Andrea Iannone is the one we didn't really expect in fourth place on the starting grid this Saturday. It must be said that his Friday had not been very encouraging. But Joe the Maniac has another relationship with his GSX-RR and, perhaps motivated by a transfer market where he does not enjoy the best odds compared to others still in search of handlebars, he shows himself under his best day...
Moreover, on this subject, he comments: “ I always said I wanted to stay at Suzuki. We are at a good stage in our negotiations. We both gave ourselves the first races of the season as time to reflect. They are coming to an end, so I will soon say which team I will be on next year. But I'm not worried ».
That being said, he looks back on his Saturday and imagines what Sunday will be like, at Le Mans… “ We are all very close and it only takes a tenth to change everything. We are happy with our day, even if it wasn't easy. We have more trouble than we thought. But this morning, we progressed step by step to finish with this important second line ».
« I am happy with the way we are working. We probably should have started our meeting better. But it's good to be fourth after what we suffered last year. We have a decent rhythm. But in my opinion, the Ducati and the Honda will make the difference in the second part of the race. We have traction problems which will worsen with tire wear. We will see with the temperatures and how the front tire behaves. In any case, you will have to be intelligent and make the right choices. It will be hard to make a third consecutive podium because we are missing a few tenths. And motor skills. We'll see ».
HJC French Grand Prix J.2: Chronos
| 1 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'31.185 | ||
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'31.293 | 0.108 | 0.108 |
| 3 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'31.381 | 0.196 | 0.088 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'31.454 | 0.269 | 0.073 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'31.553 | 0.368 | 0.099 |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'31.590 | 0.405 | 0.037 |
| 7 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'31.683 | 0.498 | 0.093 |
| 8 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'31.784 | 0.599 | 0.101 |
| 9 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'31.900 | 0.715 | 0.116 |
| 10 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'32.024 | 0.839 | 0.124 |
| 11 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'32.049 | 0.864 | 0.025 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'32.455 | 1.270 | 0.406 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'31.818 | ||
| Q2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'32.061 | 0.243 | 0.243 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'32.315 | 0.497 | 0.254 |
| 14 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'32.397 | 0.579 | 0.082 |
| 15 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'32.401 | 0.583 | 0.004 |
| 16 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 1'32.770 | 0.952 | 0.369 |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'32.795 | 0.977 | 0.025 |
| 18 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'32.988 | 1.170 | 0.193 |
| 19 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'33.062 | 1.244 | 0.074 |
| 20 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'33.324 | 1.506 | 0.262 |
| 21 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'33.439 | 1.621 | 0.115 |
| 22 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'33.676 | 1.858 | 0.237 |
| 23 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'33.802 | 1.984 | 0.126 |
| 24 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'33.839 | 2.021 | 0.037 |
