Marquez and Pedrosa arrive in France as leaders of the MotoGP World Championship, with the only perfect podium records in the premier class this season. The FIM CEV Repsol accompanies the World Championship at Le Mans, with the competition’s Moto3 class running its second race of the year.
With a fourth victory and a fourth pole position from as many races to start the season, Marc Marquez equalled Giacomo Agostini’s start to the 1971 campaign. With another win he would become the youngest rider to string five premier class triumphs together since Mike Hailwood in 1962.
Dani Pedrosa won at Le Mans last year in the wet, and has been victorious at the French GP in every class.
Alex Rins took his first World Championship podium at a wet Le Mans two seasons ago, overcoming a finger fracture.
Thanks to a brilliant start to the season from the Repsol Honda riders, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa arrive at round five of the MotoGP World Championship at the head of the overall standings. The reigning World Champion has had a phenomenal kick-off to the 2014 campaign, with a 100% record of four wins from pole position to his name thus far. Dani Pedrosa lies second in the series, 28 points behind, and the Repsol Honda duo are the only riders to have been on the podium at every round to date.
The historic Le Mans circuit holds fond memories for Alex Rins. He placed second there last year and took his first podium at the track in 2012 –braving wet conditions and a fractured finger to do so. Teammate Alex Marquez rode at the circuit for the first time last season, placing fifth. Both riders tested last week at MotorLand Aragon, with a focus on electronics and chassis development for their Honda NSF250RWs.
The FIM CEV Repsol accompanies the French Grand Prix as it heads outside Spain for the first of two occasions. The ideal preparation for the biggest stage, the series will host round two of the 2014 season in a Moto3 ‒only event at Le Mans. The two qualifying sessions will be held on the Friday, with the race on Saturday at 4:30pm local time.
Le Mans Circuit:
Length: 4.185 m
Corners: 13
Left corners: 4
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 674 m
Width: 13 m
Fastest Lap: 1:32.647 (Dani Pedrosa 2008)
Circuit Record: 1:33.617 (Dani Pedrosa 2011)
Constructed: 1966
Modified: 2008
Communication Repsol