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Le Mans – MotoGP: Lorenzo wins ahead of Rossi

MotoGP - Le Mans - MotoGP: victory for Lorenzo ahead of Rossi -

Le Mans, Sunday 23 May – 2:50 p.m. – Jorge Lorenzo has just won at Le Mans ahead of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Nicky Hayden, Dani Pedrosa, Marco Melandri and Randy de Puniet 7th, victim of "some front tire problems". The Spaniard signs at Le Mans his second success in a row after Jerez and the 28th of his career, consolidating his position in…

Le Mans, Sunday May 23 – 2:50 p.m. – Jorge Lorenzo has just won at Le Mans ahead of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Nicky Hayden, Dani Pedrosa, Marco Melandri and Randy de Puniet 7th, victim of "some front tire problems". The Spaniard signs his second success in a row at Le Mans after Jerez and the 28th of his career, consolidating his position at the top of the championship with 9 points ahead of his illustrious teammate two weeks before the Italian Grand Prix…

Valentino Rossi, who had worked hard to take pole position, got off to an excellent start and led the race in the first lap ahead of Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa (Honda) and the two Ducati riders, Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner. The latter, who had appeared at the top of the free practice timesheet on Saturday, then quickly got the better of his teammate. While making an effort to stay in contact with the leading trio, he fell in the 3rd lap.

In the 4th lap, Rossi leads with 164 thousandths ahead of Lorenzo and half a second over Pedrosa. Dovizioso, who managed to pass Hayden, was then fourth, just over a second behind the leader. Leading trio clinch peloton as Pedrosa breaks lap record.

Two minor crashes – those of Ben Spies (Yamaha) and Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) – then occur, leaving only 13 riders fighting on the track. With nearly 20 laps to go, Lorenzo, author of the fastest time, overtook his leader in the Dunlop curve. True to form, the Doctor hastens to take control at the next turn, but the alert has been hot !

Three laps later, the unmistakably faster Lorenzo passed Rossi again at roughly the same spot, and this time stayed ahead. From the middle of the race, he accentuates his lead over the reigning world champion while another battle looms for 3rd place between Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. The two teammates of the official Honda team do not spare themselves and Pedrosa is the first to make the mistake, even leaving the field open to Nicky Hayden who remained in ambush !

Casey Stoner, who left the fault alone in the first laps, recorded his second crash in three races while Ben Spies, also left with the fault, recorded his second white result after his retirement at Jerez due to a tire problem…

Lorenzo also signs the third Spanish victory of the day after those of Toni Elias in Moto2 and Pol Espargaro in 125 (see below). See you tomorrow for the complete race analysis with explanations from the drivers: stay tuned !

MotoGP French Grand Prix results

  1. 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 158.0 44’29.114
  2. 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 157.7 +5.672
  3. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.6 +7.872
  4. 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 157.5 +9.346
  5. 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.3 +12.613
  6. 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 156.8 +21.918
  7. 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 156.3 +29.288
  8. 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 156.1 +33.128
  9. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 156.1 +33.493
  10. 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 156.1 +33.805
  11. 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 156.0 +34.346
  12. 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 155.9 +37.123
  13. 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 154.9 +55.061

Unclassified:

  • 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 154.8 22 laps
  • 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 153.9 22 laps
  • 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 151.7 26 laps

Le Mans – Moto2: victory for Toni Elias (Moriwaki) 

Le Mans, Sunday May 23 – 1:15 p.m. – The Spaniard Toni Elias (Moriwaki) has just won the Moto2 race of the French Grand Prix ahead of his compatriot Julian Simon (Suter) and the Italian Simone Corsi (Motobi), Sunday on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans.

Jules Cluzel lost the lead on lap 6, when he had just taken first place following a superb comeback. No luck either for Herve Poncharal: his two riders also folded their Mistral 610 Tech3 motorcycle from the first laps…

Already winner in Jerez at the beginning of the month, Elias, a former MotoGP rider, took the lead of the world championship, succeeding the Japanese Shoya Tomizawa (Suter), victim of a fall like no less than a dozen of his competitors on Sunday.

Author of the best time, the American Kenny Noyce takes the lead from the first corner. In the second round, the Spaniard Alex Debon takes matters into his own hands ahead of Elias, Noyce, Fonsi Nieto and Jules Cluzel. The latter, in front of his audience, beats the lap record to come third. After seeing the slow motion of the start, the track marshals then estimated that Debon had anticipated the start and inflicted a passage in front of the pits at reduced speed (60 km / h).

