MotoGP 2012: Le Mans race results

JORGE LORENZO mastered the wet conditions at Le Mans to take a commanding win by over nine seconds.

Taking the lead early, the factory Yamaha rider left the remaining podium positions to be fought between Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi and the Tech 3 pair of Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow - until the satellite Yamaha riders fell in the damp conditions of the team's home race.

This left Rossi to stalk Stoner, a back-and-forth battle ensued between the two, with Rossi able to get the better of the reigning champion, scoring his best finish on the Ducati and ending a year long podium drought.

MotoGP Le Mans race results

Pos.	Num.	     Rider	       Team	           Time/Gap
1	09	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha Factory Racing	49'39.743
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	Ducati Team	9.905
3	1	Casey STONER	Repsol Honda Team	11.298
4	26	Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	29.361
5	6	Stefan BRADL	LCR Honda MotoGP	32.477
6	69	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati Team	32.842
7	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO Monster Yamaha Tech 3	59.759
8	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+1'05.152
9	8	Hector BARBERA	Pramac Racing Team	+1'07.846
10	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	+1'13.193
11	77	James ELLISON	Paul Bird Motorsport	+1'26.663
12	54	Mattia PASINI	Speed Master	+1'27.633
13	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	Power Electronics Aspar	1 Lap
14	51	Michele PIRRO	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1 Lap
15	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Avintia Blusens	1 Lap
16	11	Ben SPIES	Yamaha Factory Racing	1 Lap
17	7	Chris VERMEULEN	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	2 Laps
18	22	Ivan SILVA	Avintia Blusens	2 Laps

Not Classified	
				
9 Danilo PETRUCCI	Came IodaRacing Project	4 Laps
14	Randy DE PUNIET	Power Electronics Aspar	6 Laps
17	Karel ABRAHAM	Cardion AB Motoracing	17 Laps