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Dani Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli collide at Le Mans.

Race results from the French MotoGP at Le Mans, round 4 of the 2011 world championship.

Full qualifying times from the French MotoGP at Le Mans, round 4 of the 2011 world championship.

"It must be a shame to be beaten by 'kids'. Every race..." - Jorge Lorenzo.

"If I'd had this set-up for the race I'm sure I could have had a battle with Colin, and he was sixth, so that's really encouraging" - Cal Crutchlow.

"The most important thing we improved was corner speed entry and front-end safety"

Dani Pedrosa wins the Portuguese MotoGP at Estoril - Jorge Lorenzo's Estoril run ends.

Race results from the Portuguese MotoGP at Estoril, round 3 of the 2011 world championship.

"Ok. I will be arrested! - Marco Simoncelli.

Full qualifying times from the Portuguese MotoGP at Estoril, round 3 of the 2011 world championship.

Marco Simoncelli highsides out of the race lead at Jerez.

"What is more frustrating is the reaction of the stewards and their assistance for Valentino and not for me, it was unbelievable" - Casey Stoner.

"We had a great chance for me to make my first podium with Ducati, or even my first win" - Valentino Rossi.

Race results from the Spanish MotoGP, round 2 of the 2011 world championship.

Jorge Lorenzo wins Spanish MotoGP at Jerez; Valentino Rossi takes out Casey Stoner; eight riders crash in 27 laps.

Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner collide during the Spanish MotoGP.

Marco Simoncelli finds biggest improvement in Qatar race lap from 2010 to 2011.

"I struggled to get by Valentino for a while, he was riding really well and he's not an easy guy to get around!" - Ben Spies.

Casey Stoner wins on his Repsol Honda debut at the Qatar MotoGP - Jorge Lorenzo demotes Dani Pedrosa to third.

Race results from the Qatar MotoGP, round 1 of the 2011 world championship.

Full qualifying times from the Qatar MotoGP, round 1 of the 2011 world championship.

Qatar MotoGP lap times as of 11pm on Monday, at the end of the third and final pre-season test of 2011.

Hopes are high in the Gresini camp after a promising run during testing in Malaysia thus far.

"I think my first lap would have been my fastest, but the second lap ended up being a bit quicker" - Casey Stoner.