Saturday, 13 May 2023

MotoGP riders mirror on motion packed opening day at Le Mans


MotoGP 2023

Spherical 5 – Le Mans

Friday Apply


MotoGP Friday Quotes from Le Mans

Jack Miller – P1

“Hopefully we will translate that into Saturday and a good higher Sunday. The bike has labored implausible from the get-go this morning, first roll out… It’s a unusual outdated monitor Le Mans, you form of can’t push to absolutely the restrict such as you possibly can at another tracks, the grip particularly is form of low, at some factors, then in different factors it’s implausible, so that you form of should take it nook by nook, and journey a bit bit completely different in every nook. Was form of hoping for some rain right this moment as we’ve got some work to do on the moist map.”

Jack Miller
Aleix Espargaro – P2

“The bike is admittedly working nicely, particularly with the tender entrance tyre. It’s clearly solely Friday, but it surely’s at all times essential to be quick and I’m happy. We’re utilizing some new aerodynamic options that assist me in acceleration and on flip 1, the place you actually go in quick and the bike tends to maneuver round so much. Tomorrow we’ll set our sights on pole place, however we all know how tough it at all times is right here in Le Mans.”

Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia getting fettled
Marco Bezzecchi – P3

“The primary two rows are at all times our goal and hitting the Q2 truly simplifies issues so much. The race already takes on a special perspective. I really feel good and I used to be capable of be incisive proper from the beginning even when I took all the pieces very calmly, particularly this morning, to have the ability to perceive the sensations on the entrance tire with the sort of temperature. I actually have some margin in braking, I can enhance in some factors, however I’m fairly completely happy. I’ve tempo and in addition on the time assault I did nicely.”

Marco Bezzecchi
Maverick Vinales – P6

“In the present day was an excellent day. We took quite a lot of issues that we tried within the checks out on the monitor, accumulating quantity of information and the truth that they labored, even on a really completely different circuit, is extraordinarily constructive. Now we’ve got information to extend our potential and to attempt to push more durable tomorrow. I really feel robust and I feel that we’ve got margin for enchancment for Saturday. In the present day going by to Q2 was essential and we did simply that, so now we’ll wait to see what the climate will probably be like, however in any case, we’re able to do job.”

Maverick Vinales
Brad Binder – P7

“Nice feeling on day one in Le Mans. Felt good from the primary exit, landed myself a spot in Q2 this afternoon and feeling enthusiastic about tomorrow’s periods. Let’s do that this!”

Brad Binder
Marc Marquez – P8

“In the present day I’m very completely happy general; it was day. I crashed two occasions; the second time was an ‘acceptable’ crash as a result of I used to be pushing on the restrict on a scorching lap – it could possibly occur. After a month and a half at dwelling, it’s not straightforward to exit and immediately begin pushing so we’ve got to be content material with what we’ve got executed right this moment as we made it to Q2. The target for tomorrow is to take care of this place within the entrance three rows of the grid. In fact, the climate may change issues right here so much, however we’ll hold working and adapting to no matter occurs. I nonetheless must work a bit to maintain enhancing my feeling and in addition to enhance the efficiency general.”

Marc Marquez
Francesco Bagnaia – P9

“My tempo was among the best this morning, and I instantly felt snug. We tried the time assault,  however I didn’t discover a good feeling with the rear tyre. We additionally used the identical tyre firstly of the afternoon session and had some difficulties. Thankfully, by altering the tyre for the final time assault, all the pieces went again to regular, and we realised what the issue had been. Total, it was nonetheless a constructive day. We’re within the prime ten, and the sensation with the bike can also be good. We nonetheless have to enhance a bit bit, however I might say we’re there.”

Francesco Bagnaia
Alex Marquez – P10

“I’m very pleased with how we reacted to the crash, which was fairly a troublesome one. We stayed calm on a monitor the place I’m not at all times fast and we managed to get into Q2, which was an important factor in any case. There’s so much to work on and the crash certainly impacted on the weekend programme we had for the bike. A thanks goes to the crew as a result of they labored extremely nicely. The crash was my fault, the sensation with the medium compound on the front-end wasn’t one of the best however I selected to maintain pushing and misplaced the entrance.”

