I had almost forgotten what a flag-to-flag race was all about until Le Mans last week. It was an extraordinary afternoon resulting in the shortest ever premier class race in the 73-year history of Grand Prix racing. The fact that the second race was only six laps to make up the original 23 lap race distance did not matter. Riders could change bikes with different tyres if the race started in the dry and then turned wet or in the opposite direction from wet to dry. I watched Marc Marquez race through and waited for him to appear in pit lane at the end of lap.

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