This sanction, which he paid on the 3rd lap, put an end to the hopes of the Spaniard who finished the race in 16th position. On the other hand, it offers Elias the command of the race and Cluzel a provisional second place. The Frenchman decided to put pressure on Elias and passed him on lap 6 … before losing the lead a few minutes later in the fast Dunlop curve! Before him, the two drivers of the French team Tech 3, Yuki Takahashi and Raffaelle De Rosa, went to the mat as well as Noyce, De Angelis, Tomizawa, the main leaders of the category….

The fight is then limited to Elias and Julian Simon who decides just after halfway to secure his second place while at a distance, a fight between Italians for 3rd place gives victory to Simone Corsi over Andrea Iannone (Speed ​​Up ). After the fall of Jules Cluzel, Mike Di Meglio (20th) and Valentin Debise (22nd) are only two French classified.

Moto2 French Grand Prix results

  1. 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 150.1 43’29.277
  2. 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 150.0 +1.336
  3. 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 150.0 +2.831
  4. 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 149.8 +4.880
  5. 2 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 149.4 +13.293
  6. 40 Sergio GADEA SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 149.4 +13.415
  7. 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG Bimota 149.3 +14.294
  8. 10 Fonsi NIETO SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 149.3 +14.554
  9. 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 148.8 +23.503
  10. 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 148.8 +23.687
  11. 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 148.8 +23.959
  12. 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 148.7 +24.955
  13. 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Matteoni CP Racing Moriwaki 148.7 +25.068
  14. 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Caretta Technology Race Dept I.C.P. 148.6 +26.023
  15. 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Forward Racing Suter 148.5 +28.765
  16. 6 Alex DEBON SPA Castello Airport – Ajo FTR 148.3 +32.240
  17. 59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA RSM Team Scot Force GP210 148.2 +33.607
  18. 41 Arne TODE GER Racing Team Germany Suter 148.1 +34.789
  19. 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Moriwaki 147.7 +43.180
  20. 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 147.7 +43.522
  21. 61 Vladimir IVANOV UKR Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 147.4 +47.761
  22. 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA WTR San Marino Team ADV 147.2 +51.571
  23. 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 146.8 +59.692
  24. 5 Joan OLIVE SPA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 146.8 +59.939
  25. 88 Yannick GUERRA SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 146.3 + 1’07.377
  26. 8 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 145.9 + 1’16.171
  27. 21 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Vector Kiefer Racing Suter 145.8 + 1’16.528
  28. 95 Mashel AL NAIMI QAT Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 145.6 + 1’20.977
  29. 76 Bernat MARTINEZ SPA Maquinza-SAG Team Bimota 145.5 + 1’22.982
  30. 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 138.2 2 laps

Unclassified:

  • 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 143.2 10 laps
  • 75 Mattia PASINI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 146.7 19 laps
  • 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN Technomag-CIP Suter 146.7 19 laps
  • 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 149.1 20 laps
  • 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Holiday Gym Racing Moriwaki 148.1 20 laps
  • 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM RSM Team Scot Force GP210 148.1 20 laps
  • 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 147.2 21 laps
  • 80 Axel PONS SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 130.1 21 laps
  • 9 Kenny NOYES USA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 148.1 22 laps
  • 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 147.9 22 laps
  • 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing FTR 99.2 25 laps

Le Mans – Grand Prix 125: Spanish quartet in the lead !

Le Mans, Sunday May 23 – 11:55 a.m. – The Spanish rider Pol Espargaro (Derbi, Tuenti Racing) has just won the Grand Prix 125 at Le Mans ahead of three compatriots: Nicolas Terol (Aprilia, Bancaja Aspar Team), Marc Marquez (Derbi, Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) and Efren Vasquez (Derbi, Tuenti Racing), after a superb fight in the very last minutes !

This is the third Spanish hat-trick on the podium in three races this year and the 13th consecutive victory for an Iberian driver in this displacement, the last one still using 2-stroke engines..

