Both Friday practice sessions will have five more minutes added at each end, meaning the morning session runs from 09:50 local time to 10:45, while practice two runs from 14:00 to 14:55.

As previously reported by Motorsport.com, Michelin is bringing an additional tyre compound this weekend so that riders have four options.

Local noise restrictions mean a MotoGP bike cannot be tested at the Sachsenring outside of the GP weekend, so Michelin has been unable to gather any data on the new surface.

It had hoped to stick to a maximum of three front and rear dry compound options this season but instead it will bring a soft, two variations of medium and a hard.

All of them will be asymmetric and considerably harder on the left due to the circuit layout.

Michelin will still bring the compulsory 'safety' compound - an even harder option only used in extreme circumstances - as well.