MotoGP LIVE Le Mans France Q2: And 9 for Fabio Quartararo!

Article updated until the end of the session

Fabio Quartararo, Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli, Jack Miller, Cal Crutchlow, Johann Zarco, Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Pol Espargaro and Andrea Dovizioso, already qualified this morning for a direct passage into Q2, have just been joined by Danilo Petrucci and Francesco Bagnaia who were drafted in Q1.

15 minutes, 12 drivers, the cold wind and a shy sun always present on the Bugatti generating a track at 25°, these are the spicy ingredients which will determine the first four lines of the starting grid of the French Grand Prix which will take place on 27 tours tomorrow Sunday at 13 p.m.

MotoGP™ Le Mans	2019	2020
FP1	1'31.986 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'43.804 Bradley Smith (See here)
FP2	1'31.428 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'34.133 Jack Miller (See here)
FP3	1'42.498 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'32.319 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP4	1'39.777 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'32.528 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'37.667 Valentino Rossi (See here)	1'31.952 Danilo Petrucci (See here)
Q2	1'40.952 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'31.315 Fabio Quartararo
Warm up	1'32.483 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Course	Marquez, Dovizioso, Petrucci (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.185 Johann Zarco (2018)

When the red lights go out... Fabio Quartararo doesn't waste a second and sets off first on the track.

No surprises on the tire side: Everyone is on softs!

The first time reference is that of Franco Morbidelli in 1'32.393.

It's a very quick start-up but on the next pass, fabio quartararo recorded the absolute best time of the weekend in 1'31.679.

The first salvo is fired but The Devil manages to improve further in 1'31.665 while Francesco Bagnaia expresses his dissatisfaction with Miguel Oliveira who embarrassed him.

We return to the box and put on a new rear tire…

There are four minutes left when the first attacks take place, starting with that of Maverick Vinales, then fourth, who improves his partials and obtains… Nothing because he fails in the fourth sector.

Andrea Dovizioso, then tenth, managed to light the third sector in red and jumped to second place.

In the last minute, Jack Miller took pole position in 1'31.537 but in their last attempt, Fabio Quartararo, Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci are still able to improve.

In the end, it was the Frenchman who took pole position, his ninth in his MotoGP career!

Qualification 2 ranking of the French MotoGP Grand Prix:

Qualification 1 ranking of the French MotoGP Grand Prix:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com