Alex Marquez
Luca Marini – P11

“The place actually complicates issues, tomorrow will probably be tough to undergo the Q1 and we count on an uphill weekend. I didn’t discover grip on the rear with the lap time tire and this pressured me out of the Top10 for a breath. It gained’t be straightforward, even the climate may complicate issues additional, however we all know the place to work to have the ability to be extra aggressive. Having no feeling on the rear, with the primary contact of the fuel I’ve no traction and the bike doesn’t flip as I would like. We proceed to work for tomorrow.”’

Luca Marini
Fabio Quartararo – P12

“We’re looking for a base, and we’re doing our greatest to make a step tomorrow. I‘m at all times giving my 100 per cent on the bike, on a regular basis. I‘m doing my finest, looking for an answer, and dealing exhausting. We miss efficiency. We‘re attempting to enhance the sensation. The followers are essentially the most constructive a part of right this moment. I’ll give my 100 per cent to make them completely happy.”

Fabio Quartararo
Joan Mir – P13

“We tried a brand new chassis right this moment within the morning and I used to be capable of enhance my feeling, driving extra comfortably however we nonetheless must adapt the setting and myself to take the utmost from it. All the pieces within the morning was very straightforward, then within the afternoon it was a bit extra sophisticated and we have to analyse tonight what modified from follow to follow. We’ll hold working tomorrow in an identical means, on the lookout for these previous few tenths to struggle for Q2.”

Joan Mir
Alex Rins – P14

“In the present day has been a bit exhausting. We’re struggling within the two final sectors of the monitor; we’ve bought the identical issues that we had in Jerez. We have to hold working, and though we tried exhausting, we couldn’t go straight to Q2. Tomorrow we’ll have one other probability, so let’s hold pushing”.

Alex Rins
Augusto Fernandez – P15

“It was day for us. I tailored fairly nicely and rapidly to the monitor this morning in Apply 1, and I used to be within the prime 10 for many of the session. Tempo and confidence are good, however we’re nonetheless lacking a couple of issues to do time assault to remain inside the prime 10. Total, we’re pleased with right this moment’s work, we bought good data and we’ll attempt to take one other step on Saturday and purpose for the Q2.”

Takaaki Nakagami – P16

“The issue we face right here is completely different than in Jerez: it’s tough to cease the bike, and we’re lacking some rear grip. These two parts on this monitor have been very demanding right this moment. I wished to be within the prime 10, but it surely has been tough to acquire that consequence”.

Takaaki Nakagami
Franco Morbidelli – P17

“It was a sophisticated day. We tried some options to enhance the bundle, however sadly nothing helped. We’ve to return to a base that we all know tomorrow, a extra commonplace bundle, and see if we will extract some extra potential.”

Franco Morbidelli
Fabio Di Giannantonio – P18

“It was a sophisticated Friday; we labored so much though the morning crash has restricted us a bit bit. We began from the bottom setup present in Jerez, which we had been pleased with, and we’re attempting to see if it could possibly work right here, too. Proper now we’re shedding quite a lot of floor in T3 and T4 and tomorrow it’ll be essential to work nicely in FP3 so as to play our playing cards proper in qualifying.”

Fabio Di Giannantonio
Danilo Petrucci – P19

“It was a difficult day however principally thrilling. I anticipated to battle extra, but it surely went nicely, and I’m happy. This morning I used to be much less distant from the highest of the time-sheet, and I feel I may nonetheless have improved if it hadn’t been for the crash this afternoon, which made me lose some confidence. Driving this bike is implausible! Now my purpose will probably be to proceed to enhance with out making any extra errors.”

Danilo Petrucci
Lorenzo Savadori – P20

“It was day, we tried one thing new for Aprilia particularly in Apply one. In fact, when you find yourself in a race weekend it’s not easy, as everyone seems to be tremendous quick and it’s nearly one 12 months since I final did a race weekend, which was in Austria final 12 months. Tomorrow, we’ll begin one other day and can work extra on my feeling and place on the bike. I’ve to focus extra on my feeling on the 2022 bike because it’s a bit bit completely different from the 2023 bike, however we’ll see the way it goes tomorrow and with the unpredictable climate forecast. Above all, I’m completely happy to work with the RNF crew as they’re an incredible crew.”

