Before this French Grand Prix, there was one in Spain, where Francesco Bagnaia won for the fifth time in MotoGP and the first since Valencia last season, becoming the third Italian to win at Jerez with Valentino Rossi (seven times) and Loris Capirossi (once). Bagnaia is the fifth different winner since the opening race in Qatar. There were also five different winners in the first six MotoGP races of 2020 with Fabio Quartararo, Brad Binder, Andrea Dovizioso, Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli, before Maverick Viñales won to bring the number of different winners in the first seven races. But this is the only time this has happened in the history of the premier category. 2022 has a chance to match this statistic at Le Mans…
bagnaia became the first driver to take pole position, the fastest lap of the race, cross the finish line leading every lap and win the race since he did so last year at Algarve Grand Prix. bagnaia is the second pilot Ducati to achieve this feat with Casey Stoner, who did it eight times with the Bologna factory from 2007 to 2010.
This is the 11th podium of bagnaia with Ducati in MotoGP, exceeding Danilo Petrucci in fifth place on the list of drivers Ducati with the most podiums in the category, four less than his teammate Jack Miller.
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After Enea Bastianini at the Grand Prix of Qatar and the Americas, Jerez is the third victory Ducati since the season opened. This is the second time that Ducati takes three wins in the first six races of a MotoGP season with 2007, all with Casey Stoner (Qatar, Türkiye and China). This is also the fifth consecutive year where at least two drivers Ducati different ones won during the season. The only time there have been more than two drivers was last year with three: Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Miller.
At the Spanish Grand Prix, fabio quartararo finished second for his third podium of the season so far. Indonesia (P2) and Portugal (P1). This is the 23rd podium of Quarterly in the premier category, which allows him to be the most successful French driver in this category ahead of Christian Sarron (18) et John Zarco (13). This is therefore the 23rd podium of Quarterly with Yamaha in MotoGP, one less than his former teammate Maverick Vinales, who is seventh on the list of drivers Yamaha having won the most podiums in the premier category. Red is in the lead with 142 podiums in the premier category with Yamaha .
Alex Espargaro finished third in the Spanish Grand Prix for his fifth MotoGP podium and third since the start of the season. This is the first time thatAprilia stands on three podiums in the same season, and the first time that the Noale factory has reached two podiums in two successive races in the premier class.
bagnaia won the race from pole position ahead Quarterly, started in second position, and Aleix Espargaró, started in third position. This is the first time that the three front row riders have stood on the podium in MotoGP in the same order since the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2016 with Andrea Dovizioso, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.
Marc Marquez finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix as best Honda driver, which is his best result since his last victory in Emilia-Romagna last year. With alex rins, 19th at Jerez, only two riders have scored points in all six MotoGP races so far this season: Quarterly et Aleix Espargaró.
The situation having been taken into account before the start of hostilities for this seventh round of the season, the French Grand Prix, here are the times for this Friday so as not to miss anything.
“Shark Grand Prix de France” 2022 program:
Friday May 13
08:25 a.m. – 08:45 p.m.: MotoE, FP1
09:00 – 09:40: Moto3, FP1
09:55 p.m. - 10:40 p.m .: MotoGP, FP1
10:55 – 11:35: Moto2, FP1
12:40 a.m. – 13:00 p.m.: MotoE, FP2
13:15 p.m. – 13:55 p.m.: Moto3 FP2
14:10 p.m. – 14:55 p.m.: MotoGP FP2
15-10 – 15:50 p.m.: Moto2 FP2
16:50 p.m. – 17:00 p.m.: MotoE, Qualifying 1
17:10 p.m. – 17:20 p.m.: MotoE, Qualifying 2
