MotoGP LIVE Le Mans France Q2: Fabulous pole position for Fabio Quartararo!

In view of this 2021 edition of the French Grand Prix which takes place at Le Mans, Johann zarco, fabio quartararo, Maverick Vinales, Pol Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Miguel Oliveira, Jack Miller, Marc Márquez, Valentino Rossi and Takaaki Nakagami were able to take advantage of a single dry session yesterday afternoon to appear in the provisional top 10. They were joined by Lorenzo Savadori and Luca Marini, drafted in Q1.

These 12 drivers now have only 15 minutes to determine the order on the first four rows of the starting grid for the race which will take place tomorrow at 14:00 p.m. over 27 laps of the Bugatti circuit.

The track is still wet, temperatures are 15° in the air and 22° on the asphalt: here we go!

Here are the past references:

MotoGP™ Le Mans	2020	2020
FP1	1'43.804 Bradley Smith (See here)	1'38.007 Jack Miller (See here)
FP2	1'34.133 Jack Miller (See here)	1'31.747 Johann Zarco (See here)
FP3	1'32.319 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'40.736 Marc Márquez (See here)
FP4	1'32.528 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'32.857 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Q1	1'31.952 Danilo Petrucci (See here)	1'42.550 Lorenzo Savadori (See here)
Q2	1'31.315 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'32.600 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
Warm Up	1'32.869 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Course	Petrucci, Alex Marquez, Pol Espargaró (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.185 Johann Zarco (2018)

When the red lights go out... Maverick Vinales is the first to set off on the track.

The conditions being more than uncertain, most of the drivers started with rain tires while Franco Morbidelli et Valentino Rossi launch directly into slicks while Takaaki Nakagami prefers to wait, just like Lorenzo Savadori recently drafted in Q1.

The sun comes out and many riders return to the box to pick up their second motorcycle equipped with slicks.

Johann zarco, still on rain tires, sets the first benchmark in 1'39.715.

As expected, Franco Morbidelli equipped with slicks achieves the best time on the next pass before being surpassed by Jack Miller also on slicks in 1'35.472.

Halfway through the session, everyone is now on slicks and the hierarchy is made up of Jack Miller in 1'34.374 ahead Pol Espargaró, Fabio Quartararo, Takaaki Nakagami, Marc Márquez, Lorenzo Savadori, Franco Morbidelli, Miguel Oliveira, Luca Marini, Johann Zarco, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales.

Johann zarco then takes command for a few seconds before abandoning it to Jack Miller and Pol I will espargaro in 1'33.150. At this moment, three Hondas are in the top four!

There are three minutes left when Marc Márquez even took the lead in 1'33.037, thus constituting a front row entirely made up of Hondas as it started to rain in the first corner.

This is the moment when Miguel Oliveira fall at the end of the first sector, leading to the appearance of yellow flags and the cancellation of the timed laps.

There is only one lap left when the track becomes free... which allows Pol I will espargaro to fall but above all to Maverick Vinales to seize leadership before ceding it to fabio quartararo in 1'32.600!

 

Ranking of Qualification 2 of the French MotoGP Grand Prix at Le Mans:

Ranking of Qualification 1 of the French MotoGP Grand Prix at Le Mans:

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