French MotoGP, Le Mans – Full Qualifying Results
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Fabio Quartararo fails to advance past Qualifying 1 for his home French MotoGP after losing out to Luca Marini and a brilliant performance by rookie Augusto Fernandez, who now progress to Qualifying 2, where they will join the ten fastest riders on Friday…
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| 2023 French MotoGP, Le Mans – Qualifying (1) Results | |||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team |
| 1 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) |
| 2 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 4 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) |
| 6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) |
| 7 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) |
| 8 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) |
| 9 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) |
| 10 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP23) |
| 11 | Jonas Folger | GER | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) |
* Rookie
Fastest Friday time:
Jack Miller AUS KTM 1m 30.950s
Official Le Man MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 30.450s (2022)
Fastest race lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 31.778s (2022)
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Marc Marquez has finally been cleared to make a MotoGP return this weekend after being ruled out of Argentina, COTA and Jerez due to a delicate thumb fracture when he lost control under braking and collided with Miguel Oliveira in the Portimao season-opener.
Earlier this week, the MotoGP Court of Appeal also confirmed that Marquez will not need to serve the double Long lap penalty he received for causing that incident, having overturned the FIM Stewards attempt to shift the penalty from ‘Argentina’ to Marquez’s next race back.
The eight-time world champion is 80 points behind reigning champion and 2023 title leader Francesco Bagnaia, but with 592 points still available (92 more than the entire 2022 season) under the new Sprint (12 points) + GP (25) race weekend format.
Danilo Petrucci is returning to MotoGP action in place of the injured Enea Bastianini, riding for the same factory Ducati team with which he won in the wet at Le Mans in 2020.
After leaving MotoGP as a full-time rider following a tough year at Tech3 KTM in 2021, Petrucci competed in the Dakar and MotoAmerica before a one-off MotoGP ride for Suzuki at Buriram last season.
The Italian, 32, is currently eleventh in the World Superbike standings with a best finish of fifth place for Barni Ducati.
Bastianini, who broke his shoulder when he was taken down by Luca Marini in the Portimao sprint race, attempted to return at Jerez but withdrew due to the pain.
Miguel Oliveira is missing after suffering a left shoulder dislocation and fracture when he was caught up in Fabio Quartararo’s opening lap accident in Jerez.
Oliveira, who previously missed Argentina due to hip injuries from the impact by Marc Marquez’s Honda at Portimao, is being replaced at RNF by Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori.
Team-mate Raul Fernandez, who underwent arm pump surgery following Jerez, tried to ride in Practice 1 but withdrew from the remainder of the weekend after just three laps.
GASGAS Tech3’s Pol Espargaro remains absent due to his multiple injuries in Portimao and is again replaced by KTM test rider Jonas Folger.
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