Road Racing FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships

On the race day, depending on the weather conditions, one extra front
and one extra rear intermediate tyre may be distributed by the official tyre
supplier. These tyres may be used at the rider’s discretion only during the
race and provided that the race has been declared wet by the Race Director.
Intermediate tyres must be clearly identified by the Official Supplier.
The wet-weather tyres must be provided by the Official Supplier, but their use on
the track is unrestricted.
Wet-weather tyres may only be used after the race or practice has been declared
‘wet’ by the Race Direction.
Any modification or treatment (cutting, grooving) is forbidden.
The tyres used in the free practices, qualifying practices, warm-up and race must
be marked with an adhesive sticker.
The sticker will show an identification number for each rider and it will have a
different colour depending on whether it is applied to the front or rear tyre. At each
race the FIM Superbike Technical Director will assign a number of his choice to the
competitor, while the colours will change for each race.
The stickers will be handed to the teams in a sealed envelope, 4 for the rear
tyres and 4 for the front tyres, on the day before the first practice session in
accordance with a timetable decided by IMS and the FIM Superbike Technical
Director. The timetable will be mailed to the teams by the IMS at least a week
before the event. In extraordinary situations the FIM Superbike Technical Director
can/may alter this program.
After delivery of the stickers, the teams will be responsible for their safekeeping
and use.
The stickers must be applied to the left sidewall of the tyre. Personnel nominated
by the FIM Superbike Technical Director will check that all the motorcycles in the
pit line are fitted with tyres carrying the sticker.
The use of motorcycles with unmarked tyres (e.g. without the official stickers) will
be immediately reported to the Race Direction which will take appropriate action.
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