Pere: Post-race Quotes...

"I am very happy, because I didn't like the rain until four days ago. I felt comfortable and was able to take points, and for me the race split was the key moment. I was able to take off extremely fast, and was eighth without knowing anything about it!
I tried to avoid being swamped by the rest of the field, and was able to overcome my nerves and keep my position. I've been in the points for the past two races, and every day the Aprilia is working better."

French GP: Results - 125cc

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 10:08.574
2. Bradley Smith Aprilia +0.800
3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia +3.077
4. Pol Espargaro Derbi +10.407
5. Andrea Iannone Aprilia +11.697
6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia +11.881
7. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM +16.372
8. Joan Olive Derbi +16.545
9. Raffaele De Rosa KTM +19.163
10. Randy Krummenacher KTM +22.391
11. Sandro Cortese Aprilia +22.847
12. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia +23.195
13. Simone Corsi Aprilia +23.553
14. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia +23.695
15. Alexis Masbou Loncin +24.240
16. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +26.196
17. Esteve Rabat KTM +26.411
18. Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia +26.895
19. Louis Rossi Honda +27.446
20. Sergio Gadea Aprilia +31.829
21. Daniel Webb Aprilia +34.810
22. Robert Muresan Aprilia +35.190
23. Dominque Agerter Derbi +47.840

Best Yet For Pere: 12th In Rain-Stricken French GP

A great result for Pere today, as he came home 12th in an eventful French GP run in tricky conditions.
The 125 race was rain-affected, starting dry (with Tutu 29th on the grid) but stopped with 9 of the 24 laps remaining as a shower started and a number of riders started to go down.
Pere was up to 21st by this point and so started from that position for the "second race" of 5 laps (calculated from arcane regs governing interrupted and foreshortened races).
The race was eventually won by Mike Di Meglio, and with an amazing comeback run from a justifiably elated 2nd place guy Bradley Smith.

Today's result puts Pere up to 24th in the overall Championship standings with 5 points.
Job well done Tutu :)

Random Pic: Pere In The Box - Le Mans, Friday

Pere - Friday Quotes...

28th Pere Tutusaus:
1.44.416 (15 laps):
"The track is one that I am liking; really beautiful and one at which I'm hoping for points, as in China. I gave my all, but I'm 28th at the moment and I don't consider that a good result. Luckily it's just the first go, and we have some more time to work on things. The morning session was the better of the two, we lost some of our feeling in the afternoon. The bike was working well, but I didn't feel comfortable. I hope to move up a few places tomorrow."

French Grand Prix - Quali 1 - 125cc

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:43.515
2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:43.614 + 0.099
3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:43.710 + 0.195
4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:43.711 + 0.196
5. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:43.956 + 0.441
6. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:44.344 + 0.829
7. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:44.485 + 0.970
8. Joan Olive Derbi 1:44.532 + 1.017
9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:44.603 + 1.088
10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:44.737 + 1.222
11. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:44.769 + 1.254
12. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:44.974 + 1.459
13. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:45.074 + 1.559
14. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:45.152 + 1.637
15. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:45.158 + 1.643
16. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:45.236 + 1.721
17. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:45.268 + 1.753
18. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:45.275 + 1.760
19. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:45.442 + 1.927
20. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:45.541 + 2.026
21. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:45.709 + 2.194
22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:45.889 + 2.374
23. D.Aegerter Derbi 1:46.066 + 2.551
24. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:46.140 + 2.625
25. Marc Marquez KTM 1:46.230 + 2.715
26. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:46.271 + 2.756
27. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:46.376 + 2.861
28. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:46.416 + 2.901
29. Cyril Carrillo Honda 1:47.185 + 3.670
30. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:47.259 + 3.744
31. Gioele Pellino Loncin 1:47.371 + 3.856
32. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:47.704 + 4.189
33. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:47.751 + 4.236
34. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1:47.854 + 4.339
35. Steven Le Coquen Honda 1:48.056 + 4.541
36. Valentin Debise KTM 1:48.298 + 4.783
37. Louis Rossi Honda 1:48.300 + 4.785
38. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:50.021 + 6.506

French Grand Prix - Le Mans - Event Schedule

Friday May 16
125cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 09:00-09:45
MotoGP :: Free Practice 1 :: 10:00-11:00
250cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 11:15-12:15
125cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:10-13:40
MotoGP :: Free Practice 2 :: 13:55-14:55
250cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 15:10-15:55

Saturday May 17
125cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 09:00-09:45
MotoGP :: Free Practice 3 :: 10:00-11:00
250cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 11:15-12:15
125cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 13:10-13:40
MotoGP :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:55-14:55
250cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 15:10-15:55

Sunday May 18
125cc :: Warm-Up :: 08:40-09:00
250cc :: Warm-Up :: 09:10-09:30
MotoGP :: Warm-Up :: 09:40-10:05
125cc :: Race :: 11:00-11:45
250cc :: Race :: 12:15-13:00
MotoGP :: Race :: 14:00-15:00


(*All times local)