A constant fixture on the MotoGP calendar from 2010-2022, MotorLand 🔥Aragon returns to the calendar after a one-year hiatus t♈his weekend.

But the 5.077km circuit has undergone a complete resurfacing since MotoGP’s las𒊎t visit.

With no testing data, it’s a 🌠step into the unknown for teams and tyre supplier Michelin, which w💫ill bring an additional third rear option in response to the uncertainties.

“Controlling wear and heat will be the two main chall🦩enges of the weekend,” said Piero Taramasso, Michelin’s two-wheel 🦩competition manager.

“Given the expected conditi🍬ons, we have chosen fairly hard rubber compounds from our new ranges, as track temperature here could reach 50°C.

“Two years ago the race took place on 18 September, with slightly less complex weat𓃲her, and also on a track whose surface we knew very well.

“Given the new asphalt, the configuration of the circuit and the significant constraints that this track exerts, bo👍th for the front and rear tyres, we areꦚ now starting from scratch with new rubber.

“We know that a new surface generates more wear on the rear tyres, but also significant🥀 thermal variations. However, the specific characteristics will depend on the grain size of the new surface.

“If it is ‘open’ the grounꦯd will be very abrasive, and if it is closed (smooth), we will have to deal with rapid temperature increases.

“The first [practices] will be very important for the set-up of the bikes, and the riders will have to deal with multiꦆple combinations, but we will be there to guide them in their choices.

“As always, we will bring three compounds for 🐲the front, but three, instead of the usual two, fo𒅌r the rear.”

The front tyres will feature a choice of symmet✅rical Soft, Medium and Hard rubber compounds.

For the re🅷ar, riders will be able to choose between a Soft with a rubber compound oriented towards firmness, a Medium using the same philosophy, and a Hard꧅ dedicated to high temperatures.

The rear tyres will be asymmetric, with the left shoulder reinforced, to respond to the gre🅠ater number of turns on this side.