Ngo-2014 i-MotoGP yalahlekelwa omunye wabagibeli abakhulu abenze lo mncintiswano waduma, sikhuluma ngo-Colin Edwards owathi, ngemva kokumemezela umhlalaphansi wakhe, waqinisekisa isivumelwano noMichelin sokubasiza ukuthuthukisa amathayi inkampani yaseFrance ezoqala ngawo ku-MotoGP ngo-2016. . , unyaka abazongena ngawo esikhundleni sikaBridgestone njengomhlinzeki oyedwa.
Kusukela lapho kube nokuhlolwa okuningana lapho u-Edward omdala ebonakala ehlola futhi elahla ama-casings nezinhlanganisela ukuze kwakheke ithayi elivumelekile kuma-prototypes anamandla angaphezu kuka-240 amahhashi. Ngemuva kwaso sonke lesi sikhathi esebenza, lo mpetha womhlaba we-SBK osewine amahlandla amabili usenqume ukwenza inhlolokhono kwa-MCN lapho esishiyela khona imininingwane njengokuthi izivivinyo zibe zinhle kakhulu noma kudingeke ukuthi ashintshe ukugibela kwakhe ukuze akwazi ukuhamba. ngokushesha nge-Michelin.
Ngokusho kuka-Colin Edwards ngokwakhe, enye yezinkinga abhekane nayo inkinga yokubamba isondo, ngoba ngenxa yokuthi ibhayisikili le-MotoGP lifakwe izinto eziningi ze-electronics, kube nzima kakhulu kuye ukucacisa izinga lokubambelela okunikezwa yisondo. Noma kunjalo, uyalokotha aphikisane ngomsebenzi wakhe ethayini langaphambili, okukodwa nje kwekhanda likaMichelin njengoba, njengoba bonke abagibeli beMotoGP bamanje sebefanelekile, isondo leBridgestone livelele ngayo yonke indlela.
Ngokusho kuka-Edwards: “Isondo langaphambili leBridgestone likuvumela ukuthi ubhuleke sekwephuzile kakhulu futhi uphonsa ibhayisikili ekhoneni, futhi isondo lisasebenza. Akusho lutho ukuthi wenzani. Umuzwa enginikezwe wona uMichelin ubufana nokuza ekhaya. Yinto esengiyifundile ngemuva kokwenza izinkulungwane zama-laps kusekethe yakhe yaseLadoux eminyakeni embalwa edlule evivinya amakhulu amasondo ehlukene. Uma ngithi 'goduka' ngiqonde indlela isondo eliziphethe ngayo. Nge-Michelin awukwazi nje ukungena ekhoneni futhi usebenzise kabi ibhuleki. Kufanele uqale ngengcindezi encane kuqala bese uqala ukubhuleka, kufanele kube njalo. lokho kuyimizwa nokuncintisana ».
Omunye umniningwane obalulekile ezitatimendeni zomshayeli yilapho ephawula ngokuthi uMichelin akabhekile ukwenza ithayi njengeBridgestone, kodwa basebenza ngokubheka ulwazi abanalo nolwazi oluzobavimba ukuthi bafinyelele emqhudelwaneni womhlaba ngokunikela ngokuthile. sebenawo. , kodwa umkhiqizo ohlukile wonke umuntu angakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nawo kalula nangokulula. Wonke lo msebenzi ukhokhele ekugcineni futhi, nakuba izikhathi ezizuzwe kumasekethe ahlukene zingakavezwa, umshayeli waseNyakatho Melika wembula, isibonelo, ukuthi uhambe ngokushesha kunanini ngaphambili eMotegi nge-Michelin.