2018 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 5, Le Mans, France
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MotoGP standings after Le Mans:
Round Number:
5
Year:
2018
2018 Le Mans MotoGP Race Result: Practice Means Nothing Come Sunday
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Results and summary of the MotoGP race in Le Mans:
2018 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 5, Le Mans, France
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Moto2 standings after Le Mans:
Round Number:
5
Year:
2018
2018 Le Mans Moto2 Race Result: Too Many Excellent Performances To Count
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Results and summary of the Moto2 race in Le Mans:
2018 Le Mans Moto3 Race Result: Never A Dull Moment
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Results and summary of the Moto3 race in Le Mans:
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2018 Le Mans MotoGP Warm Up Result: Marquez Goes Up, Zarco Goes Down
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2018 Le Mans Moto2 Warm Up Result: Pasini Finds Some Speed
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2018 Le Mans Moto3 Warm Up Result: Bastianini Edges Bezzecchi and Canet
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2018 Le Mans Saturday MotoGP Round Up: The Pressure Of Home Races, And What's Causing The Crashes
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Pressure comes in many different varieties in motorcycle racing. There is always the internal pressure to perform, of course, but that is natural. Without that, there are no results. There is external pressure from the team, who want to succeed just as badly as the rider does. There is pressure from sponsors, who want to know their money has been well spent. There is pressure from friends and family, who want to see a rider succeed, and from the fans, who will on their favorite riders. How a rider handles this pressure is usually the difference between success and failure in MotoGP.
Then there are occasions when the pressure rises to bursting point. When fighting for a championship, for example, when riders both need to win, but at the same time, they can't afford to fall off. Or at a rider's home race, when the fans, the media are all willing you on to win, and show a lack of understanding if that doesn't happen. How a rider handles this pressure is the difference between being a very good rider and being a great champion.
Riding at home can create extra pressure, especially if you are the only rider representing your country of birth. When it comes to home races, Spanish and Italian riders are at an advantage. The pressure they have on them is much less than some of the other nationalities in MotoGP. Firstly, they have multiple attempts at getting it right at their home race. With four races in Spain and two in Italy, riders know that if they don't do well in their first home race, they will get another shot at a second race.
Dorna Propose "Miller Rule" - Ride Through For Changing Bikes Before Race Start
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The tumultuous start to the Argentina round of MotoGP is to have consequences. As Jack Miller's brave decision to choose slicks on a drying track went unrewarded, the start procedure on the grid is to be changed, and ride through penalties served on any rider leaving the grid to switch from wet tires to slicks or vice versa. The new rules are to apply from the next race at Mugello, once approved by the Grand Prix Commission.
The new start procedure is aimed at simplifying and clarifying what happens when a rider decides to leave the grid and switch tires. If a rider leaves the grid after the sighting lap to switch bikes from a dry to a wet setup or vice versa, they will be allowed to start from their normal qualifying position, but they will have to serve a ride through penalty during the race.
2018 Le Mans Moto2 Qualifying Result: Early Bird Gets The Worm
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2018 Le Mans MotoGP Qualifying Result: Celebrations Rivalling a Royal Wedding
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Results and summary of qualifying for the MotoGP class in Le Mans:
2018 Le Mans MotoGP FP4 Result: Dovizioso Heads Close Field
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The last shot for the premier class to play with tire combinations led to pretty much the predictable result, although this time the pendulum swung back towards Ducati’s quarters. Andrea Dovizioso waited until the very last lap to get the best of a new medium rear and head to the top of the timesheets, denying fellow Ducatista Danilo Petrucci. Dovizioso was quite fast on a hard rear as well, although it was an unusual option for the Italian, the tire not having many advocates given the conditions.
2018 Le Mans Moto3 Qualifying Result: Close But No Cigar
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Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto3 class in Le Mans:
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2018 Le Mans Moto2 FP3 Result: Delicate Dynavolt Domination
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Another challenging morning in Le Mans was closed by the intermediate class and its fair share of class trips outside track limits. The gravel showed no favouritism, claiming riders from all throughout the grid, including early leader Mattia Pasini. The lead had exchanged hands between the Italian, Marcel Schrotter and the two Marc VDS riders for the first half of the session.
Alex Marquez made a decisive move with 13 minutes to go and was the first rider to drop into the 1:36s. It looked like a safe space for the Spaniard until Schrotter fought back and took the lead. The Dynavolt rider watched the end of the session from the gravel trap of turn 13 but his time proved good enough to keep him at the top.
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