Pirelli brings a new front tyre and SCX rear for Moto2™ at Aragón

· New front option for Moto2™. For the Aragón Grand Prix, Pirelli will make available to Moto2™ riders a new development front tyre featuring a soft compound, the E1089 specification. Compared with the SC1 soft from the range, it retains the same structure but features a new compound, with the aim of offering greater stability, particularly under braking. As the SC1 soft from the range will be available as an alternative option, riders will be able to make a direct comparison between the two solutions. To enable better evaluation of the new option, the maximum number of front tyres that each rider can use over the weekend has been increased by one: up to 9 front tyres will therefore be available instead of the usual 8.

· First appearance of SCX at Aragón. Compared with last year’s event, when Pirelli provided Moto2™ with two rear specifications featuring soft compounds – the SC0 from the range and the E0125 development solution, which has now been promoted to become the new soft tyre in the range – this year’s rear allocation is softer, with the introduction of the SCX supersoft from the range. The World Championship riders have already used this solution at several Grands Prix, but never at this circuit. Completing the rear tyre allocation is the SC0 soft from the range, which in 2025, then as the E0125 development solution, was unanimously chosen for the race.

· Moto3™ allocation. Over the weekend, Moto3™ riders will instead have the SC1 soft and SC2 medium available for both axles. Last year, the SC2, used both at the front and rear, proved to be the winning choice for David Muñoz (KTM) in a race where the grid was nevertheless split between soft and medium compounds at both ends.

· A highly technical track. MotorLand Aragón is a very distinctive circuit, characterised by several elevation changes, fast sweeping corners, heavy downhill braking zones, long straights and sudden changes of direction: an extremely demanding combination that makes the Spanish track particularly challenging when it comes to finding the ideal set-up. Resurfaced in 2024, it features a fairly abrasive asphalt.

Development focus on the front at Aragón

“At Aragón, we will focus on gathering data on the development work we are carrying out on the front tyres. Moto2™ riders will have a new front solution in the E1089 specification, which will be available alongside the SC1 soft from the range. It shares the same structure but differs through a new compound, which also belongs to the soft family. This new tyre has been designed to offer greater stability, particularly under braking: an especially important aspect at a circuit like Aragón, where braking zones are among the most demanding phases due to the characteristics of the track.
With the SC1 from the range available as an alternative, riders will be able to make a direct comparison between the two solutions, which will be useful not only to assess their performance over the race weekend but also to further our development work.
There will also be new options at the rear compared with last year’s race, when Moto2™ had two soft-compound solutions available. This year we have decided to introduce the SCX supersoft from the range, which will be joined by the new SC0 soft from the range. One year ago in June, when it was still known as the E0125 development specification, the SC0 was unanimously chosen for the race. In light of the data collected at the recent Superbike round, the supersoft solution should offer riders improved performance, not only over a single lap but also over race distance”.