BRIDGESTONE, the sole tyre supplier to the 2009 MotoGP series, has offered an apology to Dani Pedrosa and the Repsol Honda team, over the condition of the Spaniard's front tyre after last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.
Yesterday, Visordown brought you the first images of Pedrosa's post-race tyre condition, which showed massive chunks of rubber missing from the front slick.
In an official statement, Tohru Ubukata, Bridgestone Motorsport Manager, Motorcycle Race Tyre Development said:
'We did see some problems with Dani Pedrosa's medium compound front Bridgestone tyre after the race. All the other tyres that were used during the weekend, and this season, performed well so we can say this is a problem isolated to just this one tyre, but of course we have already taken the tyre to our technical centre in Tokyo where we are investigating the problem in detail.
"I would like to apologise to Dani and the Repsol Honda team, but we saw that despite the problem the front Bridgestone continued to perform until the end of the race and I am happy that Dani finished a great ride in third position.'
