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Scott Redding secured his first win in the Moto2 World Championship with an impressive ride to victory in today's French Moto2 Grand Prix, which was ended prematurely by the onset of heavy rain. Redding was joined on the podium by his Marc VDS teammate, Mika Kallio, who made it a perfect day for the team with a second place finish in the race. Redding's victory, the first by an English rider in ...

Dani Pedrosa won today’s French Grand Prix to break past 3000 career points in the World Championship, adding 25 to his tally with his latest victory. The Repsol Honda rider had an extraordinary race at the historic Le Mans circuit, tackling a tricky track that had been made slippery by rainfall minutes before the start. He was joined on the podium by Cal Crutchlow and Marc Márquez, who made a spe...

Maverick Viñales won Sunday’s Moto3™ Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans from pole position, thus becoming the first two-time race victor of the 2013 season. The well-judged ride saw the Team Calvo rider head up an all-Spanish podium from previous race winners Alex Rins and Luis Salom. Rain had been forecast for the race, but ultimately no drops would fall over the course of the 24 la...

Britain’s Scott Redding triumphed in Moto2™ for the first time as he won a rain-affected Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans today. It was a one-two finish for the Marc VDS Racing Team as Mika Kallio finished second, but there was disaster for numerous championship contenders who slipped out of contention. Redding’s emotional victory makes him the first British rider to win at Le Mans...

Dani Pedrosa has become the first rider to win two races in the 2013 MotoGP™ season, coming from sixth position on the grid in mixed conditions at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans. He now leads the championship from Repsol Honda Team teammate Marc Marquez, who fought to the podium after a poor start as Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished a GP career-best second. For the second yea...

 Marc Marquez collected his second MotoGP™ pole position for this weekend’s Monster Energy Grand Prix de France at Le Mans as the championship leader beat current title holder Jorge Lorenzo by just three hundredths of a second and Andrea Dovizioso celebrated his first front row for Ducati Team. The majority of those in the paddock expected rainfall for qualifying, but this was not to be the...

 Japan’s Takaaki Nakagami achieved a career-first pole position for the Moto2™ Monster Energy Grand Prix de France as the Italtrans Racing Team rider will share the front row of the grid with Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding and Came Iodaracing Project’s local rider Johann Zarco. Nakagami, who starred at the start of the 2013 season by leading and finishing on the podium in Qatar, saw p...

 Maverick Viñales confidently earned his first pole position of 2013 for the Moto3™ Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans, with the Team Calvo rider sharing the front row with Mahindra Racing’s Miguel Oliveira and Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3’s Jonas Folger. Fresh from his first victory of the campaign at home in Spain a fortnight ago, Viñales confidently beat the previous best lap time...

Repsol Honda rider takes second MotoGP pole position for French GP. Dani Pedrosa will start race from sixth, despite qualifying crash. Marc continues to grow in strength in his rookie MotoGP season. Today, the Repsol Honda rider took a second pole in his first four races, heading the grid for the French Grand Prix. The current World Championship leader managed to bounce back from a crash in free...

Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins set the practice pace as Moto3™ track action began on Friday ahead of the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans. The Spaniard moved ahead of Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3’s Jonas Folger and Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Luis Salom as an unforeseen flurry of hail in the final minutes disrupted the end of the second session. Rins led with a best lap time of 1’44.147, b...