Le Mans Report Cards

Casey Stoner – 10 without honors
He deserves full 10/XNUMX for how he drove throughout the weekend, but the punch given to Randy De Puniet in the warm up (who hindered him and gave him a good scare) with the attached fine doesn't allow it. He seems like the man to beat at the moment.

Andrea Dovizioso – 6,5
The driver from Forlì arrived second, but without the double exclusion of Simoncelli and Pedrosa he would have finished fourth. Not much for those who have the best bike of the lot. This will probably be the year of truth for his confirmation, he must and can give more.

Valentino Rossi – 7
The same thing applies to him as Andrea Dovizioso with the difference that he doesn't ride the Honda RC212V. Ducati is improving but we're not there yet to get to the Hondas. Podium which is good for morale anyway.

Jorge Lorenzo – 7
At first glance, the fourth place finish seems like half a defeat; However, if you analyze the day carefully, including the warm up (where he fell and also hurt the middle finger of his right hand) and look at his lead in the standings over the second (which has increased), his French Grand Prix was more than positive.

Marco Simoncelli – 4
The rating reported above doesn't take into account so much the contact with Pedrosa itself, but the fact that there was absolutely no need to attempt an overtaking at that point. Sic er faster, he could have passed Pedrosa in other points of the track. By doing so he instead ruined his race and unfortunately for him, caused Dani Pedrosa to fracture his collarbone. Furthermore, he was under observation after the arguments with Lorenzo in Estoril. Postponed!

Ben Spies – 6
A distant relative of the Spies seen in the winter tests, he was satisfied with a sixth place, defining his race as exciting. Much more is expected from him, and what's more, on an official bike.

Maverick Vinales – 10
The terrible sixteen-year-old of "Blusens By Paris Hilton Racing" yesterday gave the "pay" to the much more famous compatriot Nico Terol. A new star is born? We don't know yet but the material is certainly there.

Marc Marquez – 10 cum laude
Winning the French Grand Prix after crashing in the first three races was the dream of the 2010 eighth-litre champion. Marquez achieved this by riding cleanly especially at the end, when a few drops of rain could easily have betrayed him. He then did it by celebrating his fiftieth participation in the world championship... Did his 2011 start yesterday?