This weekend the 2012 MotoGP World Championship heads to Le Mans in France for round four of the MotoGp world Championship.
After some close racing throughout the first three rounds Australian Casey Stoner heads into the Grand Prix of France with 66 points, just a single point of championship rival Jorge Lorenzo with Stoners Repsol Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa also with in striking distance of taking the championship lead with 52 points to his name.
Stoner, who clinched the win in Estoril last week and his 18th successive podium, won in Le Mans in 2011, building up towards his second MotoGP World title with three wins in a row (Le Mans, Catalunya and Silverstone), and will look to repeat that success again in 2012
"The past two tracks have not historically been my best but I've managed wins at both of them so I'm hoping we can go to Le Mans and be competitive again." explained Stoner.
"I've had some mixed results there in the past, the track layout is unique, it's a little stop-start with a lot of braking and I think this year both the Honda's and Yamaha's will be competitive there." the current world champion continued.
With wet weather setting in after the last round at Estoril and preventing any testing taking place, Stoner is hopeful for a dry round in France from the outset this weekend.
"It was disappointing that the weather in Estoril on Monday prevented us from testing, we need to work on the chatter issue we have on the bike so let's hope we have some dry sessions from day one in Le Mans so we can get out on track and work on it". concluded Stoner.
