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2023 Le Mans Moto2 Practice 3 Result: Chantra Leads On Drying Track

By Zara Daniela | Sat, 13/05/2023 - 08:07

Despite a still damp track impeding progress on the combined timesheets, a hint of sun allowed the intermediate class to take slick tyres out of their covers in the closing stages of the final practice session and create some pretty sizeable gaps on the timesheets. Somkiat Chantra did not even bother with wet tyres and only joined the track in the final handful of minutes, heading straight to the top of the timesheets.

2023 Le Mans Moto2 P2 Result: Lowes Leads Acosta

By David Emmett | Fri, 12/05/2023 - 13:03

After a tough morning session of practice, Sam Lowes has reasserted himself by topping the first day of practice for the Moto2 class at Le Mans. The Marc VDS rider was just five thousandths of a second faster than Pedro Acosta on the Ajo KTM machine. Alonso Lopez was third quickest, the Speed Up Boscoscuro rider just under a tenth behind Sam Lowes, and two tenths quicker than the morning's fastest rider Filip Salac.

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2023 Le Mans Moto2 P1 Result: Salac Leads Lopez In Crash-Strewn First Practice

By David Emmett | Fri, 12/05/2023 - 08:40

Filip Salac ended the first session of practice for the Moto2 class at Le Mans, finishing five hundredths ahead of Alonso Lopez, who was in turn five hundredths ahead of Pedro Acosta.

Though the session was dry and sunny, cool temperatures turned Moto2 P1 into a crash-fest. Rory Skinner and Sean Dylan Kelly of American Racing crashed twice, as did Jerez winner Sam Lowes.

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MotoGP/WorldSBK News Round Up: Pol Espargaro Update, Oliveira Out Of Le Mans, Acosta To MotoGP, Bautista Back For 2024

By David Emmett | Thu, 04/05/2023 - 16:10

The motorcycle racing world never stops, and in between the MotoGP test in Jerez and the start of the fourth round of WorldSBK in Barcelona, there have been a couple of interesting items of news to pop up.

On the road to recovery

Let's start with a bit of good news, though in this case, it is still quite relative. On Wednesday, Pol Espargaro posted an update on his recovery on his Instagram page, in English and Spanish. The Tech3 GasGas suffered a number of injuries when he tumbled through the gravel during practice for the opening MotoGP round of 2023, breaking his jaw, and suffering eight fractured bones, including a couple of ribs and vertebrae in his neck and back.

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