“Looking at today's result we can say that we weren't ambitious enough because of what happened last year at this track”, said Michelin competitions director Frederic Henry-Biabaud. “We didn't want the same problem this time, so we recommended a very conservative direction to our teams. It was a mistake from which we have learned. Over the next three weeks we will therefore work in two directions.”

“ First, we will organise tests at several tracks. Second, we will continue developing some new solutions that we already have under development and which we will recommend to our teams for the next races, representing a more ambitious direction. We will also evolve the way we recommend tyre solutions to our teams, because this way we can deliver better performance.”

“ The season is far from over and we look forward to the last seven races after some very positive races already this year. Dani was leading the championship going into last weekend's German GP where he also led the race. It was very sad that he got hurt when he fell, but he made the correct decision not to race here, considering his injuries. It's also a great shame that Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) has suffered some injuries after his fantastic start to the season. Now we have to keep working hard, in fact we have to work even harder. We will certainly do everything we can to deliver more performance to our teams.”

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