Four-time 500cc GP runner-up Randy Mamola says tires dictate riding style in MotoGP.  

Former 500cc Grand Prix rider Randy Mamola told me at Valencia that Yamaha engineers have gone to Tech 3 satellite rider Cal Crutchlow and said, “Look, here’s what Jorge Lorenzo is doing. This is how it must be done: less braking, smoother, higher corner speed. You must do the same.”
“No, no,” he replied. “I can’t ride like that for more than a lap or two. It’s not my natural style.”
Ben Spies came under the same pressure to “ride like Jorge.”
Meanwhile, Crutchlow’s teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, has adapted Lorenzo’s style and is successful with it.

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