46 VALENTINO ROSSI
11TH MOTOGP
"This weekend has been a posi ve
one, compared to the previous races so
far this year," Rossi said. "We were able
to confirm the improvements made
during the test at Jerez, so I feel be er
with the bike. The race was confus-
ing and difficult, but it is Le Mans and
has been like this since Friday. Maybe
I could have done be er with the
medium rain res, but it's easy to say
this a er the race. I'm looking forward
to being in Mugello next, although it
is a shame that there will be no fans
because they are always great there."
MYOWNRACE
36 JOAN MIR
DNF MOTOGP
"I'm really disappointed; I didn't expect
that crash," Mir said. "Even though
there was a lot of rain on the track, it
was so unpredictable—I was with the
slicks but I wasn't pushing, I was just
going to the box and it was a surprise
when I lost the bike. With all the
adrenaline running through me I made
a mistake; I saw that the bike had shut
down and the engine wasn't run-
ning, so I started to run to the pit box
without thinking. Today was my first
flag-to-flag experience, so I will learn
from everything that happened."
MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / MAY 14-16, 2021
BUGATTI CIRCUIT / LE MANS, FRANCE
P60
(Above) As the rain
came down, chaos
reigned in the
pits as everyone
pitted on the
same lap for wet
tires. (Right) Marc
Marquez passes
the stricken
Suzuki of Alex
Rins. He would
unfortunately join
his compatriot
with two race
crashes in an
event that suited
the eight-time
World Champion
perfectly.
