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The Repsol riders, ready for Le Mans
The MotoGP championship returns to Europe for the next few races and for the start of a long period in the old continent, the first race being in France at the legendary circuit of Le Mans. Starting next weekend, and until the middle of July, the World Motorcycling Championship will see a total of six races around Europe and these of course will be decisive in the battle for the championship. The Repsol riders, Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden, will be aiming for the top of the podium in the French GP.
The Spanish rider is the sole leader of the riders` classification and a win in France would open up a decent gap over his immediate rivals. Pedrosa has made a great start to this year`s championship, having been on the podium in all the races so far: a victory in Jerez, two second positions, in Estoril and in Shanghai, and one third place finish, in Qatar.
The leader admits that he is dying to race in France, a race that both he and his team are “working hard on” he explains. “This is the fifth race of the year and it is also the beginning of a part of the season with seven GP races in ten weeks” he also pointed out that as this period will, without the slightest doubt, play a big role in the destiny of the championship.
On the other hand Hayden hopes to get his fiirst podium finish of the season at Le Mans something he has been close to doing several times but something that has been so near yet so far this season. The World MotoGP Champion in 2006 is aiming to get his first victory in 2008 at the circuit of Le Mans, a track where he explains it is necessary to have a goood acceleration, and it is also where the asphalt can be quite slippery and suffer from very high temperatures.
5/12/2008
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