on lap eight, with both riders collected in the incident the Ducati-mounted Rossi was pinned under both his Desmosedici GP11 and the Repsol Honda of the 2007 champion. With Stoner removing the RC212V from the pile of prototype bikes, the swarm of stewards

that should better outline the championship situation before the summer break. The whole team did a good job at Le Mans; Vale got a podium, and although Nicky’s race didn’t go great, he had three positive days. "The updates that we’ve made to the GP11 have

year, was the top Ducati in the qualifying session taking the seventh fastest time.Valentino Rossi spent the majority of qualifying testing the new GP11.1 ending in 11th with a 1:36.564 lap, 1.8 seconds off Simoncelli.Loris Capirossi crashed out

tomorrow, and it will be a very important test for confirming other new details and for continuing work on the setup. We’ll probably take a couple of final runs with the GP11, but we’ll definitely be continuing with the GP11.1. Finally, I’d like

. The afternoon was nearly a copy as the Italian was as low as 15th. Finding some pace, Rossi was able to put a late lap to improve his FP1 time and put the Desmosedici GP11.1 in seventh.Times from FP11. Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 1'56.3282. Casey STONER