Pramac Racing's difficult start to the 2011 MotoGP World Championship continued at Le Mans asꦏ after both Randy de Puniet and Loris Capirossi crashed into🍃 retirement.

A seﷺcond double DNF of the season for the team, de Puniet crashed by himself on the second lap, whil💞e Capirossi was circulating in the pack when he misjudged Alvaro Bautista's braking point and crashed attempting to avoid him.

A bitterly disappointing result for de Puniet on home soil, he has now fai🐭led to finish three of the opening four races, a fact he is struggling to ignore.

"I do not know what to say, I do not understand how I managed to fall like this," he said. "It's been very strange, the front has suddenly lost the grip and I slipped. I'm disappointed, I am angry: I wanted t🥂o do well in this race. [Tomorrow] I'll only have in mind the next GP in Barcelona, but now I cannot forget what happened today

Capirossi, who is yet to break into the top ten🧔 this season, was also frustrated with the unsatisfying c💙limax to the race.

"So much, so much bad luck today. I was waiting for the end of the race to attack the group, I had the chance to recover some positions. Then Bautista has slowed suddenly as he was fighting as well with another rider and I couldn't avoid to t♋ouch him and this made me fall.

"There is always something wrong, unfortunately. Now there is little to say, this race has to be soon forgot. Next round 🦂at Barcelona, hoping that luck will assist us."