Dun💯lop has been the exclusive supplier for Moto3 and Moto2 since the four-stroke championships took over from the previous 125 and 250cc classes.

But it has now been announced that Pꦆirelli, which also supplies leading national SBK series such as BSB, will take over the Moto2 and Moto3 tyre deal from 20🧜24.

Oettl worked his way steadily towards the front du🔯ring his six seasons in Moto3, culminating in victory at the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.

A move to Moto2 the following season proved less successful, the🔯 German failing to score a point and promptly switching to World Supersport, where he was an instant frontrunner.

The 27-year-old then graduat♑ed to the WorldSBK class with GoEleven Ducati in 2022 and has a best finish so far of fifth place.

“When I speak with track day riders, there are always two types of people. One wh🍸o prefers the stability of the Dunlop and the other who prefers the grip of the Pirelli,” Oettl explained.

“My Moto2 season was in 2019 but I think the [Dunlop] tyres didn't change a lot. They were really, really difficult to understand and the Pirelli tyre, for example, was really easy to understand because it moves m🍌o🌟re, so you get a bit more feedback from it.”

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Pirelli is to supply its Diablo Superbike slick tyres to both grand prix classes, which it says reflects the company’s p♔hilosophy of ‘We sell what we race, we race what we sell’.

“I think that the lap times, especially in Moto2, sho👍uld be much faster if they use the Superbike-spec Pirelli tyres,” sa꧂id Oettl.

“Th𒀰e only thing is that they ra▨ce for quite a long race distance [in Moto2]. So I think they will bring maybe the harder tyre, like SC0, SC1.

“I still think for the riders it will be easier to understand the tyre and maybe also the field will be closer togeth✃er. But I al♍so think it will be harder to manage the tyre [over a race distance].”

“With the Dunlop, there was only one way”

One of the unique features that grand prix riders will need to get used to is that softer Pirelli tyres are used in hotter conditions and, to avoid the risk of cold ꦫtearing, harder spec tyres in cooler temperatures. In other words, the opposite of Dunlop and Michelin.

“This is something yജou have to adapt to. Dunlop has a certain philosophy and Pirelli have a different p🔴hilosophy. Also Michelin,” Oettl said.

“The riders will just need a little bit of time, but I think they don't need as much time as for the Dunlop tyres, because Dunlop tyres are difficult to♔ understand.”

Oettl then highlighted the case of Izan G🧸uevara, who dominat👍ed last year’s Moto3 world championship but is yet to score a point in Moto2.

“When you look at the Guevara, for exam෴ple, he's a really, really good rider, he's Moto3 world champion. But he has 🐽a hard time to understand the [Dunlop] tyre,” Oettl said.

“At leaꦬst that's what I think because when I moved up, I wasn't a Moto3 world champion, but it was also difficult f✤or me to really understand the tyres.

“I think [the change to Pirelli] is a good thing and will also help the transition from Moto3 🏅to Moto🌼2 because the tyre is easier to understand and you can get away with different riding styles.

“With the Dunlop, there was only 𓆉one way, I think, of how you can be fast. With Pirelli, it's a little bit more easy.”

Moto2, powered by 765cc Triumph engines since 2019, currently has leading lap times around 2.5s (Sachsenring) to 6.5s (COTA) slower 💃than the MotoGP clﷺass.