Bridgestone are expecting next year's Argentine MotoGP round to be tough on their tyres as the new circuit has an abrasive surface with high-speed, high camber corners. And it will be hot.

“We received preliminary data from the circuit designers on the layout and tarmac composition of the circuit and it is obvious that Rio Honda is a very fast circuit with lots of high-camber corners," said chief enginner Masao Azuma.

"We have undertaken performance simulations at our Technical Centre in Japan and expect this track to be one of the harshest events on the calendar for tyres, as there is the potential for very high tyre temperatures to occur. However, it is winter in the southern hemisphere so track temperatures will be cool, so we must also provide the riders with good warm-up performance.

“With so many performance and safety considerations, we have brought numerous tyre options to Rio Hondo. Particularly for the rear slick tyres we are providing many options; we have symmetric and asymmetric rear slicks in a variety of rubber compounds, and have brought each of these options in both our regular and heat-resistant Special Construction specification. We will ask the riders to evaluate as many of these tyres as possible to give us a comprehensive data set that will help us develop the right tyres for next year’s race at this circuit.”