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Have Suzuki, Yamaha found a season-defining advantage?

A new, more durable, rear tyre compound from Michelin appeared to present Yamaha and Suzuki with an advantage in the first MotoGP group test at Sepang. But whether it can be easily fixed by a set-up tweak or will have a season-defining impact is not yet clear

There are certain inevitabilities to life: death, taxes, Guns N' Roses being labelled as heavy metal (they categorically are not), and tyres being a dominant talking point of rider debriefs during MotoGP pre-season testing.

Predictably, this was the case at the recent Sepang test, in which the field further got to grips (pun semi-intended) with Michelin's 2020-spec tyres they will race in the upcoming campaign.

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