Le Mans MotoGP 2016

Smith suggests reason for Le Mans crashes

12 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith has suggested that a slippier patch of tarmac on the Le Mans circuit was the cause of not only his crash out of Sunday’s MotoGP race, but also of the crashes of Marc Marquez and Andrea...

Crutchlow slams social media

12 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow has hit out at fans on social media, after his crash out of Sunday’s MotoGP race at Le Mans once again opened a floodgate of abuse towards the LCR Honda rider on Twitter and...

Honda boss Suppo calls for ease in engine restrictions

11 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Honda boss Livio Suppo has called for MotoGP organisers to look at lifting the ban put in place on in-season engine development, as Honda continue to struggle with an under-accelerating...

Rossi: Viñales could ‘become like Kevin Schwantz’

11 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

As his plans for the 2017 season continues to hang in the balance, not many men have faced the options currently presented to Maverick Viñales, in the form of a choice between a known winner and a...

'Tough to accept’ double DNF for Ducati

10 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Ducati Corse manager Gigi Dall’Igna has admitted that the weekend’s double DNF at Le Mans, after both Andrea Iannone and Dovizioso crashed out of Sunday’s race, was difficult to accept. However,...

Tougher race than expected for Rins in Le Mans

10 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

New Moto2 title leader Alex Rins says Sunday’s race at Le Mans was harder than he had been expecting – after a surprise appearance from a number of riders who didn’t factor in practice. Spending the...

Rossi delighted with Le Mans points

10 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi says that everything is to play for in the 23016 MotoGP world championship now, after capitalising on his oppositions misfortune at the weekend to shut down Marquez’s title lead. “I‘m...

Viñales podium payback for Suzuki’s hard work

09 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales’ debut podium at Le Mans at the weekend – and the Suzuki team’s first since Loris Capirossi in Brno all the way back in 2008 – is just payback to the Japanese firm for the hard work...

Another strong result on difficult weekend for Aprilia

09 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Gresini Aprilia squad of Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl have left Le Mans after a difficult weekend with another strong performance, making the most of the chaos in front of them to take a...

‘Almost perfect’ Le Mans for Lorenzo

09 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo says Le Mans was an ‘almost perfect’ weekend for him, capitalising on his ultra-fast pace and Marc Marquez’s crash to grasp the lead in the chase for the 2017 title for the first time...

Lorenzo utterly dominant in Le Mans

08 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo has utterly dominated the MotoGP field in Le Mans to convert his astonishing pole position into a flag-to-flag race victory: while chaos reigned behind him. Lorenzo was unstoppable from...

Rins stamps authority on French Moto2 race

08 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Alex Rins has stamped his authority on the French round of Moto2, by taking a controlling victory ahead of Simone Corsi and pole man Thomas Luthi to make the most of a bad day for his title...

Binder extends championship lead with Le Mans win

08 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Brad Binder has extended his lead in the Moto3 championship after measuring up his opponents in the closing stages of the race at Le Mans to control a four-bike battle to the flag. Binder was one of...

Luthi takes pole as Lowes left struggling

07 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Thomas Luthi has taken pole position for tomorrow’s Moto2 race at Le Mans by a whisker, topping the time sheets by 0.056 from Alex Rins. The German will now start tomrorow’s race as clear favourite,...

Lorenzo smashes circuit record to take pole at Le Mans

07 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo has set the fastest ever two-wheeled lap of Le Mans en route to not only taking pole position for tomorrow’s French Grand Prix, but also to completely dominate the rest of the field by...

Late lap hands Antonelli pole

07 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

A lap right at the end of today’s Moto3 qualifying session has handed Niccolo Antonelli pole position for tomorrow’s French Grand Prix, bumping winner last time out Brad Binder back to second. Aron...

Spanish media confirm Pedrosa to Yamaha?

07 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Spanish newspaper El País have confirmed MCN’s story from earlier this week that Dani Pedrosa will make a shock switch to the Movistar Yamaha squad for the 2017 MotoGP season. Spain’s biggest daily...