A final decision on the introduction of Michelin’s new generation front tyre for the 2026 MotoGP season will b🅠e made following Monday’s Aragon tesꦍt.

The new tyre - designed to counter the extra load imposed by ไaero and ride-height devices, while also being less sensitive to heat behind other bikes - was planned for use this season.

However, its introduction was delayed until 2026 due 🌜to a lack of testing opportunities.

A final ‘yes or no’ decision 🃏over the new tyre - described as larger but lighter -  will now be made following the latest feedback from riders and teams at Monday’s official test.

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“The plan is on Monday, here, we will test it again,” Piero Taramasso, Michelin’s Two-Wheel Motorsport Manager, told wuqian0821.com at Aragon.

“It's exactly the same tyre that we tested in Jerez, on the Monday, a🅘nd in Thailand and Sepang. So this will be it's final test.

“After that, we have to go through all the results and check all the technical data.🔜 Also, we have an industrial part to consider, because it’s a completely new design, with new processes.

“The profile is a little♏ bit bigger, it’s wider, it's more ‘round’ and has more volume inside. But it’s also one kg lighter. So this generation of tyre is really different.

“We will need at least one week, ten days to analyse everything and after that we will decide whethe🦋r to use it or not.”

Feedback so far sugge♐sts “some parts of the performance are already very strong. Fo♕r example, in stability and grip into a corner. 

"Wh♏ere we were mi༒ssing was in the agility compared to the standard tyre, it felt a little bit more heavy. 

"𒅌S💛o now we will try to improve that, do this final test and then we will decide.”

With tyres the most fundamental part of a MotoGP bike’s technical performance, and front feeling a matter of personal preference, Taramasso emphasised that Mic﷽helin wants as many riders and teams as possible to favour the new tyre if it is to be introduced.

"I would sa🍌y 60% are in fav🎃our at the moment, so it's already more on the positive side, but we want more," he said.

“We need to make sure that it works for almost all the riders, all th𝄹e brands.

“We don't want 💛to give an advantage to one rider or brand, so we need to evaluate all these kinds of things.”

Although there will not be anও official vote by the teams on whether to introduce the new tyre, “we will take all their opinions on board b🔯efore we decide, trying to keep everyone happy.

“We’ve tested at different tracks, hot and cold conditions, European and overseas circuits. So this last test is closing the🏅 loop.”

2026 will be Michelin’s final season a📖s MotoGP’s exclusive tyre supplier before Pirelli takes over for the new 850cc era in 2027.