MotoGP – The French GP in two months already! – The French GP in two months already!

The French GP in two months already !

MotoGP - The French GP in two months already! - The French GP in two months already!

Slowly, spring is looming and with it, the 2009 MotoGP season. In just two months, the French event at Le Mans will be contested: the organizer Claude Michy and our champion Mike Di Meglio were in Paris this morning to remind us. !

The French GP in two months already !

Time flies: five months have passed since our Mike Di Meglio dropped out at Phillip Island – and with what panache! – his world title in 125 cc (read) !

But in just one month – April 12 in Qatar – the new MotoGP season will open and a month later, on May 17 to be precise, the 2009 French Grand Prix will take place. The opportunity for French bikers to cheer as it should be their champion "Magic Mike", who will then run in 250 cc !

"In terms of attendance, the French Motorcycle Grand Prix is ​​the second motorsport event after the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto", recalls Claude Michy, promoter of the GP of France for 15 years. Last year, 75,000 spectators had cheered on Sunday the memorable victory of Mike in 125.

Thus, the French Motorcycle Grand Prix attracts more audiences than the Formula 1 French Grand Prix! In 2009, the task will not be very difficult since the "Grand Prix de France" car scheduled for June 28 will not take place….

"We hope for a return of F1 as soon as possible", launches Claude Michy, fair play despite the sticks sought last year by the FFSA about the name of" our "favorite French Grand Prix (read).

In the meantime, motorcyclists should attend a quality Grand Prix again this year … For the 22nd time in its history, the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans will host the French GP: "legendary and renovated over the past three years, it is now a very beautiful theater", underlines the promoter.

Supported by the ACO including "associative culture, its many volunteers and their efficiency"complement his Auvergne team very well, Claude Michy will renew in 2009 the"more from the French Motorcycle Grand Prix": the mechanical show on Saturday evening, the meetings with the pilots, the walkman operation, the concerts and musical entertainment as well as the retransmission of the tests and the races on seven giant screens.

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