In pole position, Terol started like a cannonball with nearly a second ahead of his pursuers on the first lap. The most able to follow him is quickly Pol Espargaro, winner of the last Spanish Grand Prix, while Terol won the first race of the season in Qatar. The two drivers widen a significant gap on a group of five drivers led by the British Bradley Smith (Aprilia) who will manage to hold this role until a few seconds from the end…

Halfway through the 24 laps, Terol is in the lead followed at 157 millemes by Espargaro while Smith, more than 6 seconds behind, leads the chasing group formed by Efren Vasquez (Derbi), Esteve Rabat (Aprilia), Marc Marquez , Tomoyoshi Koyama (Aprilia) and Sandro Cortese (Derbi). The positions stabilized but eight laps from the end, Espargaro attacked and passed inside Terol … who came back and regained his strength under braking on the following lap !

One lap later, the two leading men began to overtake the first lagging behind and Esparagaro took the lead in the aspiration. With two laps to go, Terol went inside on the Dunlop curve, the fastest on the circuit. But after a piloting error, he was immediately caught by Espargaro who never let go. Bradley Smith is poorly rewarded for his efforts, since he loses two places in the last minutes … On the French side, the permanent staff Johann Zarco and Alexis Masbou, both on Aprilia, finish 11th and 16th respectively.

French Grand Prix 125 results

  1. 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 143.9 41’52.280
  2. 40 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 143.9 +0.957
  3. 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull Ajo Motorsport Derbi 143.7 +4.428
  4. 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 143.7 +4.736
  5. 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 143.6 +5.143
  6. 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Front Mitsubishi Ajo Derbi 143.6 +5.847
  7. 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX Aprilia 143.3 +11.047
  8. 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Aprilia 143.3 +11.165
  9. 99 Danny WEBB GBR Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 141.8 +37.808
  10. 39 Luis SALOM SPA Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 141.7 +39.585
  11. 14 Johann ZARCO FRA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 141.6 +40.519
  12. 53 Jasper IWEMA NED CBC Corse Aprilia 141.6 +40.817
  13. 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Ongetta Team Aprilia 141.6 +42.149
  14. 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 141.4 +44.741
  15. 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA Castello Airport – Ajo Aprilia 141.3 +46.320
  16. 5 Alexis MASBOU FRA Ongetta Team Aprilia 141.3 +46.503
  17. 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 141.3 +46.979
  18. 78 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Interwetten Honda 125 Honda 140.6 +59.626
  19. 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Racing Team Germany Aprilia 140.6 +59.770
  20. 50 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia circuit 140.3 + 1’04.405
  21. 69 Louis ROSSI FRA CBC Corse Aprilia 140.3 + 1’05.731
  22. 60 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 139.0 + 1’28.928
  23. 82 Kevin SZALAI FRA French team Vitesse Espoir Honda 138.0 + 1’47.143
  24. 81 Gregory DI CARLO FRA French team Vitesse Espoir Honda 137.9 1 lap
  25. 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia 136.5 circuit 1 lap
  26. 83 Morgan BERCHET FRA Xtreme Racing Team Honda 134.6 1 lap

Unclassified:

  • 72 Marco RAVAIOLI ITA Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 138.4 6 laps
  • 51 Riccardo MORETTI ITA Fontana Racing Aprilia 137.4 8 laps
  • 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Matteoni CP Racing Aprilia 138.1 18 laps

Le Mans – Qualifying practice: Rossi in pole position !

Le Mans, Saturday May 22 – 3:00 p.m. – Valentino Rossi will start from pole position (for the first time this season and the 59th time in his career) of the French Grand Prix tomorrow at Le Mans, after setting the best qualifying time this afternoon in front of his "teammate "Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa (Honda).

Like yesterday during the first free practice session (read below), the Doctor again made the powder speak in the very last minutes by signing a time of 1’33.408 which will allow him, for the first time season, to start from pole position tomorrow on the Bugatti circuit to try to win the 2010 French Grand Prix.

"This weather makes me really very happy because for once at Le Mans, we were able to enjoy all the sessions correctly and now we are on pole!", Rejoices Rossi who admits "always worried" for his shoulder: "honestly , after ten or fifteen laps today, I started to lose strength but I hope that the adrenaline will take over during the race and that I will be able to reach the end quickly! " 

The battle for pole position mainly concerned Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa during the first ten minutes. At the halfway point, Lorenzo left Rossi and Stoner behind while Randy de Puniet occupied a good 4th place followed by Pedrosa and Edwards.

