The opening Moto3 practice sessions for the French GP at Le Mans were undertaken in dry conditions, with predicted rainfall holding off for the day and allowing the riders the chance to work in the dry for the Friday runouts. Early spots cleared up as the track temperature rose to 16ºC in the morning. In [...]
The three riders of Pons 40 HP Tuenti finished the first day at Le Mans, legendary location of the French Grand Prix, with mixed feelings although all three know that the rain will most likely arrive tomorrow and then the practice sessions in the dry won’t be worth much. Pol Espargaró posted the sixth-fastest laptime, [...]
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 opening practice sessions for the French Grand Prix took place today at Le Mans, with the Moto2 riders back in action after a two week break. Rain was threatened but in the end held off, allowing the intermediate class riders the opportunity to work on their dry setups. Fastest on day one was Briton [...]
Team QMMF riders Anthony West and Elena Rosell had a very buys first day of practice at the French Grand Prix. Whereas Rosell, the only female rider in motorcycle Grand Prix racing, concentrated on learning yet another track, her Australian teammate West had the monumental task of trying two modified chassis versions in one day. [...]
The historic Le Mans circuit today played host to the opening free practice sessions for the French Grand Prix, with Marc Márquez occupying fifth place on the timesheets. The Repsol rider undertook 39 laps over the course of the two sessions, stopping the clock at 1’38.486 and ending the day 6 tenths off leader Scott [...]
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 [...]
Things have started very well for the Desguaces La Torre – SAG Team in Le Mans, starting the French Grand Prix with a 16th place from Ángel Rodríguez on the Bimota HB4 2012. Ángel Rodríguez rode the Bimota HB4 2012 for the first time and the result shows that his adaptation to the bike was [...]
