The ASPAR POWER ELECTRONICS TEAM continued their dominance of the CRT era on the opening day of the fourth round of the season at Le Mans, where Randy de Puniet was the fastest rider on the new machines. His teammate Aleix Espargaró had to cope with the double setback of two crashes, one in each [...]
The first track sessions of the French round of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship got underway with dark clouds looming over the Le Mans circuit, but fortunately without the rain. Pramac Ducati’s sole rider Hèctor Barberà spent the morning and afternoon free practice sessions working through different set-up changes and tyre options in preparation for [...]
The Repsol MotoGP riders made an impeccable start to round four of the World Championship, which kicked off today at the Le Mans Circuit in France. Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa headed the standings in both the first and second practice sessions, showing good early form at a demanding track for braking and acceleration. Dani [...]
If the opening day of practice was anything to go by the French Grand Prix could be one to remember for all the right reasons for Team San Carlo Honda Gresini, with Alvaro Bautista finding crucial confidence on board the Honda RC213V and lapping fourth fastest by the end of the two sessions today. Alvaro [...]
Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies took to the Le Mans circuit today for the first two practice sessions of the French Grand Prix. Although dark clouds threatened to dampen the sessions, the riders were lucky to enjoy dry track time throughout. Lorenzo started the day missing some rear grip from his [...]
Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner continues to assert his dominance by topping both Free Practice sessions and clocking the fastest time of the day at an overcast Le Mans circuit on Friday. Stoner set his quickest time of 1:33.740 in FP2 to finish the day 0.265 seconds ahead of teammate Dani Pedrosa, with Yamaha Factory Racing’s [...]
Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’33.740 12 17 307.6 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’34.005 7 17 0.265 0.265 308.5 3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 1’34.136 4 20 0.396 0.131 304.1 4 19 [...]
Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’34.321 15 16 307.5 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’34.908 14 20 0.587 0.587 308.0 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’35.065 21 21 0.744 0.157 304.7 4 [...]
Aside from simply buying a shirt or cap of your favourite rider at a MotoGP circuit to show your support, there are quite a few MotoGP fans who take it one step further, collecting original memorabilia of the racing stars. From helmets and leathers to boots, gloves and kneesliders, anything a rider uses during a [...]
