Like the other two Grand Prix categories, Moto2 arrives at Le Mans to compete in a French Grand Prix which this weekend will be the fifth of its nineteen meetings on the calendar. With a Lorenzo Baldassarri in the lead after three victories in four races, one might think that the Italian arrives as boss. But that's not the case. And for good reason: he never scored a single point in Sarthe. His second in the championship Tom Luthi, on the other hand…
Lorenzo Baldassarri arrives at Le Mans as leader of the Moto2 World Championship, but the Kalex rider has a catastrophic record at the French Grand Prix. The Swiss Tom Luthi, however, boasts four victories in his career.
The three victories of Lorenzo Baldassarri in four races leave no doubt that he wants to follow in the footsteps of his compatriots and his colleagues from the VR46 Riders Academy who are Franco Morbidelli et Francis Bagnaia. The latter have each won the Moto2 title in the last two years. Baldassarri leads the Moto2 World Championship with 17 points ahead of the winner in Austin, Tom Luthi, who finished fourth at Jerez.
The Swiss, however, seem to have an advantage for the fifth confrontation of the season. At least that's what the statistics say. Lüthi has already celebrated four victories at Le Mans: in the 125cc category in 2005 and 2006 and in the Moto2 category in 2012 and 2015. He also claims two second places in 2016 and 2017.
The picture for the leader of the Moto2 World Championship is quite different. Baldassarri has never scored points at Le Mans since entering the World Championship in 2013. Marcel Schrötter, third in the Championship, has already reached the podium in France and the previous year, the Dynavolt Intact GP driver finished in fourth place. After the disappointing 15th place in Jerez, the German, who has two broken toes, is 27 points behind the leader in the championship standings.
Behind them, Jorge Navarro on his Speed Up climbed to second place in the Spanish Grand Prix, and is fourth overall, while Remy gardner retained fifth place despite his accident in Jerez, also thanks to the fact thatAlex Marquez could not avoid the Australian's Kalex. But driver Marc VDS Kalex returns to Le Mans with good memories as well. He was second last year behind the next winner, Bagnaia.
Brad Binder, for his part is also in 10th place and the best KTM rider in the Championship. Le Mans will see if the progress made during testing at Jerez will be enough to move closer to Kalex dominance in this new Triumph era.