Jonas Folger – P21

“The monitor right here in Le Mans is kind of demanding bodily so the beginning of the day was a bit tough for me. It took me time to search out my circulate, particularly in Apply 1. I used to be a bit misplaced with my driving fashion so we’ve got to test the information to strive coming again to the setting from the check in Jerez. We’ve a couple of adjustments to make tonight to get the bike extra ‘quiet’  and that ought to assist me enhance my driving, journey sooner and get nearer to the opposite guys. Thanks to my crew for his or her work, and I stay up for tomorrow.”

Raul Fernandez – P22

“To be sincere, my arm is okay however I can’t journey. I attempted this morning and did three laps, instantly I knew that I wasn’t able to journey a MotoGP bike. My situation improved so much however I couldn’t journey quick. Now, MotoGP is just too shut and if you’re not at 100 per cent it’s tough. I really feel a lot better with the arm however I can’t take the corners, I spoke to my crew and will probably be a danger for me if I crash and have extra accidents, they perceive the state of affairs and we determined to cease and never proceed this weekend. Now I’ll work to get well for the following Grand Prix.”


MotoGP Friday Apply Report

Jack Miller (Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing) topped each P1 and P2 on Friday at Le Mans to sail by to an automated place in Q2.

Jack Miller

Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) and Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Staff) ended the day in second and third, respectively.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Staff) was already again within the limelight and on the tempo. The Spanish dynamo is straight by to Q2 however not earlier than crashing twice, and having a bit tête-à-tête with Pecco Bagnaia after shadowing the World Champion in a recreation of cat and mouse…

Peek a boo….. Marquez shadowing Bagnaia..

As ever, the struggle for a spot in Q2 went to the wire, and it needed to be all or nothing for Fabio Quartararo (Monster Power Yamaha MotoGP), who was nicely conscious of the significance of bagging a Q2 spot at his dwelling Grand Prix. The Frenchman started to placed on the afterburners within the closing twenty minutes. Driving on the ragged edge, Quartararo’s first flyer ended early with an enormous second onboard his Yamaha, seeing him make a dramatic save to regroup and put the hammer down as soon as once more.

Fabio Quartararo

Brad Binder (Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing) was the primary to reshuffle the order because the South African hit the highest of the time-sheets to beat his team-mates P1 time to make it a KTM one-two. Miller then leap-frogged the South African to once more head the charts. However then got here Bezzecchi to seize P1…

Marco Bezzecchi

In the meantime, Aleix Espargaro was on a flyer because the Spaniard set crimson sectors to fit himself into P2, and with two and half minutes remaining the timing screens actually started to gentle up.

Espargaro, Bezzecchi, Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) was the order with only one minute left, and the followers had been on their toes as their dwelling hero Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) started to place down crimson sectors as he chased down the flying Miller.

Aleix Espargaro

Miller wasn’t to be caught although, going prime to set the primary and solely 1m30s, however Zarco put himself into P5 to push Aleix Espargaro and Bezzecchi down a spot every… and push Bagnaia out of Q2 because it stood.

With Espargaro and Bezzecchi holding robust in 2nd and third, Martin consolidated P4 simply forward of his team-mate, as Aprilia Racing’s Maverick Viñales then bagged P6 forward of Binder in P7. The South African crashed within the latter phases.

Francesco Bagnaia

It was, in some methods, a well-recognized sight for Bagnaia as he appeared behind with 11 minutes to go to see Marc Marquez proper on his rear wheel. The Repsol Honda rider was trying to make use of the reigning World Champion to tow him right into a Q2 place, however Bagnaia wasn’t giving into the thoughts video games because the Italian rode again into pit-lane to shake off the Spaniard.

Marc Marquez on the lookout for a tow behind Bagnaia

That left Pecco with a closing push and as Bagnaia headed again out onto the circuit, it was a last-chance saloon state of affairs for the Ducati man as he was sat outdoors of Q2 rivalry in P12. A swarm of riders adopted him with simply six-minutes left on the clock, however this time Marquez slotted himself behind Martin, who in flip was shadowing Bagnaia. That did the trick.

