French MotoGP, Le Mans - Free Practice (3) Results
Marc Marquez leads a MotoGP session for the first time since his comeback from injury, during a cold and wet Free Practice 3 for the French MotoGP at Le Mans.
Meanwhile, Morbidelli fell to his knees in pit lane while practicing a bike swap at the end of the session and had to be helped into the Petronas garage.
Update from Petronas: 'When practicing a bike swap during the FP3, Franco twisted his left knee slightly. He has been checked by the medical staff and been declared fit to continue with the weekend. He will undergo treatment in Clinica Mobile before FP4 starts.'
A strange incident in pit-lane! CLICK HERE for live updates…
French MotoGP, Le Mans - Free Practice (3) Results Pos Rider Nat Team Time/Diff Lap Max 1 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1'40.736s 18/19 304k 2 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* +0.613s 17/19 293k 3 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) +0.716s 21/21 313k 4 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.721s 19/20 303k 5 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.935s 17/18 312k 6 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +1.039s 20/20 311k 7 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.081s 19/20 309k 8 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.319s 17/18 308k 9 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.400s 18/19 304k 10 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +1.587s 18/18 296k 11 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.780s 19/19 310k 12 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.784s 20/20 311k 13 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +1.796s 13/14 305k 14 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +2.477s 19/21 302k 15 Tito Rabat SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +2.726s 20/20 303k 16 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +2.810s 10/16 301k 17 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +2.964s 18/20 297k 18 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +3.004s 19/19 292k 19 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.023s 19/21 303k 20 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +3.121s 5/5 308k 21 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.280s 21/21 299k 22 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +3.387s 18/20 303k
Riders directly to Qualifying 2 - Top 10 Combined Practice Times: Pos Rider Nat Team 1 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) 2 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 3 Maverick Vinales ESP Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 4 Pol Espargaro ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 5 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 6 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 7 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) 8 Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 9 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 10 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) * Rookie.
Fastest Friday time:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 31.747s(FP2)
Official Le Mans MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Johann Zarco FRA Yamaha 1m 31.185s (2018)
Fastest race lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 32.309s (2017)By Peter McLaren
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
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