It's Jack Miller, big winner of Friday at the French Grand Prix, who approaches this Saturday's day of qualifying and the Sprint race with a KTM that also showed itself at ease. Best performer in the two sessions involved and which took place on a dry track, the Australian has at least laid down his foundations to take an option on a materialization during the 1000th Grand Prix in history.
The dreaded rain has yet to hit the Le Mans circuit, allowing almost all drivers to improve during the P2 which was already the last chance to assert itself directly in Q2. The pilot KTM, already fast in P1, stopped the clock at 1'30.950 ahead Aleix Espargaró pushed back to 0.119s and Marco Bezzecchi held in respect for 0.200s.
Fourth beat for George Martin who is before Johann zarco et Maverick Vinales. Brad Binder set the seventh fastest time, finishing in front Marc Marquez, which fell in P1 and also in P2. All of this, fortunately without consequence except that the Kalex frame passed its crash test. Francis Bagnaia is ninth, a position conquered only in the final moments. Alex Marquez completes the famous top ten which avoids Q1.
That's crash number 2 for @marcmarquez93 on the opening day of # GP1000 💥
However, his big T9 fall in the afternoon didn't prevent him from securing a spot in the Top 10 🤯#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 | 🎥https://t.co/yimvTKtUc9
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) May 12, 2023
A draft which concerns Luca marini, in eleventh position like the two drivers Yamaha what are fabio quartararo 12th and Franco Morbidelli 16th. In Moto2, it’s Sam Lowes who took the hand while Moto3 it is Jaime Masia which sets the tone.
Long live the Miller! 🔥@jackmilleraus tops the timesheets yet again! 💯#FrenchGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/3erGeelVcC
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) May 12, 2023
What will this Saturday at Le Mans have in store for us? To find out, you don't have to be late. Exactly, here is the program.
2023 French Grand Prix timetable
Saturday May 13:
08:40 – 9:10 (30 min): Moto3, P3
09:25 – 9:55 (30 min): Moto2, P3
10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. (30 min): MotoGP, Free Practice
10:50 a.m. – 11:05 p.m. (15 min): MotoGP, Qualifying 1
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. (15 min): MotoGP, Qualifying 2
12:10 p.m.: MotoE Race 1 (8 laps)
12:50 p.m. – 13:05 p.m. (15 min): Moto3, Qualifying 1
13:15 p.m. – 13:30 p.m. (15 min): Moto3, Qualifying 2
13:45 p.m. – 14:00 p.m. (15 min): Moto2, Qualifying 1
14:10 p.m. – 14:25 p.m. (15 min): Moto2, Qualifying 2
15:00 p.m.: MotoGP Sprint (13 laps)
16:10 p.m.: MotoE Race 2 (8 laps)