Bagnaia simply bagged a Q2 spot to place himself into P9, while Marc Marquez then had completely different dramas to fret about. He took a second tumble of the day, rider completely okay if trying encouragingly indignant on the error, however makes it into Q2 on his return to competitors.

Marc Marquez

Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP) simply made it into the highest ten, leaving some fellow quick faces in Q1. Quartararo is the headline act, actually for the house followers, because the Frenchman seems to discover a means by. After deciding to return to the identical chassis as raced in Jerez and people quick lap woes persevering with, he’ll should struggle it out in opposition to the likes of Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Staff), COTA winner Alex Rins (LCR Honda Castrol) and Joan Mir (Repsol Honda Staff). Mir had a stable morning in France after which suffered an adventurous afternoon session with a crash and a run off.

Jack Miller

Each KTMs are by. Bagnaia appears a bit extra on the again foot than some venues. Marc Marquez is thru, though after two tip offs. Quartararo is trying to transfer ahead… Friday set us up for one more tremendous Saturday of MotoGP motion. The stage is dressed for Qualifying and the Tissot Dash…

Jack Miller

MotoGP Friday Apply Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole
1 J.Miller KTM 1m30.950
2 A.Espargaro APRILIA +0.119
3 M.Bezzecchi DUCATI +0.200
4 J.Martin DUCATI +0.285
5 J.Zarco DUCATI +0.326
6 M.Viñales APRILIA +0.392
7 B.Binder KTM +0.402
8 M.Marquez HONDA +0.482
9 F.Bagnaia DUCATI +0.517
10 A.Marquez DUCATI +0.558
11 L.Marini DUCATI +0.561
12 F.Quartararo YAMAHA +0.700
13 J.Mir HONDA +0.850
14 A.Rins HONDA +0.992
15 A.Fernandez KTM +1.040
16 T.Nakagami HONDA +1.048
17 F.Morbidelli YAMAHA +1.193
18 F.Di Giannanto DUCATI +1.361
19 D.Petrucci DUCATI +2.072
20 L.Savadori APRILIA +2.539
21 J.Folger KTM +2.722

MotoGP Prime Speeds

Pos Rider Bike Velocity
1 Marco Bezzecchi DUCATI 318.5
2 Luca Marini DUCATI 316.5
3 Francesco Bagnaia DUCATI 315.5
4 Maverick Viñales APRILIA 315.5
5 Brad Binder KTM 314.5
6 Jorge Martin DUCATI 314.5
7 Johann Zarco DUCATI 313.5
8 Aleix Espargaro APRILIA 312.6
9 Danilo Petrucci DUCATI 311.6
10 Alex Rins HONDA 311.6
11 Fabio Di Giannantonio DUCATI 311.6
12 Alex Marquez DUCATI 311.6
13 Fabio Quartararo YAMAHA 310.6
14 Franco Morbidelli YAMAHA 310.6
15 Jack Miller KTM 310.6
16 Augusto Fernandez KTM 309.6
17 Takaaki Nakagami HONDA 308.7
18 Joan Mir HONDA 307.7
19 Marc Marquez HONDA 307.7
20 Jonas Folger KTM 307.7
21 Lorenzo Savadori APRILIA 306.8

MotoGP Championship Factors

Pos Rider Nat Bike Factors
1 Francesco Bagnaia IT  Ducati 87
2 Marco Bezzecchi IT  Ducati 65
3 Brad Binder ZA  KTM 62
4 JackMiller AU  KTM 49
5 Maverick Viñales ES  Aprilia 48
6 Luca Marini IT  Ducati 48
7 Jorge Martin ES  Ducati 48
8 Alex Rins ES  Honda 47
9 Johann Zarco FR  Ducati 46
10 Alex Marquez ES  Ducati 41
11 Fabio Quartararo FR  Yamaha 40
12 Franco Morbidelli IT  Yamaha 34
13 Aleix Espargaro ES  Aprilia 29
14 Miguel Oliveira PT  Aprilia 21
15 Fabio Di Giannantonio IT  Ducati 17
16 Augusto Fernandez ES  KTM 17
17 Takaaki Nakagami JP  Honda 14
18 Dani Pedrosa ES  KTM 13
19 Marc Marquez ES  Honda 7
20 JoanMir ES  Honda 5
21 Michele Pirro IT  Ducati 5
22 Jonas Folger DE  KTM 4
23 Raul Fernandez ES  Aprilia 3
24 StefanBradl DE  Honda 2
25 IkerLecuona ES  Honda 0