"I have not yet achieved a leading position this season but that’s not a big deal," officially relativizes Jorge Lorenzo, winner last year at Le Mans and who will start tomorrow in second position: "I feel sure the bike and the race is very long "… In reality, the extremely tense face of the fiery Spanish just after qualifying says a lot more about his disappointment at not being able to break pole … not to mention that of Pedrosa at a press conference !

The official HRC rider, who will complete the first row in third position, is delighted with his "good final lap which opens the first row for us: it is very important because times are very tight here. For the race, we will still have to find a few tenths per lap to be able to maintain a high pace. On this circuit you have to stay very focused because the race is long and it is essential to be constant and not to make mistakes. But hey, I think you is in a good position. From the first row, I hope to have a good start to give myself all the chances during the race! "

As for the American driver of the Tech3 team, he had even managed to seize the provisional pole 25 minutes from the end of the session, before the battle between Rossi, Stoner and Lorenzo resumed..

"I drive as fast as I can, but I could only finish in 8th position", regrets the Texan Tornado: "the guys in front knocked off last year’s pole by half a second and even though I find it hard to say, I have to admit that I couldn’t turn 33.5 "… Tomorrow, the key to the race will be to get into the rhythm very quickly. It’s going to be a long and difficult race but it’s an important event for Tech 3 and Monster, so as always I will do my best to get a good result ".

Casey Stoner will finally start from 4th place ahead of his teammate Nicky Hayden, while Randy de Puniet is ahead of the second official Honda rider, the Italian Andrea Dovizioso !

"Today’s result is obviously overwhelming, after the difficulties encountered yesterday during the first free session", explains Randy: "I then declared to be calm for Saturday but it was not really the case .. . I was rather frustrated not being able to ride as I can do with a bike that was showing particularly nervous. But the technical team again excelled in their work and from the first laps of the wheels this morning, confidence is came back instantly. It took us a step further for this afternoon to finally qualify again on the second row for the third time this year. It would not have been possible without the enormous debauchery of energy from the members. of the team that I would like to thank. This race is particularly close to my heart and nothing would please me more than to conclude it in the leading group, even if the start will prove to be crucial here at Le Mans where overtaking is relatively fa stidious "…

Chronos of the MotoGP qualifying session of the 2010 French GP

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  1. 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 290.6 1’33.408 
  2. 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 283.5 1’33.462 0.054 / 0.054
  3. 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 279.3 1’33.573 0.165 / 0.111
  4. 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 288.8 1’33.824 0.416 / 0.251
  5. 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 284.1 1’33.845 0.437 / 0.021
  6. 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 290.0 1’34.074 0.666 / 0.229
  7. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 280.1 1’34.204 0.796 / 0.130
  8. 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 276.6 1’34.304 0.896 / 0.100
  9. 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 281.5 1’34.306 0.898 / 0.002
  10. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 281.2 1’34.514 1.106 / 0.208
  11. 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 286.2 1’34.523 1.115 / 0.009
  12. 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 287.5 1’34.920 1.512 / 0.397
  13. 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 279.3 1’34.942 1.534 / 0.022
  14. 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 285.8 1’34.979 1.571 / 0.037
  15. 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 278.0 1’35.323 1.915 / 0.344
  16. 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 278.5 1’35.810 2.402 / 0.487

