MOTORCYCLE GP-FRANCE – TELAM Agency
The Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia, with Ducati, took possession of the best qualifying time today and will start first in the French Grand Prix, the fifth round of the Moto GP calendar that will take place this Sunday at the traditional Le Mans circuit.
Bagnaia, born in Turin 26 years ago, clocked a time of 1 minute, 30 seconds and 705 thousandths, leaving Catalan Marc Márquez, from Honda, in second place, who registered 1m.30s763/1000, according to the DPA news agency. and the specialized site MotorSport.
Márquez was in very good shape on his return to competition after having overcome a broken right hand at the Portuguese Grand Prix that left him out of the next three races, one of them the run at Termas de Río Hondo, in Santiago del Estero, and was barely 58 thousandths of a second away from snatching pole position from the Italian.
Third place on the starting grid was held by the Italian Luca Marini (Ducati), fourth was the Australian Jack Miller (KTM), and fifth and sixth the Spanish Jorge Martín (Ducati) and Maverick Viñales ((Aprilia) in the main places.
The Le Mans Grand Prix will take place this Sunday from 9 a.m. (Argentine time) and after completing four races on the calendar, the positions are led by Bagnaia with 87 points, followed by another Italian, Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) with 65 and South African Brad Binder (KTM) with 62.
Source: Ambito
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