIGHT CORNERS LEFT CORNERS LONGEST STRAIGHT Severe > < Mild 5.38KM 12M 10 6 1,068M GRAND PRIX OF QATAR 2019 2019 Podium 1 2 A. Dovizioso 3 M. Márquez (Ducati) C. Crutchlow (Honda) 42’36.902s (Honda) records Best race lap Pole 2019 : Maverick Viñales (Yamaha), 1’53.546s Jorge Lorenzo All Time Lap Record (Yamaha, 2016) 1m54.927s Marc Márquez Race duration (Honda, 2019) 1m53.38s Jorge Lorenzo Palmarès Michelin (Yamaha, 2016), 42m28.452s Best pole Wins Pole positions Maverick Viñales Top Speed 7 (2004, 2005, (2004, 2006, 2007, (Yamaha, 2019) 1m53.546s M. Márquez (2019) 352.0 Km/h 2006, 2016, 2017, 8 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) 2018, 2019) michelinmotorsport.com 2021 qatar tire regulations Piero Taramasso ALLOCATION PER RACE: Michelin Motorsport michelin Two-Wheel Manager Power " slick ": 22 10 Power front slicks 3 Up to 6 Power Slick Soft 3 Up to 5 Power Slick Medium WE HAVE ALSO 3 Up to 4 Power Slick Hard I am very proud of what IMPROVED set-up work. We have also Michelin Motorsport’s" CONSISTENCY, improved consistency by teams in Clermont-Ferrand a move to slightly harder and on the ground have WHILE AT THE SAME compounds, while at the 6 x 5 x 4 x Soft mediummedium Hard achieved. In spite of the TIME MAXIMISING same time maximising grip difficult circumstances they and overall performance. had to contend with, and GRIP AND OVERALL These gains were praised 12 Power rear slicks working within the existing PERFORMANCE by our partners at the pre- 3 Up to 6 Power Slick Soft technical framework, they season test in Qatar where 3 Up to 5 Power Slick Medium have succeeded in building on the experience our tires played a part in the establishment we acquired in 2020 to revisit our MotoGP™ of two new MotoGP™ records for Losail: 3 Up to 4 Power Slick Hard range in depth. Our pre-season test that of the fastest lap for the track – programme saw us meet our development which was the work of Ducati Team’s Jack targets and the results are extremely Miller, with a time of 1m53.183s – and encouraging. They mean we will be able that of the highest speed ever reached 6 x 5 x 4 x Soft mediummedium Hard to provide the riders with a range that is there when Johann Zarco’s Pramac Racing both more streamlined and more versatile, Ducati was clocked at 357.6kph down the Riders who participate in both Q1 and Q2: and that in turn will facilitate their bike main straight! 3 + 1 MICHELIN Front Power Slick (of the specification the riders prefer) MICHELIN MICHELIN 3 1 MICHELIN Rear Power Slick Soft asymmetry Power Slick Power Rain In the case that Q1 and Q2 sessions are both declared wet by the Race Director, the extra tires allocated will be rain tyres. Soft medium Hard Soft medium In the case that Q1 and Q2 sessions Hard front are declared as different weather symmetric Asymmetric symmetric symmetric conditions (dry or wet) then no extra tire will be allocated. Soft Soft medium Hard Soft medium rear michelin Asymmetric Asymmetric Power Rain: 13 6 front Power Rain MotoGP™ Michelin’s Record of 2 specifications riDers world 447 31 Champion wins titles (1976 - 2020) 7 rear Power Rain of 2 specifications In the case that any 4 of the 5 sessions, being FP1, 2, 3, 4, and one Qualifying session (excluding warm-up), are declared wet, one more set of rain tires will be allocated to every rider, and the allocation automatically becomes: #GripMadeToLast 7 Front rain tyres, and 8 Rear rain tyres. Entry list Aprilia Racing Gresini Team Aleix Espargaró LCR Honda #41 alex Petronas Márquez Yamaha SRT Born: July 30, 1989 #73 Grand Prix debut: 2009, Indianapolis Monster Energy Tech 3 KTM Franco 179 0 1 2 Yamaha MotoGP Factory Racing Morbidelli Born: April 23, 1996 #21 Grand Prix debut: 2020, Spain Maverick Lorenzo Danilo Viñales Savadori Petrucci 14 0 2 0 #12 #32 #9 Born: December 4, 1994 RECORD WITH MICHELIN Grand Prix debut: 2018, Qatar 0 2 0 0 Born: January 12, 1995 49 3 5 2 Born: April 4, 1993 Born: October 24, 1990 Grand Prix debut: 2015, Qatar Grand Prix debut: 2020, Europe RECORD WITH MICHELIN Grand Prix debut: 2012, Qatar Takaaki 105 8 26 12 3 0 0 0 Nakagami 3 5 2 0 151 2 10 0 #30 RECORD WITH MICHELIN RECORD WITH MICHELIN Valentino 8 26 12 0 2 9 0 0 Rossi Esponsorama Born: February 9, 1992 #46 Racing Grand Prix debut: 2018, Qatar Fabio Iker Quartararo Lucas