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Fabio Quartararo will start round five of the 2021 MotoGP season from pole position at Le Mans; believes the pace of team-mate Maverick Vinales, Jack Miller and himself is ‘really good’.

Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the French MotoGP at Le Mans, round 5 of the 2021 world championship.

Franco Morbidelli reveals his left knee was already injured before his bizarre Saturday morning bike-swap accident in pit lane at the French MotoGP.

Fabio Quartararo took pole at Le Mans for the second successive year as he managed the tricky conditions perfectly ahead of the French MotoGP.

Free Practice (4) results from the French MotoGP at Le Mans, round 5 of the 2021 world championship.

Fabio Quartararo shows no lingering effect of recent arm pump surgery on day-one of MotoGP practice at Le Mans, as he finishes runner-up to fellow countryman Johann Zarco.

Changing weather, a crash at turn three and a fast lap at the end of MotoGP FP2 made it an eventful day in Le Mans for Maverick Vinales who finished third fastest on combined times.

Valentino Rossi enjoys one of his better Fridays for a long time as he finishes ninth fastest on day-one of MotoGP action in Le Mans.

Valentino Rossi thanks Kevin Schwantz and Carl Fogarty for words of support, disappointed that fans won't be allowed at Mugello but repeats that racing on in 2022 'depends very much on the results'.

Jack Miller says Jerez MotoGP win brought out ‘relief’ amongst a range of feelings and that it; ‘makes you more eager for the next one’. Australian also alluded to Le Mans being a track he loves yet hates.

Fabio Quartararo heads to his home MotoGP round fresh from arm pump surgery, team-mate Maverick Vinales curious to see if Jerez test form carries over to Le Mans.

Franco Morbidelli hopes to confirm ‘positive feedback’ gained from Jerez test at Le Mans MotoGP race; ‘It is a circuit I like, where I won a Moto2 race’ says the Italian.

Andrea Locatelli’s time spent at Aragon heads in the right direction after a difficult couple of WorldSBK tests there in April. Belgian rider wants to get racing and says the ‘emotion’ and ‘energy’ will push him more than in testing.

Alvaro Bautista finishes the final pre-season test for Honda in improved condition compared to Barcelona; ‘I’ve felt much better physically, but I'm still not one hundred percent’, as WorldSBK double header approaches.

Round five of the 2021 MotoGP season will be broadcast live on free-to-air television for the first time in the UK since 2013 with ITV4. 

Exclusive interview with British Superbike rider Christian Iddon as he discusses all things pre-season testing at Silverstone and Snetterton, plans for Oulton and Donington Park, 2021 championship challenge and potential rivals for the title.

Navarra circuit ‘reminds me a lot of the BSB ones’ says Scott Redding, as the British rider and Italian team-mate Michael Ruben-Rinaldi complete their 2021 WorldSBK pre-season testing.

Toprak Razgatlioglu made his return to WorldSBK action this week as part of Pata Yamaha’s final pre-season test in Aragon, following a positive Covid-19 result that kept him sidelined for three weeks. 

Takaaki Nakagami matches best MotoGP race finish of fourth at Jerez; ‘Happy how we came back’, but ‘mixed feelings after the race’ as the Japanese rider was only six tenths from maiden podium.

Franco Morbidelli tries some new parts and makes braking progress at the Jerez MotoGP test but warns, 'Monday tests can be 'dangerous', sometimes they take you on the wrong path.'

A 'low morale' Spanish MotoGP weekend ends on a more positive note for Valentino Rossi at the post-race test; "We finished with a good feeling, because I am able to ride in a better way and improved my pace a lot."

Fastest man Maverick Vinales makes braking gains during a huge 101 laps at the Jerez MotoGP test.

Final lap times as of 6pm during the first official 2021 in-season MotoGP test, at Jerez.

Lap times as of 5pm during the first official 2021 in-season MotoGP test, at Jerez.