French Grand Prix, Le Mans, Moto2, Qualifying: Navarro copies Marc Márquez by taking pole by falling

The delicate track conditions that the drivers faced MotoGP will now be the prerogative of the protagonists of Moto2. Brilliant this morning by being much faster than the top stars of the elite, they will be keen to show off their skills. Before pole position is decided, we will have to go through a Q1 from which four drivers will emerge to go to the final. There are pretty names like Marini or Lüthi. What is the verdict for this session?      

Before knowing the poleman of this edition of the French Grand Prix in the category, here is the table which recalls the facts…

Le Mans Moto2™	2018	2019
FP1	1'37.001 Marcel Schrötter	1'36. 894s Andrea Locatelli
FP2	1'37.082 Francesco Bagnaia	1'36.551s Brad Binder
FP3	1'36.748 Marcel Schrötter	1'40.614 Steve Odendaal
Q1	XXX	1'49.102 Tom Lüthi
Q2	1'36.188 Francesco Bagnaia
warm up	1'37.453 Mattia Pasini
Course	Bagnaia, Marquez, Mir
All time lap record	1'36.188 Bagnaia (2018)

We also find there By Giannantonio which falls at the entrance to turn 4. 15° in the air, 17° on the wet track, here are the conditions proposed. Lowes who is also from this contingent achieves a 1'53.387 before falling at turn 3. Lüthi puts the reference at 1'51.710 in front of a Dixon still in good shape with his KTM.

Lüthi dominates this first half by slamming a 1'49.242 in front Dixon et Di Giannantonio back on the track. His teammate NAVARRO passes second; so much so that both Speed ​​Ups are able to advance to the final.

Four minutes from time, Marini registers fourth and therefore last qualified to the detriment of Di Giannantonio. Chantra crash at turn 6. Under the checkered flag, Lüthi takes the lead in front Dixon, Tulovic et NAVARRO who leaves Marini in plan for 12 thousandths. By Giannantonio is also disappointed.

Q2 starts with notably Open up as the sole representative of the Sky VR46 colors. There is also an NTS with Bendsneyder and a Speed ​​Up with NAVARRO.

NAVARRO achieves u 1'50.032 ahead Lüthi. Schrötter falls and returns to his machine, preserving his injured left foot as much as possible.

NAVARRO drives the point home in 1'49.215; but Lüthi drives 82 thousandths faster before falling at the Dunlop chicane.

NAVARRO took advantage by achieving 1'49.055, four minutes from the goal. Pasini et NAVARRO end up together in the turn 8 gravel trap but the two incidents are separate.

Alex Marquez follows in the ranking the two men who are out of action, but does not seem able to do better than third. The championship leader Baldassarri is seventh, ahead of who is the first KTM rider.

Despite their fall, NAVARRO et Lüthi take the first two blocks of a first line which will be closed by Alex Marquez. Pasini, Virgin et Locatelli will be in the second row. Schrötter is tenth. Binder, eighth, is better KTM, behind Baldassarri.

French Grand Prix Le Mans Moto2 Qualifying: times

1	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed ​​Up	1'49.055
2	12	Thomas LÜTHI	Kalex	1'49.133	0.078	0.078
3	73	Alex MÁRQUEZ	Kalex	1'49.585	0.530	0.452
4	54	Matthias PASINI	Kalex	1'49.906	0.851	0.321
5	97	Xavi VIRGIN	Kalex	1'50.232	1.177	0.326
6	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	1'50.315	1.260	0.083
7	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	1'50.726	1.671	0.411
8	41	Brad BINDER	KTM	1'50.927	1.872	0.201
9	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'51.042	1.987	0.115
10	23	Marcel SCHRÖTTER	Kalex	1'51.074	2.019	0.032
11	96	Jake DIXON	KTM	1'51.082	2.027	0.008
12	87	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	1'51.137	2.082	0.055
13	88	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	1'51.145	2.090	0.008
14	40	Augusto FERNÁNDEZ	Kalex	1'51.233	2.178	0.088
15	11	Nicolò BULEGA	Kalex	1'52.085	3.030	0.852
16	33	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	1'52.376	3.321	0.291
17	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	1'52.505	3.450	0.129
18	24	Simone COURSES	Kalex	1'52.929	3.874	0.424
		Q1 Results:
Q2	12	Thomas LÜTHI	Kalex	1'49.102
Q2	96	Jake DIXON	KTM	1'49.442	0.340	0.340
Q2	3	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	1'49.718	0.616	0.276
Q2	9	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed ​​Up	1'49.736	0.634	0.018
19	10	Luca MARINI	Kalex	1'49.748	0.646	0.012
20	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed ​​Up	1'50.297	1.195	0.549
21	4	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	1'50.571	1.469	0.274
22	27	Iker LECUONA	KTM	1'50.972	1.870	0.401
23	35	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	1'50.981	1.879	0.009
24	62	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	1'51.313	2.211	0.332
25	77	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	1'51.855	2.753	0.542
26	22	Sam LOWES	Kalex	1'52.016	2.914	0.161
27	72	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	1'52.268	3.166	0.252
28	20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	1'52.355	3.253	0.087
29	16	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	1'52.355	3.253
30	18	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	1'53.385	4.283	1.030
31	45	Tetsuit NAGASHIMA	Kalex	1'53.397	4.295	0.012
32	65	Philipp ÖTTL	KTM	1'53.893	4.791	0.496