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Valentino Rossi talks at Le Mans for Monster Energy (w/videos)

24 April, 2020

Since the Le Mans GP is actually called Monster Energy Grand Prix of France, their sponsored riders have to do a little promo work to earn their paycheck, but it isn’t hard when you have an army of Monster girls…

Jorge Lorenzo magnifique at Le Mans as Ben Spies has visor problems

24 April, 2020

Finding the right adjectives to describe Jorge Lorenzo’s victory at Le Mans is almost impossible, let’s just say he had one hell of race and he was ‘magnifique’ (paying tribute to France here), and maybe he should even thank Valentino…

MotoGP Le Mans: Casey Stoner leads in warm-up and under investigation, Lorenzo crashes and burns

23 April, 2020

The twenty minute MotoGP warm-up practice saw the usual Casey Stoner lead the field with a best lap time of 1’34″221, but it also saw the Australian being baulked by a much slower Randy de Puniet at the Garage Vert…

MotoGP, Le Mans: the paddock girls (photo gallery)

22 April, 2020

We close the 2012 French GP chapter with the usual photo gallery starring the hottest ‘paddock girls’ seen hanging around in Le Mans. This time around we got a 91-pic strong gallery that shouldn’t let anybody down, with the lovely…

James Ellison to race at Le Mans GP

21 April, 2020

It looks like Paul Bird has changed his mind regarding Shane Byrne taking James Ellison’s place in the upcoming Le Mans GP as the PBM UK team has now confirmed that Ellison will be regularily taking his place on the…

MotoGP, Le Mans: huge photo gallery from the paddock

21 April, 2020

As usual, in the aftermath of a major race, we present to you a load of nice pictures taken at the event while the engines were switched off. The last MotoGP round at Le Mans saw Spanish star Jorge Lorenzo…

Video: Julian Simon's bike not the cause of Randy de Puniet's start crash

21 April, 2020

Randy de Puniet’s weird crash at the start of the Le Mans GP was generally thought by many to caused by some sort malfunction on his launch control - or as it has happened in the past just forgetting about…

Cartoon: Jorge Lorenzo vs Marco Simoncelli, Italian style

19 April, 2020

Motoblog’s celebrated comic artist Luca Ruggeri has come up with another of his corrosive ideas to depict the Estoril GP war of words that went down between Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli.The comic shows some sort of armed truce between…

Colin Edwards 'feels great' after collarbone surgery

16 April, 2020

To quote Colin Edwards in his own words he is ‘one hard motherf...er ‘ with a very high threshold for pain, something he’s already proved it last year at Silverstone. The NGM Forward rider underwent collarbone surgery yesterday in Barcelona…

Valentino Rossi breaks podium drought at Le Mans – Nicky Hayden caught out by something on track

16 April, 2020

The saying one swallow does not a summer make as Valentino Rossi knows perfectly well, as in the dry he isn’t competitive, but after taking a second spot on the podium with his Ducati at a wet Le Mans he…

Casey Stoner announces retirement at the end of the season

14 April, 2020

Everyone will have to apologize to SoloMoto and Sportmediaset, because during today’s MotoGP pre-race conference at Le Mans, Casey Stoner made the shock announcement that he’ll be retiring from the sport at the end of this season.At Estoril, just two…

Casey Stoner fined € 5000 for warm-up incident (w/video)

14 April, 2020

Casey Stoner has been fined € 5000 by the Le Mans Race Direction after punching Randy de Puniet on the left shoulder during this morning’s warm-up practice.The Pramac Ducati rider inadvertently moved across Stoner’s racing line after supposedly adjusting the…

Dani Pedrosa opts for surgery

12 April, 2020

Dani Pedrosa has opted for surgery to repair his broken collarbone picked up following his big crash during the Le Mans GP. The Repsol Honda rider was unsure whether to let the fracture heal naturally or undergo surgery, but today…

Video: Why Marco Simoncelli got a ride-through penalty

12 April, 2020

Simoncelli-Pedrosa KO Le Mans 2011 di PlusMotoThis is the incriminating pass that got Marco Simoncelli a ride-through penalty at Le Mans. The Gresini Honda rider was trying to take back the pass on Dani Pedrosa, but went around the outside…

MotoGP Le Mans: Casey Stoner tops timesheet in FP2

11 April, 2020

It took Casey Stoner slightly longer to top the timesheets in this afternoon’s second free practice at Le Mans, but when he did, he stopped the clock in 1’33″740 with three laps under the 1.34 barrier.The session was much more…

MotoGP Le Mans race weekend gallery

10 April, 2020

We haven’t quite finished talking about this weekend’s MotoGP race at the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans. After the Moto3 and Moto2 galleries, we’ve now added MotoGP and there are 352 magnificent photos for your enjoyment.

MotoGP Le Mans: Casey Stoner dominates FP1

10 April, 2020

“I’m still going to put in every bit of effort that we can.We still want to win races and have some great races said Casey Stoner during yesterday’s press conference at Le Mans after his announcement that shook the MotoGP…

No handbags, Casey Stoner clarifies Rossi Estoril test incident

9 April, 2020

The Italian media was just waiting for today’s press conference at Le Mans to hear from Casey Stoner his side of the story of what exactly happened between him and Valentino Rossi during the Estoril MotoGP test, when Rossi reported…

Jorge Lorenzo takes superb victory at Le Mans

8 April, 2020

It took Jorge Lorenzo less than a few corners on lap one to pass both Repsol Honda riders, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner in one single overtaking pass to grab the lead on a wet and difficult Le Mans track.…

Should Valentino Rossi have been penalized for this?

7 April, 2020

While the Marco Simoncelli pass on Dani Pedrosa at Le Mans is still raging, these new pics from Le Mans will only add more fire to all the controversy.The two pics from Malone and published in the Gazzetta dello Sport…

Marco Simoncelli : "I'm unhappy about it"

7 April, 2020

Most of paddock pretty well voiced their opinions on Marco Simoncelli’s overtaking move on Dani Pedrosa yesterday at Le Mans, which cost the Spaniard a broken collarbone and none the least Alberto Puig. The manager summed it up with “the…

MotoGP Le Mans: FP3 still shows Honda domination lead by Casey Stoner

5 April, 2020

It may be considered a Yamaha track, but Le Mans so far has become Honda’s home and in this morning’s FP3 the situation was still the same, with a devasting Casey Stoner still leading a bevy a RC212V’s. The Repsol…

Casey Stoner enjoyed battle with Rossi, while Dani Pedrosa rues warm-up changes

4 April, 2020

The surprises in today’s MotoGP race at Le Mans were more than one, but that often happens in races that are fully wet. Casey Stoner who still has fourteen races before he ritires, suffered unexpected tire problems at the start…

MotoGP Le Mans: Casey Stoner devastating in FP2

4 April, 2020

This afternoon’s free practice 2 at Le Mans once again saw a Honda 1-2-3, with a devasting Casey Stoner leading the field with a blistering 1.33.782 and the only rider to break the 1.34 mark, shaving off another three tenths…

Shane Byrne to replace James Ellison at Le Mans

1 April, 2020

Shane Byrne just took his first race win in the third British Superbike race at Oulton Park today and in two weeks time will find himself aboard an ART/CRT machine temporarily replacing James Ellison in the upcoming MotoGP race at…