Steve McQueen still brings in a pretty penny at automobile auctions. The racing suit worn by the late actor in the 1971 film “Le Mans” sold for close to $1 million at an auction in Los Angeles. Steve McQueen’s suit sold for $984,000, nearly twice as much as the DeLorean that was used in the [...]


A Note From Dani Pedrosa

Posted: 7th June 2011 by AllAboutBikes.com in News
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For the first three rounds of the 2011 MotoGP season, Dani Pedrosa was the man to beat. Despite early season corrective surgery, Pedrosa earned three podium finishes, including a win in Portugal, and was second in the point standings behind 2010 champion Jorge Lorenzo. But then came Le Mans, and Pedrosa found himself back in [...]


Marco Simoncelli met with race direction today on the eve of the Catalunya GP to discuss the incident that occurred in Le Mans. No further penalty was handed out as Race Direction just wanted to “draw a line” under the penalty to make sure that Simoncelli was aware of his mistake. Here is the statement [...]


Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow head to the all-important home race for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team in France this weekend confident they can continue their brilliant start to the 2011 MotoGP World Championship campaign. And not only is this weekend’s encounter at the legendary Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans the home race for [...]


Yamaha Has High Hopes for Le Mans

Posted: 11th May 2011 by AllAboutBikes.com in News
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Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will be heading to Le Mans this weekend for the fourth round of the 2011 MotoGP season. Lorenzo currently leads the series, while Spies will be looking to jump-start his 2011 season with good results at the French circuit. Lorenzo will be looking to continue his streak of podiums at [...]

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