#FrenchGP Le Mans MotoGP Q.2: Vinales ahead of Rossi and also Zarco elected president!

After one Spectacular FP4 marked by a miracle named Jack Miller and following a Q.1 which opened the doors to the final for Dovizioso and Zarco, to the great displeasure of Dani Pedrosa, the final bouquet of qualifying for the French Grand Prix could be launched under a mild sky. Who gets pole position at Le Mans?

Before getting started, an update on the times that have passed and those to beat:

#FrenchGP MotoGP	2016	2017
FP1	1'34.042 Dani Pedrosa	1'37.467 Jack Miller
FP2	1'32.830 Jorge Lorenzo	1'41.673 Andrea Dovizioso
FP3	1'32.528 Andrea Iannone	1'35.674 Scott Redding
FP4	1'32.801 Jorge Lorenzo	1'32.906 Maverick Vinales
Q1	1'33.139 Aleix Espargaro	1'32.298 Andrea Dovizioso
Q2	1'31.975 Jorge Lorenzo
Warm up	1'33.009 Andrea Iannone
Course	Lorenzo, Rossi, Vinales
All time lap record	1'31.975 Jorge Lorenzo 2016

It will be recalled that with his strategy consisting of riding throughout Q.1 with the same set of soft tires, the Frenchman from Tech3 managed to preserve a set of fresh and soft tires for the final explanation, thus erasing the handicap of having gone through the repechage before playing for the best places on the starting grid of his national event.

The first sensation came from a Marc Marquez on the ground from the first bouts, in the same turn 3 which had caused him problems during FP4. Vinales, for its part, had the first reference in 1'33.134... ahead of the KTM of Espargaro Pol !

Crutchlow did better in 1'32.414 with Red on his coattails, but Marquez put the gas back on to climb into the leading trio. The final assault will leave Miller et Redding on the floor but will lead a conquering Yamaha trio. Vinales achieves pole position in front Red and zarco elected president in the delirious stands.

Crutchlow is fourth and first Honda since Marquez is fifth ahead Dovizioso. Redding is seventh ahead of the KTM of Espargaro Pol et Abraham. Smith closes the top 10 with the other RC16. Miller is eleventh and Loris Baz twelfth.

#FrenchGP Le Mans MotoGP Q.2: Chronos

Qualifying 2:
1. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 31.994s [Lap 7/8] 303km/h (Top Speed)
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 32.100s +0.106s [8/8] 302km/h  

3. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 32.229s +0.235s [6/6] 300km/h
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 32.300s +0.306s [8/8] 303km/h
5. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.493s +0.499s [8/9] 301km/h
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 32.726s +0.732s [7/7] 308km/h
7. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 33.119s +1.125s [3/7] 307km/h
8. Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 33.399s +1.405s [7/7] 302km/h
9. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 33.517s +1.523s [8/8] 304km/h
10. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 33.629s +1.635s [4/9] 296km/h
11. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 33.756s +1.762s [3/5] 299km/h
12. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 33.955s +1.961s [3/5] 299km/h

Qualifying 1:
13. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.415s 305km/h
14. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 32.484s 306km/h
15. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 32.695s 302km/h
16. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 32.830s 305km/h
17. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 32.844s 304km/h
18. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 33.187s 301km/h
19. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 33.231s 303km/h
20. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 33.233s 311km/h
21. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 1m 33.817s 297km/h
22. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 33.875s 303km/h
23. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 34.082s 304km/h