MotoGP's top class, for bikes with engines up to 1,000cc displacement, will use Bridgestone race tires exclusively in 2015 before switching to Michelin in 2016.
Pau Serracanta, managing director of commercial area at Dorna Sports lauded Dunlop for having played a “significant role in the development of both Moto2 and Moto3 since the individual classes were originated….”
Sanjay Khanna, managing director, Dunlop Motorsport and Motorcycle Europe, said, “The intensity of the racing makes for compelling viewing. We look forward to increasing our promotion of these classes during the coming years in a way that will help increase the focus on the rising talent and quality of racing.”
Dunlop Motorsport, a unit of Goodyear Dunlop Europe, produces competition motorcycle tires at a plant in Montluçon, France, which makes both street and track two-wheeler tires.
Production was moved there last year from Goodyear Dunlop's Fort Dunlop factory in Erdington, England, after the firm's lease on the 99-year-old factory expired.
