Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi is eyeing back-to-back victories with a win at the French Grand Prix this weekend.
The Italian rider won his first race in almost a year with victory in Spain last time out, and believes the characteristics of the Le Mans Bugatti layout will suit his Yamaha bike once again.
"Le Mans is a track where the YZR-M1 usually goes very well," said Rossi, who has won at the circuit three times before and finished second last year behind team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
"The negative thing about Le Mans is the weather, it is always very uncertain. It can rain, it is often cold and so there are many factors that you must be careful of."
Rossi is hoping to go one better this year: "Last year I had a good race but I was not able to beat Jorge – I'll try again this year.
"First we will start the weekend in the same way as we did in Jerez. There we found a good set-up on Friday and this has helped us to be competitive in the race."
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