In the first face-off of the season at Le Mans, a day of private testing saw the 47 teams expected to be on the starting grid of the 24 Heures Motos out on the track. The favourites were out in force and a few new challengers unveiled their podium ambitions.

The 2015 Moto3 world champion has joined R2CL. The French team are back for a full FIM EWC season with an all-British line-up comprising Danny Kent, Luke Mossey and Dan Linfoot.