Moto2 Friday Apply

The rostrum finishers from Jerez saved their roll on Friday in France, with Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Staff) again on prime to finish Day 1 quickest, adopted by Pedro Acosta (Purple Bull KTM Ajo) and Alonso Lopez (Lightech SpeedUp). The three had been lined by simply 0.093 and Acosta was solely 0.005 off the highest.

Lowes crashed twice in P1 however gathered it collectively within the afternoon to take again to the highest, and the double crasher moniker went the best way of fellow frontrunner Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40). Riders okay. Canet, nonetheless, didn’t enhance in P2 and ended Day 1 in thirteenth.

Behind the highest three again up close to the highest, Filip Salač (QJMotor Gresini Moto2) takes P4 general after going quickest within the morning, with Celestino Vietti (Fantic Racing) subsequent up after a stable day from the Italian as he seems to get again to profitable methods. Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Staff) takes P6, with Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Staff), who begins the weekend equal on factors with Acosta on the prime of the title desk, in seventh.

Sokmiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Staff Asia), Albert Arenas (Purple Bull KTM Ajo) and Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp) full the highest ten on Day 1, edging out Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Staff Asia) by simply 0.005.

Senna Agius bought accustomed to the Le Mans circuit for the primary time in his name as much as change Darryn Binder and completed day one twenty sixth, 1.829-seconds off Lowes’ Friday benchmark.

Moto2 Friday Apply Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole
1 S.Lowes KALEX 1m36.178
2 P.Acosta KALEX +0.005
3 A.Lopez BOSCOSCURO +0.093
4 F.Salac KALEX +0.299
5 C.Vietti KALEX +0.313
6 J.Dixon KALEX +0.336
7 T.Arbolino KALEX +0.459
8 S.Chantra KALEX +0.472
9 A.Arenas KALEX +0.666
10 M.Gonzalez KALEX +0.751
11 A.Ogura KALEX +0.756
12 S.Garcia KALEX +0.773
13 A.Canet KALEX +0.797
14 J.Roberts KALEX +0.823
15 D.Foggia KALEX +0.872
16 F.Aldeguer BOSCOSCURO +0.919
17 B.Baltus KALEX +0.929
18 M.Ramirez FORWARD +0.933
19 L.Tulovic KALEX +1.003
20 S.Kelly KALEX +1.016
21 J.Alcoba KALEX +1.080
22 B.Bendsneyde KALEX +1.116
23 I.Guevara KALEX +1.307
24 Z.Vd Goorberg KALEX +1.333
25 L.Dalla Porta KALEX +1.415
26 S.Agius KALEX +1.829
27 B.Gomez KALEX +2.402
28 R.Skinner KALEX +2.544
29 A.Escrig FORWARD +3.397

Moto2 Championship Factors

Pos Rider Nat Factors
1 ACOSTA Pedro SPA 74
2 ARBOLINO Tony ITA 74
3 CANET Aron SPA 52
4 LOPEZ Alonso SPA 45
5 LOWES Sam GBR 43
6 SALAC Filip CZE 40
7 DIXON Jake GBR 36
8 CHANTRA Somkiat THA 29
9 ARENAS Albert SPA 27
10 GONZALEZ Manuel SPA 26
11 ALDEGUER Fermín SPA 20
12 ALCOBA Jeremy SPA 19
13 GARCIA Sergio SPA 17
14 BENDSNEYDER Bo NED 16
15 VIETTI Celestino ITA 15
16 BINDER Darryn RSA 10
17 BALTUS Barry BEL 7
18 ROBERTS Joe USA 6
19 FOGGIA Dennis ITA 2
20 OGURA Ai JPN 1
21 TULOVIC Lukas GER 1
22 TORRES Jordi SPA 0

Moto3 Friday Apply

Jaume Masia (Leopard Racing) ends Day 1 on the Shark Grand Prix de France on prime, simply over a tenth away from fellow veteran Ayumu Sasaki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) after the Japanese rider was additionally quickest in P1. Masia had been 9 tenths off the Husqvarna rider earlier than hitting again within the afternoon.

Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) was third general, forward of veteran Romano Fenati (Rivacold Snipers Staff) and Championship chief Daniel Holgado (Purple Bull KTM Tech3).

One rider having a more durable day of it was COTA and Jerez winner Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Staff). He crashed in each periods, and had ended P1 in 18th, however moved as much as seventh general on restoration mission, simply behind rookie Jose Antonio Rueda (Purple Bull KTM Ajo).

Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI) was eighth after having been second within the morning, and was the one rider within the prime 20 to not enhance his time in P2, with Joel Kelso (CFMoto PrüstelGP) and Deniz Öncü (Purple Bull KTM Ajo) locking out the highest 10.

Moto3 Friday Apply Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole
1 J.Masia HONDA 1m41.846
2 A.Sasaki HUSQVARNA +0.137
3 X.Artigas CFMOTO +0.318
4 R.Fenati HONDA +0.346
5 D.Holgado KTM +0.413
6 J.Rueda KTM +0.496
7 I.Ortolá KTM +0.645
8 D.Moreira KTM +0.664
9 J.Kelso CFMOTO +0.699
10 D.Öncü KTM +0.817
11 F.Farioli KTM +0.862
12 S.Azman KTM +0.862
13 R.Yamanaka GASGAS +0.916
14 M.Aji HONDA +0.999
15 S.Ogden HONDA +1.088
16 M.Bertelle HONDA +1.129
17 A.Carrasco KTM +1.190
18 T.Furusato HONDA +1.219
19 S.Nepa KTM +1.276
20 A.Migno KTM +1.281
21 D.Alonso GASGAS +1.410
22 J.Whatley HONDA +1.431
23 T.Suzuki HONDA +1.619
24 D.Salvador KTM +1.743
25 R.Rossi HONDA +1.874
26 C.Veijer HUSQVARNA +2.243
27 Ok.Toba HONDA +2.369

Moto3 Championship Factors

Pos Rider Nat Factors
1 HOLGADO Daniel SPA 59
2 MOREIRA Diogo BRA 55
3 ORTOLÁ Ivan SPA 50
4 MASIA Jaume SPA 47
5 ARTIGAS Xavier SPA 41
6 SUZUKI Tatsuki JPN 35
7 ALONSO David COL 30
8 RUEDA José Antonio SPA 30
9 SASAKI Ayumu JPN 23
10 ÖNCÜ Deniz TUR 23
11 MUÑOZ David SPA 20
12 NEPA Stefano ITA 20
13 TOBA Kaito JPN 19
14 SALVADOR David SPA 18
15 OGDEN Scott GBR 17
16 MIGNO Andrea ITA 16
17 YAMANAKA Ryusei JPN 14
18 FENATI Romano ITA 8
19 KELSO Joel AUS 7
20 BERTELLE Matteo ITA 7
21 VEIJER Collin NED 7
22 AZMAN Syarifuddin MAL 5

MotoE Qualifying

Day 1 of the 2023 FIM Enel MotoE World Championship kicked off with a direct arrivederci to the outdated lap document, with P1 seeing it fall by over 1.2 seconds as Hector Garzo (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE) began the weekend in fashion.

In P2 the sector went even faster with Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE) topping the time-sheets, and the Italian practically, practically bettered it once more in qualifying regardless of some drops of rain. He takes the primary pole of the brand new period and the primary with Ducati, joined on the entrance row by Garzo and two-time Cup winner Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Staff) – and the three had been lined by simply 0.025!

After a dry Q1 gave option to ominous skies, the Q2 runners piled out of pitlane in a rush to set a lap and the crimson sectors lit up the timing screens. However Ferrari saved his benefit from follow to simply maintain on to pole by 0.022, regardless of a extra adventurous finish to the session with a tip off at Flip 3. No hurt executed, nobody may fairly higher it regardless.

