France GP last year on Le Mans circuit named Casey Stoner as the winner. Dovizioso and Rossi also filled the podium. For Stoner, the Le Mans 2011 victory was the 2nd victory on 2011, but for Rossi, it was the 1st podium ever since he joined Ducati. Valentino Rossi only got 1 podium with Ducati until now.
The 2011 race was started with Casey Stoner as pole man. Casey Stoner was dominate all Le Mans session, from FP1 till race. Marco Simoncelli and Andrea Dovizioso was also started from front row. While Valentino Rossi the 3rd winner, started from 9th position on 3rd row. Honda's riders, Stoner, Pedrosa, Simoncelli and Dovizioso lead the race after start. In the middle of the race, Stoner made gap and the battle was begin between Dani Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli for 2nd place.
Pedrosa was crashed after an incident involved Simoncelli, and Pedrosa got a collarbone injury after. 6 laps before race over, the race direction was gave penalty to Simoncelli. Simoncelli from 2nd place, had to enter the pit and down to 7th. But Simoncelli finally finished on 5th.
On the 3rd group, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, and Valentino Rossi were looked for 3rd place. After penalty given to Simoncelli, Rossi goes 2nd, and Dovizioso and Lorenzo were still tailing him. 4 laps before finish line, Lorenzo was wide. Rossi and Dovizioso made gap to Lorenzo. On the next lap, Dovizioso took over Rossi and got the 2nd place on race. Rossi was finished 3rd.
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