2011 MotoGP

At Sunday’s French Grand Prix in Le Mans, Casey Stoner not only took his second win of the 2011 MotoGP Championship, he set a new lap record and also shattered the total race-time record by an amazing 25 seconds.

2011 MotoGP

Spoiler Alert: France MotoGP results below

Following Casey Stoner’s dominance of Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying there was little doubt he would be in the hunt for a race win today at Le Mans, the fourth round of the 2011 MotoGP season.

2011 MotoGP

Casey Stoner set the pace at Le Mans in Saturday qualifying for the Grand Prix of France. The Australian stayed atop the time sheets the entire session, consistently maintaining a gap of almost a half second on the MotoGP field until the closing stages.

2011 France GP

The Honda RC212V continued its domination during the third and final free practice session for the 2011 Le Mans MotoGP race this weekend.

2011 MotoGP

The Balearic island of Majorca, off the coast of Spain, is a beautiful, tranquil place. Somewhere from out of that serenity came the likes of MotoGP’s Jorge Lorenzo.

2011 French Grand Prix

After struggling with setup Friday on the Ducati Team GP11, Valentino Rossi posted the ninth fastest overall time out of both MotoGP first two of three Free Practice sessions in Le Mans.

France Moto2: FP1/FP2

In a very competitive Moto2 second practice at Le Mans for the French GP, it was Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) who led the way for this weekend’s Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, as he did in the morning. Thomas Lüthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) was second ahead of Simone Corsi (Ioda Racing Project).

France MotoGP Free Practice

During the second MotoGP Free Practice session at Le Mans Friday, Casey Stoner again showed domination aboard the Repsol Honda RC212V.

The Australian was four-tenths quicker than his FP1 time, which allowed him to further shatter the Le Mans circuit record set by Valentino Rossi in 2008.

France MotoGP Free Practice

Casey Stoner not only set the fastest time during the first Free Practice session of the France Grand Prix Friday, the Repsol Honda MotoGP pilot also broke the lap record set by Valentino Rossi in 2008.

2011 France Moto2

Moto2, which continues to offer some of the closest and most exciting racing in MotoGP, heads to Le Mans in France this weekend.

Currently leading the points chase is the German Stefan Bradl, who has started from pole position at each of the three events thus far in 2011, netting two wins: the opening round at Qatar, and the last event at Estoril.

2011 MotoGP

The partnership between Elf (a brand of Total) and LCR Honda MotoGP Team continues with renewed commitment.

After the confirmation of their long term cooperation announced at the beginning of the 2011 Championship Elf logo will be the Title Sponsor of LCR Honda MotoGP Team in the next Grand Prix of France at the historical Le Mans race track.

France MotoGP

The 2011 season of MotoGP – only three races old – has already presented spectators and racers with a wildly topsy-turvy series of events. Equal parts exciting and unpredictable, rivalries are forming as two Spaniards separate themselves from the field.

2011 MotoGP

For the past two years, Jorge Lorenzo has won the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. In 2010, the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP rider finished well ahead of his then-teammate Valentino Rossi – a whopping 5.672 seconds before the Italian.

France Moto2

This weekend’s Le Mans Moto2 race will bring celebration in the Repsol paddock as Marc Marquez celebrates his 50th race in the World Championship.

And with 49 races arrives a great track record for the Spaniard Marquez: 2010 125cc title, 10 victories and many record laps.

2011 MotoGP

His best finish so far this year was fifth in Jerez, but Ducati Team’s Valentino Rossi seeks improved results in France this weekend for the fourth round of 18 in the 2011 MotoGP Championship.