Garzo did leapfrog Torres, nonetheless, with Randy Krummenacher (Dynavolt Intact MotoE) slotting into fourth to go the second row on his MotoE debut. Kevin Manfredi (Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse) and rookie Nicolas Spinelli (HP Pons Los40) full that Row 2, demoting former Le Mans winner Mattia Casadei (HP Pons Los40) to seventh.

Tune in for the primary tremendous Saturday of the brand new MotoE period tomorrow, with each races book-ending the brand new Tissot Dash.

MotoE Qualifying Q2 Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole Velocity
1 Matteo FERRARI DUCATI 1m40.971 242.6
2 Hector GARZO DUCATI +0.022 241.4
3 Jordi TORRES DUCATI +0.025 243.8
4 Randy KRUMMENACHER  SWI DUCATI +0.509 243.8
5 Kevin MANFREDI DUCATI +0.526 239.7
6 Nicolas SPINELLI DUCATI +0.675 240.2
7 Mattia CASADEI DUCATI +0.719 241.4
8 Kevin ZANNONI DUCATI +0.743 239.7
9 Miquel PONS DUCATI +1.110 240.8
10 Andrea MANTOVANI DUCATI +1.290 236.8

MotoE Qualifying Q1 Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole Velocity
1 Hector GARZO DUCATI 1’42.251 242.0
2 Jordi TORRES DUCATI +0.647 242.0
3 Alessandro ZACCONE DUCATI +1.098 243.2
4 Andrea MANTOVANI DUCATI +1.110 245.0
5 Kevin MANFREDI DUCATI +1.158 239.7
6 Randy KRUMMENACHER  SWI DUCATI +1.299 243.8
7 Nicolas SPINELLI DUCATI +1.303 245.6
8 Mattia CASADEI DUCATI +1.432 243.8
9 Kevin ZANNONI DUCATI +1.459 245.6
10 Matteo FERRARI DUCATI +1.655 243.8
11 Miquel PONS DUCATI +1.827 245.0
12 Tito RABAT DUCATI +2.101 242.0
13 Hikari OKUBO DUCATI +2.433 246.8
14 Luca SALVADORI DUCATI +3.278 242.6
15 Mika PEREZ DUCATI +3.816 244.4
16 Alessio FINELLO DUCATI +3.972 246.2
17 Maria HERRERA DUCATI +4.751 244.4

2023 Le Mans MotoGP Weekend Schedule
Instances in AEST

Saturday
Time Class Occasion
1640 Moto3 FP3
1725 Moto2 FP3
1810 MotoGP Apply
1850 MotoGP Q1
1950 MotoGP Q2
2010 MotoE R1
2050 Moto3 Q1
2115 Moto3 Q2
2145 Moto2 Q1
2210 Moto2 Q2
2300 MotoGP Dash
0010 (Solar) MotoE R2

 

Sunday
Time Class Occasion
1745 MotoGP WUP
1900 Moto3 Race
2015 Moto2 Race
2200 MotoGP Race

2023 MotoGP Calendar

Rnd Date Location
1 Mar-26 Portugal, Portimao
2 Apr-02 Argentina, Termos de Rio Honda
3 Apr-16 Americas, COTA
4 Apr-30 Spain, Jerez
5 Could-14 France, Le Mans
6 Jun-11 Italy, Mugello
7 Jun-18 Germany, Sachsenring
8 Jun-25 Netherlands, Assen
9 Jul-09 Kazakhstan, Sokol (Topic to homologation)
10 Aug-06  Nice Britain, Silverstone
11 Aug-20 Austria, Purple Bull Ring
12 Sep-03 Catalunya, Catalunya
13 Sep-10 San Marino, Misano
14 Sep-24 India, Buddh (Topic to homologation)
15 Oct-01 Japan, Motegi
16 Oct-15  Indonesia, Mandalika
17 Oct-22 Australia, Phillip Island
18 Oct-29 Thailand, Chang
19 Nov-12 Malaysia, Sepang
20 Nov-19 Qatar, Lusail
21 Nov-26 Valenciana, Valencia

 

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