Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports SL, has signed a new contract with the promoter of the French Grand Prix, Claude Michy, for the next five years. While this year sees the circuit of Le Mans hosting a MotoGP round for the tenth successive year since the introduction of the four-stroke formula [...]
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s quest to score its first Moto2 World Championship points of the 2011 campaign was thwarted at the end of a difficult French Grand Prix at the historic Le Mans circuit. British rider Scott Redding was unable to take full advantage of his season best fifth position on the grid and [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 28 44’03.955 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 28 44’18.169 14.214 3 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 28 44’18.519 14.564 4 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 44’25.030 21.075 5 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 28 44’35.200 31.245 6 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 28 44’35.564 31.609 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 26 43’03.308 2 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki/Honda 26 43’05.290 1.982 3 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 26 43’05.545 2.237 4 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 26 43’05.657 2.349 5 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 26 43’05.917 2.609 6 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex/Honda 26 43’15.603 12.295 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 24 42’00.505 2 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 24 42’00.553 0.048 3 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 24 42’07.341 6.836 4 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia 24 42’08.803 8.298 5 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 24 42’09.095 8.590 6 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 24 42’10.741 10.236 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 1’38.357 – 2 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 1’38.402 0.045 3 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki/Honda 1’38.540 0.183 4 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex/Honda 1’38.560 0.203 5 45 Scott Redding Suter/Honda 1’38.655 0.298 6 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 1’38.679 0.322 7 3 Simone Corsi FTR/Honda 1’38.706 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 1’33.153 – 2 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1’33.212 0.059 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’33.621 0.468 4 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1’33.683 0.530 5 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1’33.706 0.553 6 35 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 1’33.804 0.651 7 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 1’34.063 0.910 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1’43.578 – 2 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia 1’43.967 0.389 3 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1’44.315 0.737 4 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1’44.355 0.777 5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 1’44.497 0.919 6 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 1’44.592 1.014 7 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 1’44.726 1.148 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay Laps km/h 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 1’33.815 18 160.592 2 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1’34.075 0.260 20 160.148 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’34.244 0.429 22 159.861 4 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1’34.545 0.730 20 159.352 5 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1’34.954 1.139 21 158.666 6 1 Jorge [...]