Picked by several MotoGP riders as their pre-season pi꧂ck for the Moto3 championship, Gabriel Rodrigo has a mountain to climb following his crash from the lead at Jerez. 

The Argentine is currently eighth in the championship on 25 points, while Moto3 sensation Pedro Acosta took anothe🍒r impressive win to move 51 points clear of his nearest rival with a points tally of 95. 

Of his six starts in France, R꧑odrgio has finished just two races which were both in the last two years with a best result of fourth coming in 2019. 

"We’re eager to make amends after Jerez. We probably had the best race pace and we didn’t c🦹apitalise," said Rodrigo. 𝓰;

"We will try at Le Mans – a track I like – to keep๊ doing a good job 🔜like we did in Spain two wees ago, as we aim at bouncing back. I took a big hit in my foot, so I rested and I’m ready to go."

It had not exactly been a stunn🌠ing start to 2021 for team-mate Alcoba eit𒉰her with back-to-back DNF’s in Qatar and a 14th in Portimao, however, the third place finish is his and the team’s best result of the season to date. 

Speaking ahead of Le Mans, the Spaniard is a꧒iming for a repeatꦫ performance as you would expect, but just as high on the priority list seems to be completing a clean weekend. 

Alcoba added: "Needless to say that we are looking for a repღeat result at Le Mans, maybe without trying our luck too hard.&nb💖sp;

"ꦅWe need a very solid weekend and without mistakes. I’m yet to have one this season so I’m looking forward to try and play my cards right in the racꦯe – without being penalised. 

"Last year it was a difficult weekend in which 💦I made a few rookie mistakes, but we’re ready for the challenꦑge this year."