Chronos of the Moto2 qualifying session of the 2010 French GP

  1. 9 Kenny NOYES USA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 247.4 1’39.234
  2. 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 250.5 1’39.265 0.031 / 0.031
  3. 6 Alex DEBON SPA Castello Airport – Ajo FTR 249.9 1’39.320 0.086 / 0.055
  4. 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 251.7 1’39.334 0.100 / 0.014
  5. 10 Fonsi NIETO SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 248.5 1’39.402 0.168 / 0.068
  6. 40 Sergio GADEA SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 255.1 1’39.501 0.267 / 0.099
  7. 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 249.4 1’39.517 0.283 / 0.016
  8. 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 252.5 1’39.598 0.364 / 0.081
  9. 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 254.1 1’39.622 0.388 / 0.024
  10. 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 250.0 1’39.695 0.461 / 0.073
  11. 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Holiday Gym Racing Moriwaki 248.0 1’39.761 0.527 / 0.066
  12. 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG Bimota 249.0 1’39.783 0.549 / 0.022
  13. 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Forward Racing Suter 247.7 1’39.787 0.553 / 0.004
  14. 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 259.6 1’39.787 0.553
  15. 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN Technomag-CIP Suter 254.6 1’39.795 0.561 / 0.008
  16. 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM RSM Team Scot Force GP210 247.0 1’39.878 0.644 / 0.083
  17. 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Moriwaki 250.6 1’39.900 0.666 / 0.022
  18. 59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA RSM Team Scot Force GP210 249.5 1’39.920 0.686 / 0.020
  19. 2 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 252.9 1’39.973 0.739 / 0.053
  20. 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 250.6 1’40.064 0.830 / 0.091
  21. 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 248.3 1’40.087 0.853 / 0.023
  22. 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Matteoni CP Racing Moriwaki 255.0 1’40.093 0.859 / 0.006
  23. 80 Axel PONS SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 250.3 1’40.163 0.929 / 0.070
  24. 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 251.5 1’40.184 0.950 / 0.021
  25. 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing FTR 250.0 1’40.185 0.951 / 0.001
  26. 41 Arne TODE GER Racing Team Germany Suter 251.3 1’40.200 0.966 / 0.015
  27. 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 251.7 1’40.203 0.969 / 0.003
  28. 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Caretta Technology Race Dept I.C.P. 252.2 1’40.262 1.028 / 0.059
  29. 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 255.1 1’40.315 1.081 / 0.053
  30. 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 254.1 1’40.461 1.227 / 0.146
  31. 75 Mattia PASINI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 257.3 1’40.585 1.351 / 0.124
  32. 8 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 246.9 1’40.632 1.398 / 0.047
  33. 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 251.7 1’40.666 1.432 / 0.034
  34. 61 Vladimir IVANOV UKR Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 248.8 1’40.746 1.512 / 0.080
  35. 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 248.4 1’40.753 1.519 / 0.007
  36. 76 Bernat MARTINEZ SPA Maquinza-SAG Team Bimota 245.4 1’41.509 2.275 / 0.756
  37. 5 Joan OLIVE SPA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 250.2 1’41.532 2.298 / 0.023
  38. 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA WTR San Marino Team ADV 250.8 1’41.649 2.415 / 0.117
  39. 95 Mashel AL NAIMI QAT Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 253.4 1’41.789 2.555 / 0.140
  40. 88 Yannick GUERRA SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 246.9 1’41.972 2.738 / 0.183
  41. 21 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Vector Kiefer Racing Suter 249.0 1’42.118 2.884 / 0.146

Chronos of the qualifying session 125 of the 2010 French GP

  1. 40 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 214.8 1’43.719
  2. 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 209.7 1’43.864 0.145 / 0.145
  3. 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Front Mitsubishi Ajo Derbi 212.2 1’44.118 0.399 / 0.254
  4. 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull Ajo Motorsport Derbi 213.8 1’44.141 0.422 / 0.023
  5. 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 212.7 1’44.172 0.453 / 0.031
  6. 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Aprilia 213.6 1’44.358 0.639 / 0.186
  7. 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 212.0 1’44.580 0.861 / 0.222
  8. 99 Danny WEBB GBR Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 215.4 1’44.807 1.088 / 0.227
  9. 14 Johann ZARCO FRA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 214.5 1’44.909 1.190 / 0.102
  10. 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX Aprilia 211.8 1’44.920 1.201 / 0.011
  11. 39 Luis SALOM SPA Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 212.5 1’45.021 1.302 / 0.101
  12. 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 212.9 1’45.306 1.587 / 0.285
  13. 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Ongetta Team Aprilia 213.1 1’45.618 1.899 / 0.312
  14. 51 Riccardo MORETTI ITA Fontana Racing Aprilia 210.7 1’45.657 1.938 / 0.039
  15. 53 Jasper IWEMA NED CBC Corse Aprilia 214.8 1’45.754 2.035 / 0.097
  16. 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA Aeroport de Castello – Ajo Aprilia 209.9 1’45.851 2.132 / 0.097
  17. 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 208.9 1’45.955 2.236 / 0.104
  18. 5 Alexis MASBOU FRA Ongetta Team Aprilia 208.7 1’46.035 2.316 / 0.080
  19. 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Matteoni CP Racing Aprilia 204.1 1’46.372 2.653 / 0.337
  20. 78 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Interwetten Honda 125 Honda 209.2 1’46.772 3.053 / 0.400
  21. 50 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia circuit 204.0 1’46.777 3.058 / 0.005
  22. 69 Louis ROSSI FRA CBC Corse Aprilia 206.6 1’46.782 3.063 / 0.005
  23. 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Racing Team Germany Aprilia 207.9 1’46.867 3.148 / 0.085
  24. 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia circuit 204.9 1’47.643 3.924 / 0.776
  25. 60 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 198.1 1’48.271 4.552 / 0.628
  26. 83 Morgan BERCHET FRA Xtreme Racing Team Honda 199.7 1’48.812 5.093 / 0.541
  27. 81 Gregory DI CARLO FRA French team Vitesse Espoir Honda 203.6 1’48.868 5.149 / 0.056
  28. 82 Kevin SZALAI FRA French team Vitesse Espoir Honda 199.2 1’48.924 5.205 / 0.056
  29. 72 Marco RAVAIOLI ITA Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 204.1 1’49.023 5.304 / 0.099

