Nine wild and one sub for Le Mans.

It has been announced that nine wild-cards and one substitute rider will take part in next weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round four of the 2005 world championship.

The wild-cards are split five/four in the 125 and 250cc classes respectively, while Olivier Jacque - who scored an amazing second place on his Kawasaki debut last time out in Shanghai - will, as expected, ride in his home GP for what is scheduled to be his final team green appearance before Alex Hofmann's return.

Braillard, Portuguese 125GP Race 2005
Braillard, Portuguese 125GP Race 2005
© Gold and Goose

It has been announced that nine wild-cards and one substitute rider will take part in next weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round four of the 2005 world championship.

The wild-cards are split five/four in the 125 and 250cc classes respectively, while Olivier Jacque - who scored an amazing second place on his Kawasaki debut last time out in Shanghai - will, as expected, ride in his home GP for what is scheduled to be his final team green appearance before Alex Hofmann's return.

Meanwhile, Jurgen van den Goorbergh - who replaced the injured Makoto Tamada at Konica Minolta Honda for the Chinese Grand Prix - is absent from the substitute list, suggesting Luca Montiron's team expect Tamada to return for the French event.

MotoGP class: Substitute rider:
#19 - Olivier Jacque FRA (Kawasaki)
250cc class:
#47 - Marc-Antoine Scaccia FRA (Yamaha)
#61 - Li Zheng Peng CHN (Aprilia)
#63 - Mathieu Lagrive FRA (Aprilia)
#65 - Samuel Aubry FRA (Honda)
125cc class:
#73 - Yannick Deschamps FRA (Honda)
#74 - Mathieu Gines FRA (Honda)
#88 - Mathieu Lussiana FRA (Honda)
#89 - Jules Cluzel FRA (Honda)
#90 - Michel Alexis FRA (Honda)

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