But if the Ducatis hadn't had the tire issue on Saturday, this would have been a normal race over 25 laps, and he was more than prepared for that. "Sincerely during the weekend with the Yamaha we never have the problem with the tyres. So for the problem of another bike we have to change everything when we don’t suffer," Rossi said.

"The circumstances of today’s race were too biased to one manufacturer that seemed to have problems," Bradley Smith said. "That’s what I believe why the other manufacturers need to fight against the tire company, because to take away our strength of being strong at the end of races and basically hand the perfect scenario to the red bikes is hard to deal with."

Pol Espargaro was similarly unhappy. Talking to Catalan radio, he was dismissive of the entire situation. "The race was made like this because of Ducati," he said. "We keep saying that Michelin has many problems, but the riders with problems were the Ducatis. They have 17 km/h more top speed than us, and they are using up their tires. If Ducati can't use these tires, then maybe they should turn down the power. Or maybe produce tires especially for them."

Bold emphasis mine.

I agree with Rossi, Smith, and P. Espargaro. Ducati can't have it's cake and eat it too. If they are chewing up the tires because they have more grunt they need to de-tune the bike a bit for safety's sake because the alternative of forcing races to be flag-to-flag is incongruous with what MotoGP is supposed to be: ~45 minute shootout with no pit stops.

If the weather changes that's one thing, not something that can be controlled, but Race Direction and the governing bodies need to examine if it's the Michelin paired with the way the Ducatis are tuned and not just the Michelin tires alone that are problem.