Joan Mir invented the sport of gravel skiing when he crashed, stood up, slid, and ran on Saturday

October racing means light magic. Brad Binder turns up the contrast

Alex Marquez would get another taste of wet weather, and capitalize on the opportunity

Suzuki in wet weather trim, with full shrouds around the Brembo carbon discs, and tape on the radiator to keep the heat in

Johann Zarco arrived at his home GP with a good deal less pressure on his shoulders

Unlike El Diablo, Fabio Quartararo, who looked like cleaning up in the dry

Ducati’s rear wheel aero cover on Jack Miller’s Pramac Ducati. Note also the torsion meter sprocket carrier

Clear visors in the rain mean you can follow Alex Rins eyes

A rough weekend for Valentino Rossi …

Crashing at Turn 4 in practice …

And then in the same place on the first lap of the race. That made it three crashes in three races

Words were exchanged between Pecco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira. But they sorted it out after qualifying

Pole at home, and a punishing pace in FP4. Who could stop Fabio Quartararo in the race?

The weather, and a gaggle of Ducatis, that’s who

4 into 1. Or rather, 4 into Turn 9, as Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller, Alex Rins, and Andrea Dovizioso all try to fit into the Chemin aux Boeufs esses

Jack Miller would be foiled by the rain, and using an engine which was starting to display problems during warm up. It let go in the race

Danilo Petrucci rode a near perfect race, controlling from the front, and reminding the world just how good he is

Saving the honor of HRC, Alex Marquez scored a superb podium in the wet at Le Mans.

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