Michelin has extended its front tyre selection for Argentina to FOUꦿR different options, after several riders requested an alternative casing, Piero Taramasso, the company's manager of motorsport has confirmed.

In the w🐻ake of pre-season testing, it appeared the French firm had made a definitive decision with regards to fr𓃲ont casing for the season ahead. Rider feedback indicated it is somewhat softer than was raced in 2016.

However, comments from certain men at the close of the opening race in Qat💝ar convinced Michelin to bring an alternativeღ front tyre with a stiffer casing, as used at November's Valencia GP, to ensure 2017 development is going in the right direction.

Riders have three compounds to choose from this weekend: a soft, medium and hard. However, t🐬here are two variations of the soft - one that was brought to Qatar (the 2017 tyre, the softer of the two), and one that was ra🌟ced in Valencia 2016 (the harder).

Both soft tyres will have the same markings.

Valentino Rossi has been the most vocal ༒when detailing his difficulty at ada꧒pting to the 2017 front, which he says is too soft for his liking.

"I have a lot of movement in tꦐhe entry [of the cor🐎ner], and I am not fast to enter, and to carry enough speed," Rossi said in Qatar. "I said this from the first time [I tried the tyre]."

Taಞramasso confirmed Andrea Iannone and the Honda trio of Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow joined Rossi in requesting that the stiffer casing be brought to Argentina to clarify whether the 2017 decision was the correct one.

"I was more satisfied with what I had l꧑ast year," Crutchlow s𒁏aid on Thursday, referencing his feeling with Michelin's '17 front.

Should conditions not permit it's use this weekend, the two front constructi✅ons will also be available at the next ra🃏ce in Austin. A final decision will then be reached, Taramasso said, before the IRTA test at Jerez in early May.

Michelin is keen to come to a definitive decision🤪 on front tyre casing as soon as possible, so there is consistency going forward, a feature that wasn't always evident in '16, which saw the company's MotoGP return after a seven-year absence.

On whethꦜer he feels the alternative tyre will be of benefit this weekend, Rossi said, "I know that Michelin brings one front tyre with the older casing, a bit more stiff.

"When I spoke with Mic💧helin at the start of the season about my problem with the front, they sai🏅d that I was the only one! Maybe if they bring this tyre, some other riders will have my feeling.

"We improved in Qatar, but it will be v🃏ery interesting to try this tyre here to understand if the feeling is better or not."

According to a Michelin spokesman, Rossi was the only member of the 23-rider MotoGP contingent to express preference for the harder casing at the close of te🔯sඣting.

On what may have caused Marquez, Pedrosa, Crutchlow and Iannone to change their opinion af𓆏ter the race, Taramasso suggested the varying track conditions throughout the first round had played a part, as well as riders pushing harder than in testing.