Dani Pedrosa has put himself in a strong position to score a first ever MotoGP™ victory at Le Mans after the Repsol Honda rider took pole position for tomorrow’s French Grand Prix ahead of teammate Casey Stoner. The top three qualifiers at Le Mans used different front tyres in combination with the soft rear slick [...]
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team will go into its home race at the historic Le Mans circuit in France confident that Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow can battle for the podium after both produced brilliant qualifying performances today. For the third time in four races this season, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team has [...]
Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’33.638 20 22 303.7 2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’33.941 18 21 0.303 0.303 306.0 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’33.976 22 23 0.338 0.035 304.0 4 [...]
Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’33.945 13 15 303.3 2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’34.425 20 21 0.480 0.480 303.6 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’34.429 23 23 0.484 0.004 305.3 [...]
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team’s all-important home race at the legendary Le Mans circuit in France kicked off in positive fashion today, with Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow posting competitive times on the opening day of MotoGP practice. Crutchlow enjoyed a satisfactory start to the Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team’s home event and the 26-year-old [...]
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 [...]
MotoGP™ heads to the sacred motorsport arena of Le Mans this weekend with the 4.185 kilometre Bugatti circuit playing host to the fourth round of the 2012 season. The layout of the Le Mans Bugatti circuit features many slow corners connected by a series of straight sections and the second half of the circuit comprises [...]