The bosses at Dorna, owners of the MotoGP race series, have proposed the introduction of a single tire rule for all MotoGP bikes in 2008. CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said "We have made a proposal in the Grand Prix Commission meeting today to reach an agreement between all the different tire manufacturers for the use of tires in 2008, owing to the situation in which some factories believe that they can't have tires which they think are competitive. We thought that the best possibility is to go to a one tire rule".
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I hate the idea of a spec tire class so high up the ranks, but at the same time I feel for the poor Michelin teams this year. How is it Bridgestone got so far ahead of everyone else? In a way, it adds another level of competition (you got the bikes, then the riders, then the tires) but taking tires out of the equation would better tell us who has the better bike, and/or who's the best rider.