300th Victory For Michelin

Sete Gibernau, riding a Honda, notched up Michelin’s 300th premier class Grand Prix victory at Assen recently, almost exactly 30 years after the brand’s first premier class success (by Australian rider Jack Findlay at the Isle of Man in 1973, riding a Suzuki). The top nine finishers at Assen all rode on Michelins and Gibernau’s victory made in 77 in a row for the French tyre maker. So far this season in the premier class, Michelin riders have won every race, taken every pole position and filled every podium.