Bridgestone has said it will test a series of qualifying tyres during the post-race test at Estoril on Monday in response to the domination of Michelin during today's qualifying hour for the Portuguese MotoGP.
Valentino Rossi was the only Bridgestone rider in the top half of the grid, and his third position marked the Japanese company's first front row start of the year so far.
Casey Stoner and John Hopkins were the next best Bridgestone users in ninth and tenth places.
"We can see that we need to advance our rate of qualifying tyre development," said Tohru Ubukata of Bridgestone.
"Casey and John were the only other riders on our tyres to get top ten results today so we have to work harder.
"On Monday, during the post-race test, we have a range of new rear qualifying compounds and constructions to test which we hope will bring some of the desired improvements."
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Valentino Rossi was the only Bridgestone rider in the top half of the grid, and his third position marked the Japanese company's first front row start of the year so far.
Casey Stoner and John Hopkins were the next best Bridgestone users in ninth and tenth places.
"We can see that we need to advance our rate of qualifying tyre development," said Tohru Ubukata of Bridgestone.
"Casey and John were the only other riders on our tyres to get top ten results today so we have to work harder.
"On Monday, during the post-race test, we have a range of new rear qualifying compounds and constructions to test which we hope will bring some of the desired improvements."
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