Grumpy since the start of the season, dominated by his teammate and even in the whirlwind of a transfer market which sees him both Rossi's teammate or retired, Dani Pedrosa responded on the Bugatti track. This morning, he took charge of the start of the MotoGP French Grand Prix ahead of Lorenzo and Marc Márquez. All without fins!
Because we'll probably talk about the fins again this weekend. Ducati has brought a new series of even more prominent appendages following its tests carried out at Mugello. An accessory that seems to work since Dovizioso is fourth and Iannone sixth, supervising a Valentino Rossi not unhappy with the start of the meeting.
On the Honda side, we equipped Márquez of the RC213V triplane seen during post-Grand Prix Jerez testing during the last five minutes. As for Suzuki, we followed suit, Casa Particular in Viñales pointing eighth on a route he likes, stuck between Pol Espargaro and Loris Baz, good ninth despite a fall. Yonny Hernandez will also make a mistake.
It is Crutchlow who closes the top 10 to his compatriot Smith wheras'Aleix Espargaró is fourteenth, ahead of Redding and Petrucci on the way back. Laverty brings up the rear. Hostilities will resume at 14:05 p.m.
Le Mans, MotoGP, FP1: Chronos
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 34.042s [T 18/20] 313km/h
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 34.086s +0.044s [17/20] 312km/h
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 34.323s +0.281s [20/21] 309km/h
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 34.343s +0.301s [15/18] 314km/h
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 34.452s +0.410s [18/22] 307km/h
6. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 34.489s +0.447s [18/19] 316km/h
7. Espargaro Pol ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 34.597s +0.555s [19/20] 309km/h
8. Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 34.632s +0.590s [19/20] 308km/h
9. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 34.727s +0.685s
[19/21] 303km/h
10. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 34.732s +0.690s [18/20] 308km/h
11. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 34.757s +0.715s [22/22] 309km/h
12. Alex Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 34.799s +0.757s [19/19] 302km/h
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 34.816s +0.774s
[18/19] 312km/h
14. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 34.984s +0.942s
[17/19] 313km/h
15. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 35.308s +1.266s
[19/19] 306km/h
16. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 35.355s +1.313s
[16/17] 306km/h
17. Stefan bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 35.381s +1.339s [18/20] 299km/h
18. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 35.465s +1.423s
[14/18] 302km/h
19. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 35.798s +1.756s [17/18] 307km/h
20. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 36.283s +2.241s
[13/21] 298km/h
21. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 36.472s +2.430s
[12/16] 307km/h