See you tomorrow for the rest of the Contiental Circus adventures in Sarthe: stay tuned !

Le Mans – Second free practice: Stoner’s reply !

Le Mans, Saturday May 22 – 11:00 a.m. – Casey Stoner gave the reply to Valentino Rossi by setting this morning the best time of the second free practice session, marked by numerous falls in the first five minutes which lead to the package of Alvaro Bautista (see box below) . With a time of 1’34.209, the Australian beat the benchmark time set yesterday by the Doctor by almost two tenths (see below).

From the first five minutes of the session, Álvaro Bautista, Ben Spies and Mika Kallio fell without being able to start again … Already suffering from a broken collarbone (read), Bautista suffered a high-side low speed which could jeopardize his participation in the rest of the weekend … Spies suffered a similar fall a few moments later, on a track whose low temperature had already caused problems for the drivers in the 125 category.

Finally the American rookie of the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team was evacuated from the track and taken to the Clinica Mobile for an initial examination which revealed a contusion on his left foot, while Kallio suffers from a contusion on his left shoulder….

After those chaotic first minutes, Stoner climbed to the top of the timesheet with just 15 thousandths of a second advantage over Jorge Lorenzo, who posted the second fastest time of the two practice sessions. Rossi is third with a time of 1’34.451.

Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso complete the top five ahead of Aleix Espargaró who continues his good weekend with sixth fastest time while Nicky Hayden is seventh ahead of Randy de Puniet, the last driver below 1’35, who drops from fourteenth yesterday to the eighth today. The two veterans Colin Edwards and Loris Capirossi are also in the top 10 while Marco Simoncelli suffered a small fall without consequence at the end of the session and signs the twelfth time.

Bautista withdraws…

Already the victim of a broken collarbone following a fall in motocross training (read), Alvaro Bautista must forfeit after falling in the third round of the second free practice session…

The Rizla Suzuki team will therefore have to rely only on Loris Capirossi tomorrow for the race, while Bautista will return to Spain for treatment to be ready for Mugello in 15 days..

Chronos of the second free practice session of the 2010 French GP

  1. 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 282.0 1’34.209
  2. 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 280.2 1’34.224 0.015 / 0.015
  3. 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 288.7 1’34.451 0.242 / 0.227
  4. 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 271.8 1’34.497 0.288 / 0.046
  5. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 280.8 1’34.538 0.329 / 0.041
  6. 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 278.8 1’34.970 0.761 / 0.432
  7. 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 280.3 1’34.985 0.776 / 0.015
  8. 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 277.4 1’35.015 0.806 / 0.030
  9. 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 274.2 1’35.083 0.874 / 0.068
  10. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 281.8 1’35.351 1.142 / 0.268
  11. 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 286.2 1’35.511 1.302 / 0.160
  12. 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 276.3 1’36.010 1.801 / 0.499
  13. 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 279.1 1’36.048 1.839 / 0.038
  14. 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 282.6 1’36.175 1.966 / 0.127
  • DNF 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 268.3 1’42.708 8.499 / 6.533
  • DNF 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 279.9 1’42.712 8.503 / 0.004
  • DNF 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 247.9 1’44.784 10.575 / 2.072

Le Mans – First free practice: fastest Rossi !

