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Michelin: Elbow style to stay in 2016

MotoGP riders will continue dragging their elbows through corners, despite the change from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres in 2016. That's the view of Michelin Racing technical director Nicolas Goubert, who says that touching elbows - as well as knees - on the asphalt is a matter of riding style rather than lean angle. And the source of the current spectacular style is double MotoGP champion Marc Marquez. “Of course!” smiled Goubert, when asked if the elbow-down style would continue. “For me it's… do you remember Jean-Philippe Ruggia? That guy put his elbow on the ground 15-20 years ago. The fact that the guys are putting their elbow on the ground now is just because Marquez arrived,...
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