2022 French MotoGP, Le Mans – Full Qualifying Outcomes

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Quickest Apply time:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 30.547s

Official Le Mans MotoGP information:
Greatest lap:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 30.547s (2022)
Quickest race lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 32.309s (2017)

Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller sealed a manufacturing unit Ducati one-two throughout qualifying for the French MotoGP at Le Mans, whereas dwelling star Fabio Quartararo was knocked off the entrance row within the remaining minute.

Driving collectively for his or her remaining run, Bagnaia (main) and Miller vaulted forward of Quartararo, with the reigning world champion then demoted to fourth by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, who had solely one bike obtainable after damaging the opposite in FP4.

Quartararo, once more the one Yamaha rider to succeed in Qualifying 2, finally did not enhance throughout his remaining run and shall be joined on row two by Enea Bastianini and fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco.

Pol Espargaro almost hit the again of a slow-moving Zarco at Flip 4, on his solution to eleventh.

Repsol Honda team-mate Marc Marquez was one other rider down to 1 bike after a late accident in FP4, and due to this fact could not afford any extra errors.

Marquez tried to observe Bagnaia and Miller initially of qualifying however was solely tenth by the mid-session tyre change… the place he remained.

Jorge Martin and Joan Mir reached Q2 by main Qualifying 1.

The very best KTM rider in qualifying was Miguel Oliveira, in simply seventeenth.

Though Friday and Saturday have been dry and sunny, there’s a menace of rain for Sunday.

Tech3 KTM’s Raul Fernandez is returning to motion this weekend after being dominated out of the Portimao and Jerez rounds because of a right-hand damage.

Jack Miller gained final 12 months’s French Grand Prix, after a flag-to-flag race brought on by a heavy rain bathe. The Australian was joined on the rostrum by dwelling heroes Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco.

Quartararo returns to Le Mans holding a 7-point title lead over Aleix Espargaro with Enea Bastianini in third (20 factors).

Jerez winner Francesco Bagnaia is 33 factors adrift, in fifth.

Le Mans can also be the primary occasion because the shock information that Suzuki intends to go away MotoGP on the finish of this season.

French MotoGP schedule – UK Time

Friday Might 13

8.00-8.40am – Moto3 Free Apply 1

8.55-9.40am – MotoGP Free Apply 1

9.55-10.35am – Moto2 Free Apply 1

12.15-12.55pm – Moto3 Free Apply 2

1.10-1.55pm – MotoGP Free Apply 2

2.10pm-2.50pm – Moto2 Free Apply 2

Saturday Might 14

8.00-8.40am – Moto3 Free Apply 3

8.55-9.40am – MotoGP Free Apply 3

9.55am-10.35am – Moto2 Free Apply 3

11.35am-11.50am – Moto3 Qualifying 1

12-12.15pm – Moto3 Qualifying 2

12.30-1pm – MotoGP Free Apply 4

1.10-1.25pm – MotoGP Qualifying 1

1.35-1.50pm – MotoGP Qualifying 2

2.10-2.25pm – Moto2 Qualifying 1

2.35pm-2.50pm – Moto2 Qualifying 2

Sunday Might 15

8.00-8.10am – Moto3 warm-up

8.20-8.30am – Moto2 warm-up

8.40-9am – MotoGP warm-up

10am – Moto3 race

11.20am – Moto2 race

1pm – MotoGP race