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Honda confident heading to France

The Repsol Honda team is looking forward to this weekend's race meeting at Le Mans following a trio of races with three different winners so far this season. Riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso currently lie fourth and fifth in the standings, with the former on joint points with third-placed Jorge Lorenzo, who took victory for Yamaha at Round 2 in Japan.

"After the Jerez race I'm quite happy to be going to Le Mans because this is another circuit I like and I hope we can go well there again," said Pedrosa, who finished fourth in France last year, but noted that the area's weather conditions are prone to throwing a number of variables into the mix. "Still, we have 15 minutes more practice time in each session which should help us with this," he continued, "and it'll be interesting to see how our allocation of 20 tyres copes with the extra time too.

"Personally, I've had some good results at Le Mans, including a few victories in 125 and 250, so it's a circuit I where I have quite a lot of confidence and I hope to convert that into a good result this weekend." 

"Dani's recent results in Japan and Spain have given me extra motivation, because he's shown what the bike is capable of," continued team-mate Dovizioso. "I have always had good results at this track so I'm hoping I can repeat those. The circuit is quite slow and narrow, with a lot of direction changes. The changes to the first chicane have robbed Le Mans of part of its fascination, which is unfortunate, but it's still a circuit I like. The only issue here is the weather, because it rains quite often and we've already had enough rain this year!"

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