Hill was pushing hard for the pole position but some small mistakes during the Q3 session saw him end third and just 0.034 seconds adrift of pole-sitter Josh Brookes.

Hill leads the standings ahead of the two races on Sunday and looked set to end the day fastest but dropped to second in the final seconds and Noriyuki Haga returned to the 2.99-mile circuit following his podium finish at Oulton Park.

The Annual FISE festival took to the banks of Montpellier last weekend to embrace action sports in all its glory and Monster Energy was there in full force once again.

With the guys all stepping up their game it was a tight content but shouts have got to go to Jake Anderson for the double flip / body variable and Matty Carlisle for his 7’s which appear to be on lock now and earned him best trick in group A.

Titled Gymkhana FOUR: Bonus Edit, the clip removes the “Hollywood” aspects of Gymkhana FOUR and instead places the focus on Block’s behind-the-wheel driving precision by incorporating never-before-seen shots and all-new angles of previous shots.

Ben was smashing the competition from the start, going into the finals in first place after qualifying day. With the top 16 battling it out to make the 4-strong Super Final

he 300 layout first featured on the MCE BSB calendar last year and the combination of high speed straights and slow corners is the next challenge for the Guisborough based team who scored a podium finish at the event last year with Kent ace Hill.

On an awe-inspiring stage for racing and in front of 42,000 noisy fans Team CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel was superlative to win the first moto by a massive one and a half minutes despite starting from 20th in the gate.

Valentino Rossi, Michael Schumacher and Stephane Peterhansel together sharing tarmac here in Le Mans. Fair enough, it was left to Valentino to wrestle his machinery on the track but the titles on show were pretty spectacular.

Final Practice and Qualifying for the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France was another examination for how to manage pretty changeable conditions, but credit to Dovi, Cal, Valentino and Ben in MotoGP as they faced off some pretty unwelcome weather to put together qualifying runs that leave them looking to the front of the pack later today in Le Mans.