Jorge Lorenzo
Last weekend saw the MotoGP riders heading to a rain-soaked Le Mans circuit in France with Jorge Lorenzo taking the victory for the Fiat Yamaha team.
125cc
For the first time since 2005 Julián Simón claimed the win for the Bancaja Aspar Team in dismal weather conditions at the Sunday 125cc race.
The Spaniard had qualified in seventh place but won the race with a 27 second lead over second place man, 15-year-old Jonas Folger for the Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. machine.
Many of the riders crashed-out as they struggled for grip on the water-logged circuit, including some of the leading names.
Sergio Gadea on the Bancaja Aspar bike took the third place after snatching it from his team-mate Bradley Smith with only three laps left to run.
Takaaki Nakagami, team-mate of second place man, finished in fifth place after qualifying in 31st place while the Ajo Interwetten rider Dominique Aegerter, claimed sixth despite crashing midway through the race.
Another crash victim was Andrea Iannone for the Ongetta team, who went down with the Aprilia on the opening lap, putting him to the back of the field, but an impressive ride saw him work his way back to seventh place.
In eighth place was Efren Vazquez on the Derbi Racing Team bike followed by Nicolas Terol on the Jack & Jones Aprilia and Lorenzo Zanetti for the Ongetta team in tenth place.
Out of the 33 riders that were on the grid for the start of the race, only 15 of those riders crossed the line to take the chequered flag,
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Julian Simon Aprilia 47m08.273s
2. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 27.084s
3. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 30.916s
4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 31.530s
5. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1m09.235s
6. D.Aegerter Derbi +1m12.223s
7. Andrea Iannone Aprilia +1m13.063s
8. Efrén Vazquez Derbi +1m19.912s
9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia +1m40.036s
10. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia +1m42.700s
11. Esteve Rabat Aprilia +1m59.326s
12. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 1 Lap
13. Jasper Iwema Honda + 1 Lap
14. Gregory Di Carlo Honda + 1 Lap
15. R.Krummenacher Aprilia + 2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 16
Stefan Bradl Aprilia 14
Scott Redding Aprilia 13
Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 10
Luca Vitali Aprilia 10
Cameron Beaubier KTM 8
Lukas Sembera Aprilia 8
Marc Marquez KTM 8
Johann Zarco Aprilia 8
Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 6
Joan Olive Derbi 5
Pol Espargaro Derbi 5
Daniel Webb Aprilia 4
Steven Le Coquen Honda 4
Simone Corsi Aprilia 2
Alexis Masbou Loncin 2
Cyril Carrillo Honda 1
Luca Marconi Aprilia 0
FASTEST LAP: Smith, 1m56.188s on lap 24
250cc
The weather hadn’t improved for the 250cc race but that didn’t seem to be a problem for the Metis Gilera rider Marco Simoncelli, who dominated the race to take the win by an 18 second gap.
Hector Barbera on the Pepe World Team machine claimed his first podium finish after taking second ahead of Simoncelli’s team-mate Roberto Locatelli in third.
In fourth place was the Spaniard Alvaro Bautista on the Mapfre Aspar Team bike followed by Ratthapark Wilairot on the Thai Honda PTT SAG bike in fifth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 49m07.591s
2. Hector Faubel Honda + 18.128s
3. Roberto Locatelli Gilera + 21.642s
4. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 31.087s
5. Ratthapark Wilairot Honda + 50.497s
6. Raffaele de Rosa Honda + 56.366s
7. Lukas Pesek Aprilia +1m16.025s
8. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda +1m22.882s
9. Imre Toth Aprilia +1m35.556s
10. Vladimir Leonov Aprilia +1m47.990s
11. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 1 lap
12. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 1 lap
13. Valentin Debise Honda + 1 lap
14. Toby Markham Honda + 1 lap
Retirements:
Alex Debon Aprilia 21 laps
Alex Baldolini Aprilia 18 laps
Thomas Luthi Aprilia 18 laps
Mike di Meglio Aprilia 10 laps
Mattia Pasini Aprilia 4 laps
Axel Pons Aprilia 3 laps
Aitor Rodriguez Aprilia 3 laps
Angel Rodriguez Aprilia 2 laps
Shoya Tomizawa Honda 1 lap
Bastien Chesaux Honda 0 laps
MotoGP
Jorge Lorenzo on the Fiat Yamaha took the victory at Le Mans yesterday followed by an impressive Marco Melandri in second place for the Hayate Racing Team.
Lorenzo dominated the circuit on Sunday after swapping bikes midway through the race as the track began to dry.
As the riders left the pit lane, they were on wet tyres seeing many of them returning to take their second bikes fitted with slicks as parts of the circuit began to dry.
Valentino Rossi actually changed his machine three times during the chaotic race, as well as a drive-through penalty and a crash, leaving him down in last place.
Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda finished in third place after passing his team-mate Andrea Dovizioso in the final moments.
Casey Stoner on the Ducati Marlboro finished in fifth place ahead of Chris Vermeulen in sixth on the Rizla Suzuki and Colin Edwards on the Monster Tech3 Yamaha in seventh.
In eighth place was the second Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi followed by James Toseland on the second Monster Tech 3 and Toni Elias on the San Carlo Honda Gresini machine completing the top ten.
A disappointing race for the LCR Honda team after Randy de Puniet could only manage a fourteenth place. After coming into his pit garage to take the bike with slick tyres, de Puniet went on to make a mistake going into turn four and lost valuable time.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 47m52.678s
2. Marco Melandri Hayate Kawasaki + 17.710s
3. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 19.893s
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 20.455s
5. Casey Stoner Ducati + 30.539s
6. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 37.462s
7. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 40.191s
8. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 45.421s
9. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 50.307s
10. Toni Elias Gresini Honda + 53.218s
11. Alex de Angelis Gresini Honda + 53.550s
12. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 56.647s
13. Yuki Takahashi Scot Honda + 56.688s
14. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda +1m11.299s
15. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati +1m15.385s
16. Valentino Rossi Yamaha + 2 laps
Retirements:
Mika Kallio Pramac Ducati 11 laps
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