Today’s MotoGP race at Le Mans
started under the pouring rain and turned out to be an exciting,
action-packed crazy and thrilling race that included unexpected
surprises, a great duel and a stunning comeback.
The winner of the race was a highly
impressive and aggressive Dani Pedrosa who took his second consecutive
victory taking a dominating victory and the lead in the standings, but
only after battling with a very incisive and suprising Andrea Dovizioso
for the first fourteen laps only to clear out an win with a highly
comfortable margin that was up to 7 seconds before he slowed down
administering his lead.
2013 MotoGP Le Mans results:
01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 28 laps in 49’17.707
02- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 4.863
03- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 6.949
02- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 4.863
03- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 6.949
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After
today’s qualifying races Mr Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream’s president,
Mr Carlinhos Romagnolli, CEO of Romagnolli Promoções e Eventos, and Dr
Wolfgang Srb, FIM/CMS director, announced that the 2017 FIM Motocross of
Nations will be celebrated in the facilities of Beto Carrero in Brazil.
All the parties were really happy to make such announcement, as it is
not only important for the country itself, but it also shows the strong
partnership between Youthstream, the FIM and Romagnolli Promoções e
Eventos.Read More: http://superbike-news.co.uk
"I'm really, really pleased," he said. "It's great to be up here. We did a good job, I think we deserved this podium.
"I was remembering last year when I crashed and it was the same guys [battling] again. I knew I needed to make amends."
Crutchlow conceded that the weather had helped with the injury he sustained on Saturday, and also paid tribute to eventual winner Dani Pedrosa and his Honda team-mate Marc Marquez, who finished just behind the Briton in third.
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2013 Moto2 Le Mans race results:
01- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – 22 laps in 36’43.583
02- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.090
03- Xavier Simeon – Desguaces La Torre Maptaq – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.234
04- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 1.701
05- Johann Zarco – CAME Iodaracing Project – Suter MMX2 – + 1.859
02- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.090
03- Xavier Simeon – Desguaces La Torre Maptaq – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.234
04- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 1.701
05- Johann Zarco – CAME Iodaracing Project – Suter MMX2 – + 1.859
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The
weather forecast was not really favourable for today’s qualifying
races, but it did not stop the thousands fans to come to the wonderful
facilities of Beto Carrero to see the MX1 and MX2 qualifying races. In
the end the rain did not arrived until the end of the MX2 qualifying
race, so the MX1 riders had a more challenging qualifying heat, as the
ground was becoming very slippery by the middle of the race.In MX1 Max Nagl dominated the qualifying race and Clement Desalle and Gautier Paulin were second and third respectively, whereas in the MX2 class Glenn Coldenhoff went out with the victory and Christophe Charlier was second and Jeffrey Herlings third.
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Marc Marquez says he was surprised to finish on the podium at Le Mans after taking third in his first wet race in MotoGP.
The Spaniard, whose Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa usurped him at the top of the championship standings with victory, started the race on pole position but a poor start left him at the tail of the top 10 by the end of the first lap.
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Maverick Vinales took his second
consecutive victory of the Moto3 season, after his victory with a
perfectly and intelligently prepared race on a damp/dry track at the
famous Bugatti circuit at Le Mans.
The race was declared dry and the
Team Calvo rider was the pole sitter, but he was beat to the first turn
after the lights went out by Jonas Folger and the two were followed by
Alex Rins, Luis Salom, Miguel Oliveira, Alex Marquez, Niklas Ajo
and Jack Miller.
2013 Moto3 Le Mans race results:
01- Maverick Vinales – Team Calvo – KTM RC 250 GP – 24 laps in 42’05.448
02- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.264
03- Luis Salom – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.387
04- Jonas Folger – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto3 – KALEX KTM – + 14.593
05- Alex Marquez – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 37.949
02- Alex Rins – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.264
03- Luis Salom – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM RC 250 GP – + 1.387
04- Jonas Folger – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto3 – KALEX KTM – + 14.593
05- Alex Marquez – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – KTM RC 250 GP – + 37.949
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Race results from the French Moto3 Grand Prix at Le Mans, round 4 of 17.
Slick tyres on a damp track. Race declared dry...
1. Maverick Viñales SPA Team Calvo (KTM) 42m 5.448s
2. Alex Rins SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (KTM) 42m 6.712s
3. Luis Salom SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 42m 6.835s
4. Jonas Folger GER Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 (Kalex KTM) 42m 20.041s
5. Alex Marquez SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (KTM) 42m 43.397s
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Jorge Lorenzo fastest during a damp warm-up session for the French MotoGP at Le Mans.
After two days of dry practice, MotoGP faced a cold and damp warm-up session at Le Mans on Sunday morning.Occasional drizzle fell from the overcast sky throughout the session, but dry patches were also present and it was no surprise to see teams preparing for a possible 'flag to flag' (bike swap) race this afternoon.
Warm-up:
1. Jorge Lorenzo
2. Cal Crutchlow
3. Marc Marquez
4. Nicky Hayden
5. Stefan Bradl
1. Jorge Lorenzo
2. Cal Crutchlow
3. Marc Marquez
4. Nicky Hayden
5. Stefan Bradl
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