MotoGP Results – 2022 MotoGP World Championship round 7

* Rookie

Fastest Practice time:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 30.547s

Official Le Mans MotoGP data:
Best lap:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 30.547s (2022)
Fastest race lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 32.309s (2017)

Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller sealed a manufacturing facility Ducati one-two throughout qualifying for the French MotoGP at Le Mans, whereas residence star Fabio Quartararo was knocked off the entrance row within the ultimate minute.

Riding collectively for his or her ultimate run, Bagnaia (main) and Miller vaulted forward of Quartararo, with the reigning world champion then demoted to fourth by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, who had solely one bike obtainable after damaging the opposite in FP4.

Quartararo, once more the one Yamaha rider to achieve Qualifying 2, finally did not enhance throughout his ultimate run and will probably be joined on row two by Enea Bastianini and fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco.

Pol Espargaro almost hit the again of a slow-moving Zarco at Turn 4, on his solution to eleventh.

Repsol Honda team-mate Marc Marquez was one other rider down to 1 bike after a late accident in FP4, and subsequently could not afford any extra errors.

Marquez tried to comply with Bagnaia and Miller firstly of qualifying however was solely tenth by the mid-session tyre change… the place he remained.

Jorge Martin and Joan Mir reached Q2 by main Qualifying 1.

The finest KTM rider in qualifying was Miguel Oliveira, in simply seventeenth.

Although Friday and Saturday have been dry and sunny, there’s a risk of rain for Sunday.

Tech3 KTM’s Raul Fernandez is returning to motion this weekend after being dominated out of the Portimao and Jerez rounds as a consequence of a right-hand damage.

Jack Miller gained final 12 months’s French Grand Prix, after a flag-to-flag race brought on by a heavy rain bathe. The Australian was joined on the rostrum by residence heroes Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco.

Quartararo returns to Le Mans holding a 7-point title lead over Aleix Espargaro with Enea Bastianini in third (20 factors).

Jerez winner Francesco Bagnaia is 33 factors adrift, in fifth.

Le Mans can also be the primary occasion for the reason that shock information that Suzuki intends to go away MotoGP on the finish of this season.

French MotoGP schedule – UK Time

Friday May 13

8.00-8.40am – Moto3 Free Practice 1

8.55-9.40am – MotoGP Free Practice 1

9.55-10.35am – Moto2 Free Practice 1

12.15-12.55pm – Moto3 Free Practice 2

1.10-1.55pm – MotoGP Free Practice 2

2.10pm-2.50pm – Moto2 Free Practice 2

Saturday May 14

8.00-8.40am – Moto3 Free Practice 3

8.55-9.40am – MotoGP Free Practice 3

9.55am-10.35am – Moto2 Free Practice 3

11.35am-11.50am – Moto3 Qualifying 1

12-12.15pm – Moto3 Qualifying 2

12.30-1pm – MotoGP Free Practice 4

1.10-1.25pm – MotoGP Qualifying 1

1.35-1.50pm – MotoGP Qualifying 2

2.10-2.25pm – Moto2 Qualifying 1

2.35pm-2.50pm – Moto2 Qualifying 2

 

Sunday May 15

8.00-8.10am – Moto3 warm-up

8.20-8.30am – Moto2 warm-up

8.40-9am – MotoGP warm-up

10am – Moto3 race

11.20am – Moto2 race

1pm – MotoGP race