♍Michelin's San Marino MotoGP tyre allocation will include an alternative medium front, designed specifically for the Misano circuit.

MotoGP's exclusive supplier usua𒆙lly offers a choice of one soft, medium and hard compound for the front and ꦆrear.

However the high-temperatures, abrasive surfa💜ce and increased stresses of the 4,2༺26m Italian circuit mean there will not be any soft tyres this weekend.

Instead, tw🌠o medium opജtions will be provided (plus one hard), for the front and rear.

One of ❀the front mediums will be the existing design used since Mugello race (the hard will also feature this structure) whilst the other medium will be the commonly referred to ‘Misano Tyre’.

This has been designed to give the riders more stabiliܫty under braking and cಌornering at the unusual track and has undergone testing to confirm its suitability. The same structure on a different profile was used in 2016 with great success by most of the field.

All three front ty🍸res 🧜will be a symmetrical version.

The rear slicks will all be of an asymmetric design𓆏, with a harder right shoulder. Of the two medium rears, one has the ability to warm-up slightly quicker for riders who need to get heat in the tyre as soon as possible.

Rain tyres will be available in a soft and medium compounds, front and rear, with the medium rear an asymmet🌊ric.

“Misano is quite a difficult and complicated circuit because it can generate high tyre tempe🍰ratures as the bikes spend a lot of time at big lean angles," confirmed Piero Taramasso – Michelin Motorsport Two-Wheel Manager.

"With 10-right-hand turns compared to just 6-left-hand turns, Misano is harsher on the right shoulder of the rear tyre. Last season we were very pleased with the performance of all the tyres, we broke some of the existing records – which we would obviously like to do again this year – but the most satisfying thing was the consistency and durability our tyres showed on rac꧋e-day in very hot and demanding c⭕onditions on an abrasive surface.

"We have recently tested at the circuit with many of the top riders, so have some good up-to-date data which will give us a solid startin🍒g 𒉰point for the weekend. With Misano we start the last third of this exciting season and there is no doubt we will see a large crowd this weekend at the one of more spectacular battles for the championship.”

Although Valentino Rossi is set to miss the race through i🀅njury, Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales are covered by just 13 points at the top of the standings.