Additional between the lines doom and gloom from a Michelin man (Lorenzo).

"The main problem is in the front tyre; I am worried because the first Michelin is in seventh and this isn’t great, it is clear that we all need to work together to improve this. We are working very closely together with Michelin and Yamaha and we are trying to find a better way for us here this weekend. It is very difficult at the moment to fight for the podium in the dry, and in the wet we don’t know yet. My main aim this weekend is to finish in the top seven. The new asphalt is better than last year so this is a good thing."

And I'm sure I saw/read/heard the same post-Laguna, Hayden-Michelin story, so I'm assuming it's as near the truth as we are going to get.