Lecuona 47 0 0 1 #20 #27 Born: February 16, 1979 Marini RECORD WITH MICHELIN Grand Prix debut: 2000, S. Africa #10 0 0 1 0 Born: April 20, 1999 354 89 199 55 Born: January 6, 2000 Grand Prix debut: 2019, Qatar World titles: Grand Prix debut: 2019, Valence Born: August 10, 1997 rookie (2009, 2008, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001) 7 33 3 10 10 Grand Prix debut: 2021, Qatar 12 0 0 0 RECORD WITH MICHELIN RECORD WITH MICHELIN 0 0 0 0 Ducati Team 65 124 43 5 3 10 10 0 Enea Red Bull KTM Jack Bastianini Factory Racing Miller #23 #43 Team Suzuki Repsol Honda Brad Ecstar Team Binder Born: January 18, 1995 Born: December 30, 1997 #33 Alex rookie Grand Prix debut: 2015, Qatar Stefan Grand Prix debut: 2021, Qatar Bradl Rins #42 99 1 10 1 #6 0 0 0 0 Born: August 11, 1995 Grand Prix debut: 2020, Spain RECORD WITH MICHELIN Born: December 8, 1995 14 1 1 0 1 10 1 0 Born: November 29 1989 Grand Prix debut: 2017, Qatar Pramac Racing Grand Prix debut: 2012, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN Francesco 64 3 12 0 106 0 1 1 Johann 1 1 0 0 Bagnaia Zarco RECORD WITH MICHELIN #63 #5 Pol 3 12 0 0 Miguel Espargaró Oliveira #44 #88 Born: January 14, 1997 Joan Born: July 16, 1990 Grand Prix debut: 2019, Qatar Mir Grand Prix debut: 2017, Qatar #36 30 0 1 0 Born: June 10, 1991 66 0 7 5 Born: January 4, 1995 Grand Prix debut: 2014, Qatar Grand Prix debut: 2019, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN RECORD WITH MICHELIN 118 0 6 2 st, 30 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 Born: September 1 1997 0 7 5 0 Grand Prix debut: 2019, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN RECORD WITH MICHELIN 0 6 2 0 31 1 7 0 Jorge 2 2 1 0 Martin World title: (2020) 1 #89 RECORD WITH MICHELIN 1 7 0 1 Born: January 29, 1998 rookie Grand Prix debut: 2021, Qatar 0 0 0 0 RACE STARTS WINS PODIUMS POLES WORLD TITLES Facts Michelin’s moto gptm race staff* elin ch po i w m e r 15,000 22 2 developers The number slick tires of kilometres a rider covered by can use 7 technicians a rider during during a grand prix weekend a season (free practice, qualifying, warm-up (races and practice) and race) 11 fitters 1 Manager MINIMUM PRESSURE FOR A TYRE Front slick Rear slick 1 coordinator and 1,9 bar 1,7 bar MotoE manager 1 press officer THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE Front slick Rear slick 3 Marketing / 100°C 120°C communication *Only a part of the MotoGP team travels to each race. W EI G H T: MAXIMUM TYRES FUEL TANK CAPACITY: 157 kg 22 litres MICHELIN Power Slick OR MICHELIN Power Rain 17" RIM DIAMETER: 17 inches S IZE S : FRONT: 12 / 60 - 17 Width Exterior Rim (cm) diameter diameter (inches) ENGINE DISPLACEMENT: POWER: (cm) 4 REAR: 20 / 69 - 17 1,000 cc stroke 240hp 2021 calendar 28/03 QATAR GP 2021 Losail 04/04 DOHA GP 2021 Losail 18/04 PORTUGUESE GP 2021 Portimao 02/05 SPANISH GP 2021 Jerez 16/05 FRENCH GP 2021 Le Mans 30/05 ITALIAN GP 2021 Mugello 06/06 CATATAN GP 2021 Barcelone 20/06 GERMAN GP 2021 Sachsenring 27/06 DUTCH GP 2021 Assen 11/07 FINNISH GP 2021 KymiRing 15/08 AUSTRIAN GP 2021 Red BullRing 29/08 BRITISH GP 2021 Silverstone 12/09 ARAGON GP 2021 MotorLand Aragón 19/09 SAN MARINO GP 2021 Misano 03/10 JAPANESE GP 2021 Motegi 10/10 THAI GP 2021 Buriram 24/10 AUSTRALIAN GP 2021 Phillip Island 31/10 MALAYSIAN GP 2021 Sepang 14/11 VALENCIA GP 2021 Valence MICHELIN POWER MICHELIN POWER MOTOGP Michelin’s range MICHELIN MICHELIN 2021 Season POWER POWER PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE SLICK CUP 1000cc 600cc Competition use 0 - 17 /6 MICHELIN POWER SLICK² Front 12 SOFT Medium Hard Competition Beginner - Track days Not type-approved for road use 9 - 17 /6 MICHELIN POWER CUP² rear 20 NEW NEW NEW Competition Beginner Track days - Road legal MICHELIN POWER GP 0 - 17 /6 Front 12 Soft Medium 50 % track days – 50 % road MICHELIN POWER 5 9 - 17 /6 rear 20 100 % road michelinmotorsport.com MICHELIN POWER OVER 30 WORLD TITLES SINCE 1973 MFP Michelin, Place des Carmes Déchaux, 63 040 Clermont-Fd, 855 20 0507 RCS Clermont-Fd, Photo Lukasz Swiderek 2020 Swiderek Lukasz Photo 855 20 0507 RCS Clermont-Fd, 63 040 Clermont-Fd, Déchaux, des Carmes Place MFP Michelin, Michelin Power The winning tire range with over 400 wins and 30 Premier Class world titles (MotoGP TM/500cc) in the past 47 years.