Kent hoping for dry race after qualifying 17th in wet conditions

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Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Racing Team´s Danny Kent finished only 17th in a wet qualifying session for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. After the three practice sessions of the Moto3 class took place in dry conditions, the arrival of the rain at the French track complicated things for the riders in the [...]

Rea struggling to make progress with new Suter chassis

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Unfortunately the change of chassis from Moriwaki to Suter has yet to reap any major rewards for Gino Rea, who struggled today to make significant progress up the Moto2 order in France. However, it was another important opportunity to gather data that will be useful for the race tomorrow. Gino Rea. (24th 1’ 39” 796) [...]

Smith to start 100th Grand Prix only from 19th: “It was another frustrating qualifying session”

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The Tech 3 Racing Team experienced a difficult qualifying session at the Le Mans circuit this afternoon, with Bradley Smith finishing 19th quickest and Xavier Simeon ruled out of tomorrow’s race through injury. Smith will start his landmark 100th Grand Prix from the front of the seventh row of the grid after the Moto2 field [...]

Webb “pretty gutted” to start from 32nd after failing to make the qualifying cut

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A wet qualifying session after three dry free practices went wrong for the Mahindra riders at Le Mans today, leaving them with a back-of-the-grid start and a big task for tomorrow’s French GP. Both riders fell victim to very treacherous track conditions, slipping off on the ice-rink surface and as a result neither rider made [...]

Redding confident of podium challenge after qualifying fourth

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The Marc VDS Racing Team will start tomorrow’s French Moto2 round at Le Mans confident of mounting a double podium challenge after Scott Redding and Mika Kallio qualified inside the top six this afternoon. British rider Redding heads the second row of the grid in fourth position after he posted a best time of 1.38.369, [...]

French Grand Prix, Le Mans: Bridgestone Qualifying Review

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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 [...]

Crutchlow satisfied to qualify fifth but convinced pole position challenge was possible

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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 [...]

French GP, Le Mans: Qualifying results, Moto2

Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol SUTER 1’37.710 5 17 254.1 2 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten-Paddock SUTER 1’37.739 16 20 0.029 0.029 256.8 3 40 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Pons 40 HP Tuenti KALEX 1’38.190 9 23 0.480 0.451 253.8 4 45 Scott [...]

French GP, Le Mans: Qualifying results, MotoGP

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 [...]

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