Dunloꦡp has been the exclusive supplier for Moto3 and M🧸oto2 since the four-stroke championships took over from the previous 125 and 250cc classes.

But it has now been announced that Pirelli, which also supplies leading national SBK series such as BSB, will take over the Moto2 and Moto3 tyre deal frꦓom 2024.

Oettl worked his way steadily towards the front during his six seasons in Moto3, culminating in ꧟victory at the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.

A move to Moto2 the following season proved less successful, the German failing to score a point a❀nd promptly switching to World Supersport,ꦜ where he was an instant frontrunner.

The 27-year-old 🐟then graduated to the WorldSBK 🐈class with GoEleven Ducati in 2022 and has a best finish so far of fifth place.

“When I speak with track day riders, there are always two types of people. One who prefers the st🍌ability of the Dunlop and the other who prefers the grip of the Pirelli,” Oettl explained.

“My Moto2 season was in 2019 but I think the [Dunlop] tyres didn't change a lot. They were really, really difficult꧒ to understand and the Pirelli tyre, for example, was really easy to understand because 𓄧it moves more, so you get a bit more feedback from it.”

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Pirelli is to supply its Diablo Superbike slick tyres to both grand prix classes, which it says reflects&nbs🌌p;the company’s philosophy of ‘We sell what we race, we race what we♑ sell’.

“I think that the lap times, especially in Moto2, should be much꧃ faster if they use the Superbike-sp🧸ec Pirelli tyres,” said Oettl.

“The only thing is that they race for quite ꦜa long race distance [in Moto2]. So I think they will⛄ bring maybe the harder tyre, like SC0, SC1.

“I still think for the riders it will be easier to understand the tyre and maybe also the field wi🌃ll be closer together. But I also think it will be harder to manage the tyre [over a race distance].”

“With the Dunlop, there was only one way”

One of the unique features that grand prix riders will need to get used to is that softer Pirelli tyres are used in hotter conditions and, to avoid the risk of cold tearing, harder spec tyres in cooler temperatures. In other wo🎉rds, the opposite of Dunlop and Michelin.

“This is something you have to adapt to. Dunlop has a certain philosophy and Pirelli have a different philosop𓄧hy. Also Michelin,༺” Oettl said.

“The riders will just need a little bit of ti🐓me, but I think they don't neeꦏd as much time as for the Dunlop tyres, because Dunlop tyres are difficult to understand.”

Oettl then highlighted the case of Izan Guevara, who dominated last year’s Moto3 w🐼orld championship but is yet to score a🦹 point in Moto2.

“When you look at the Gu♎evara, for example, he'📖s a really, really good rider, he's Moto3 world champion. But he has a hard time to understand the [Dunlop] tyre,” Oettl said.

“At least that'🉐s what I think because when I moved up, I wasn't a Mot🍃o3 world champion, but it was also difficult for me to really understand the tyres.

“I think [the change to Pirelli] is a good thing and will also help the transition from Moto3 to Moto2 because the tyre is easier♋ to understand and you can get away with different riding styles.

“With the Dunlop, there was on💙ly one way, I think, of how you can be fast. With Pirelli, it's a little bit more easy.”

Moto2, powered by 765cc Triumph engines since 2019, c✨urrently has leading lap times around 2.5s (Sachsenring) to 6.5ꦆs (COTA) slower than the MotoGP class.