Michelin, the MotoGP sole tyre manufacturer, and the Grand Prix Commission, the sport’s rulemaking body, have announced that they will press ahead with the introduction of embedded wireless technology in their tyres for the 2017 MotoGP season. The new technology will hopefully bring to an end the confusion that flag-to-flag races have created in the past, by allowing organisers to feed back live tyre information not only to race control but also to TV and media in realtime. Its not yet been confirmed how the system will work, other than a brief description from the Grand Prix Commission announcing the news that seems to suggest that the system set to be introduced will be more advanced...
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