MotoGP LIVE Le Mans France Warm Up: Franco Morbidelli in front of...the public!

Article updated until the end of the session

So far, the plan drawn up by Fabio Quartararo for this ninth round of the season at Le Mans has gone perfectly: The French rider, leader of the MotoGP world championship, was deliberately very cautious on the first day in difficult conditions. delicate, before showing that he was second fastest when the sun was shining!

Moreover, his most direct opponent for the title, Joan Mir, passed through his qualification and will only start from 14th position on the grid, which is enough to see coming for The Devil, even if the Majorcan has made a specialty of very consistent lifts.

But now, next to the Petronas Yamaha SRT rider are two Ducatis, plus another on the second row, and we know that the GP20s launch like missiles when the red lights go out. On a Bugatti circuit where it is not that easy to overtake, the start will therefore take on all its importance, and the last opportunity to practice there is this 20-minute warm-up.

A warm up which today lives up to its name, with 11° in the air and 11° on the ground under a very dull sky, but, for the first time this weekend, in front of 5 people who came to see this French Grand Prix which will take place over 000 rounds at 27 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 (See here)
Warm up	1'32.483 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'32.869 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Course	Marquez, Dovizioso, Petrucci (See here)
All time lap record	1'31.185 Johann Zarco (2018)

When the red lights go out... Once is not usual, Johann zarco comes out first on its national track!

As expected, almost everyone chose soft slick tires, but we notice that the two Honda drivers Cal Crutchlow and Stefan Bradl take a walk to break in rain tires...

A trick, that's not even what achieves Maverick Vinales before falling (cold tires?) without gravity at turn 10.

Valentino Rossi turns out to be the fastest at the end of the first flying lap, in 1'35.846, while Bradley Smith blames the green garage…

Takaaki Nakagami then achieves 1'34.576 then 1'33.724 ahead Valentino Rossi particularly at the forefront this morning.

In his fourth flying lap, fabio quartararo seizes command in 1'33.443 before granting it to the one who will set off alongside him at 13 p.m., Danilo Petrucci, in 1'33.332.

Franco Morbidelli then takes the advantage for 56/1000 then achieves 1'33.269 on the next pass.

This is without counting on Cal Crutchlow who, although injured, took the lead in 1'33.195 before having to give it back to the Italian, the first driver to go below the 1'33 mark in 1'32.982.

Franco Morbidelli drives the point home in the next passage 1'32.891 in front of a Maverick Vinales who did not lose confidence in his fall.

Johann zarco is then seventh, just ahead fabio quartararo.

Two minutes from the checkered flag, Alex Marquez makes a minor mistake in the blue S, which, with the flags out, prevents any improvement in times.

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