He had never won a leading position on French soil and, for the first time, he did it in style. With a time of 1'31.975, he quite simply established the new benchmark for the track. A domination which also shows that Michelin no longer offers less efficient rubber than the previous manufacturer.
This was the case since the problems encountered in Argentina which had pushed the Auvergne region to supply tires with more solid structures. And therefore less able to break records. The fact remains that Por Fuera has done what is necessary to prepare for the revenge in Jerez. Marc Marquez follows at a little less than half a second while Iannone deserves his third place.
Falling three minutes from the checkered flag, due to a still defective water pump on the Desmosedici, he sprinted towards his box to take his second bike. A scenario reminiscent of a Márquez in Austin. But the top position was not over.
Pol Espargaro leads the rest of the peloton and confirms his good form by waking up his teammate Smith in sixth. The two Tech3 pilots supervise a Dovizioso who will not be on the front row for his sixth consecutive participation at Le Mans.
A ranking that pushes back Valentino Rossi in a seventh position which is not doing its business. The Doctor is ahead Casa Particular in Viñales et Crutchlow while Petrucci closes the top 10 at Pedrosa which also fell. Aleix Espargaró is twelfth.
Le Mans, MotoGP, Q.2: Chronos
1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 31.975s [T 7/7] 313km/h
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 32.416s +0.441s [8/9] 306km/h
3. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 32.469s +0.494s [3/6] 314km/h
4. Espargaro Pol ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 32.502s +0.527s [8/8] 313km/h
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 32.587s +0.612s [6/8] 313km/h
6. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 32.820s +0.845s [7/8] 310km/h
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 32.829s +0.854s [3/8] 311km/h
8. Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 32.933s +0.958s [8/8] 308km/h
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 32.963s +0.988s [6/7] 308km/h
10. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 33.102s +1.127s
[6/7] 310km/h
11. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.109s +1.134s [3/7] 311km/h
12. Alex Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 33.115s +1.140s [7/7] 306km/h
13. Hector Barbera
ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 33.291s
312km/h
14. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 33.310s
310km/h
15. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 33.360s
304km/h
16. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 33.452s
311km/h
17. Stefan bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 34.003s
301km/h
18. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 34.049s
307km/h
19. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 34.333s
305km/h
20. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 34.348s
299km/h
21. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 34.455s
303km/h