Le Mans, Friday May 21, 2010 – Valentino Rossi seems determined to take his revenge on the Le Mans circuit (read): the fastest driver of the first free practice session which took place this afternoon on the Bugatti, the Doctor slammed a time of 1’34.402 which places it 0.106 s in front of Casey Stoner’s Ducati !

Dominating as soon as he left the box, Rossi then had to cede the leadership to his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, currently first in the general classification, then to Stoner. Slightly hampered by his shoulder injury during the braking phases, the n ° 46 however quickly found the necessary speed to set the best time during his final loop. !

Under a radiant sun, with a temperature of 28 ° C and 44 ° C on the ground – conditions which should continue for the race on Sunday – Rossi thus confirms his claims for the third meeting of the season. He worked in particular on the rear suspension settings to obtain "more rigidity and stability: the bike is fast, we are following the Honda in the straights on this circuit".

"I am really very happy with these tests and particularly with my last lap, where I was very fast," said the nine-time world champion. "It’s nice to be so fast already, although I had some shoulder pain on the two or three big brakes on the circuit".

"It’s the most beautiful Mans I have ever seen and I like it a lot!", Continues Rossi: "it was 26 degrees today while the races are regularly disturbed by the rain. It changes everything. conditions this circuit is really fun. With this sun everything changes. Particularly compared to last year but also during all these last seasons when we knew the cold or the rain. In addition I noticed that I had many supporters around the track and I want to thank them for their presence ".

Behind the Doctor, Casey Stoner felt "much more comfortable than usual on this circuit. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we are on the right track", said the Ducati rider, author of the second time, an unusual place for the Italian machine on this circuit which does not value top speed but rather gives the advantage to machines that are manoeuvrable and stable under braking.

Third behind Casey Stoner and a big tenth behind his illustrious teammate, the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo experienced small electronic problems on his Yamaha M1 at the start of the session, which did not prevent him from considering himself "very satisfied" with his first attempts.

Once again, Andrea Dovizioso signs the best performance of the Honda HRCs and sits between the n ° 99 and his teammate Dani Pedrosa. Uncomfortable on hard braking with an RCV212 which seems to lack stability seen from the edge of the track, Pedrosa is half a second behind Valentino Rossi.

Sixth, Colin Edwards precedes an American duo: Ducati rider Nicky Hayden and his Tech3 teammate Ben Spies. The American rookie, who is the last driver less than a second behind Rossi, has been quite comfortable on the demanding Le Mans track which he is seeing for the first time. !

At home and in front of fans already very numerous around the Sarthe circuit, Randy de Puniet unfortunately only signs the 14th fastest time, victim of a machine that he considers "nervous" and "aggressive".

"We did not really achieve the session we were hoping for, but the overall tuning of the bike remains the same as that used during the first two Grands Prix", observes Randy at the end of this first session: "we Little by little we are fine-tuning some details. We started this first hour of free practice with front and rear race envelopes that we kept until the end of the session. My feelings were really positive at the start although the bike showed some signs of aggressiveness. Some difficulties then appeared, and more particularly at the level of the chassis and the stability under braking. The machine was also relatively nervous during the changes of direction. We will analyze all this tonight to erase all these small faults and be calm before tomorrow’s qualifying session ".

Finally as expected (read), the recent fracture of Alvaro Bautista seriously compromised his first tests: the Suzuki pilot had to drive under infiltration and only completed 19 laps…

Chronos of the first free practice session of the 2010 French GP

  1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team: 1’34.402
  2. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team: 1’34.508
  3. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team: 1’34.542
  4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda Team: 1’34.625
  5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team: 1’34.989
  6. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3: 1’35.089
  7. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team: 1’35.223
  8. Ben Spies (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3: 1’35.291
  9. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) Pramac Green Team: 1’35.450
  10. Marco Melandri (ITA) San Carlo Honda Gresini: 1’35.643
  11. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP: 1’35.685
  12. Marco Simoncelli (ITA) San Carlo Honda Gresini: 1’35.959
  13. Hector Barbera (SPA) Aspar Team: 1’36.009
  14. Randy de Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP: 1’36.086
  15. Mika Kallio (FIN) Pramac Green Team: 1’36.292
  16. Hiroshi Aoyama (JAP) Interwetten-Honda MotoGP: 1’36.798
  17. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP: 1’37.525

LE JOURNAL MOTO DU NET (with AFP) – Photos Julien PATALONE and DR

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