MotoGP Race And Practice Results

2020 Le Mans Moto3 Race Result: Another Last Lap Wonder

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sun, 2020-10-11 10:26

The lightweight class race opened the show on Sunday, in a sunny but cold morning in France that spelled disaster for some riders and great opportunities for others. The man who profited most, despite being the odd one out on tyre choice, was Celestino Vietti, who led the only lap that mattered – the last one – to secure victory in Le Mans and improve his chances in the world championship battle. Compatriot Tony Arbolino joined him on the podium and also got a touch closer to the title by finishing just ahead of new championship leader Albert Arenas.

Arenas had made a launch of SpaceX proportions when the lights went out, miles ahead of poleman Jaume Masia going into turn one and with Arbolino immediately attacking the Spaniard as well. Front row starter John McPhee dropped positions at the start and found himself outside of the top ten by the end of the first lap. Still, that seemed like a more likely comeback than Ai Ogura’s, the championship leader going into Le Mans getting pushed out of the top 20 after starting 17th.

Arenas’s dream start did not continue past lap 2, with Masia reclaiming top spot and encouraging the vultures to attack, pushing Arenas to the back of the top five. While the Spaniard was fighting his way back into the provisional podium positions, a lead group of 16 riders was starting to separate from the chasers by one second by lap five, with Ogura stuck in the second group and struggling to progress from 24th position.

Masia continued to lead the way for the next few laps, with Arbolino, Darryn Binder, Arenas and Gabriel Rodrigo providing the entertainment right behind him as they traded places. The lead group lost teammates Romano Fenati and Alonso Lopez at turn 13 of lap seven and Tatsuki Suzuki at turn 8 one lap later but it still didn’t help McPhee join the top ten.

Arenas was back on Masia’s tail by lap nine but bided his time for an attack and the mistake came on lap 11, when Masia lost momentum and allowed Arenas, Arbolino and Binder through into turn 7. However, Arenas only held onto the lead for a couple of laps, Masia’s Honda powering past at turn 1, with eight laps remaining, with Arbolino, Binder and Vietti quickly following his example and relegating Arenas to fifth once more. The Spaniard made quick work of Vietti and his mission got easier one lap later, when Binder’s KTM machine gave up and took the South African out of contention. That left Arenas in charge of the pursuit of the two Hondas and while he was dicing with Arbolino, rival McPhee got tangled in Jeremy Alcoba’s crash and abandoned the battle at turn 10. The flurry of late crashes, also including Kaito Toba and Niccolo Antonelli, promoted Ogura to 10th place all of a sudden, although over ten seconds behind the leaders.

Back at the front, Masia started the final two laps still ahead of the eight-man lead group but with Arenas, Arbolino and Vietti as the most vocal contenders for the podium. A slight mistake from Masia at turn 8 saw Vietti in charge of proceedings for the first time as the race entered its final lap, chased by Arbolino, Arenas and Masia. Although the foursome was close together, there was no opportunity for a move and Vietti took the checkered flag ahead of Arbolino and Arenas. Masia missed out on the podium once more, with Andrea Migno fifth, ahead of Ayumu Sasaki, Raul Fernandez and Rodrigo. Ogura managed to take control of the chasing pack in the closing laps to secure ninth place and reduce the damage in the world championship.

Arenas’ podium gives him back the lead in the championship, six points ahead of Ogura, with Vietti only 16 points down and Arbolino getting closer as well, 20 points back.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time/Diff
1	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	37'37.384
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	+0.142
3	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	+0.198
4	5	Jaume Masia	Honda	+0.336
5	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	+0.569
6	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	+0.834
7	25	Raul Fernandez	KTM	+1.361
8	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	+1.625
9	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	+15.003
10	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	+15.139
11	11	Sergio Garcia	Honda	+15.269
12	12	Filip Salac	Honda	+15.381
13	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	+15.574
14	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	+15.729
15	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	+17.743
16	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	+18.991
17	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	+19.173
18	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	+25.148
19	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	+26.189
20	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	+26.360
21	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	+26.959
22	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	+30.306
Not Classified
	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	4 Laps
	17	John McPhee	Honda	5 Laps
	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	5 Laps
	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	5 Laps
	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	7 Laps
	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	10 Laps
	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	15 Laps
	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	16 Laps
	21	Alonso Lopez	Husqvarna	16 Laps

Round Number:

2020

Moto3

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans Moto2 Warm Up Result: Lowes Leaps Ahead

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sun, 2020-10-11 08:44

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1'36.859
2	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	1'37.528	0.669	0.669
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	1'37.578	0.719	0.050
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	1'37.614	0.755	0.036
5	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	1'37.633	0.774	0.019
6	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	1'37.703	0.844	0.070
7	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	1'37.710	0.851	0.007
8	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	1'37.792	0.933	0.082
9	88	Jorge Martin	Kalex	1'37.948	1.089	0.156
10	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	1'38.096	1.237	0.148
11	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	1'38.118	1.259	0.022
12	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	1'38.145	1.286	0.027
13	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	1'38.163	1.304	0.018
14	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	1'38.329	1.470	0.166
15	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	1'38.337	1.478	0.008
16	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	1'38.503	1.644	0.166
17	40	Hector Garzo	Kalex	1'38.541	1.682	0.038
18	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	1'38.543	1.684	0.002
19	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1'38.544	1.685	0.001
20	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	1'38.584	1.725	0.040
21	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	1'38.595	1.736	0.011
22	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	1'38.604	1.745	0.009
23	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	1'38.656	1.797	0.052
24	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	1'39.004	2.145	0.348
25	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1'39.027	2.168	0.023
26	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	1'39.030	2.171	0.003
27	42	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	1'39.040	2.181	0.010
28	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	1'40.127	3.268	1.087
29	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	NTS	1'40.290	3.431	0.163
30	44	Aron Canet	Speed Up	1'40.844	3.985	0.554

Round Number:

2020

Moto2

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans MotoGP Warm Up Result: Cold Morning For Morbidelli

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sun, 2020-10-11 08:11

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'32.869
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'33.129	0.260	0.260
3	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'33.195	0.326	0.066
4	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'33.299	0.430	0.104
5	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'33.342	0.473	0.043
6	73	Alex Marquez	Honda	1'33.409	0.540	0.067
7	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'33.432	0.563	0.023
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'33.437	0.568	0.005
9	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'33.574	0.705	0.137
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'33.587	0.718	0.013
11	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'33.833	0.964	0.246
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'33.839	0.970	0.006
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'33.894	1.025	0.055
14	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'33.908	1.039	0.014
15	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'33.922	1.053	0.014
16	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'34.145	1.276	0.223
17	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'34.252	1.383	0.107
18	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'34.507	1.638	0.255
19	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'34.523	1.654	0.016
20	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'34.594	1.725	0.071
21	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1'34.708	1.839	0.114
22	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'34.780	1.911	0.072

Round Number:

2020

MotoGP

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans Moto3 Warm Up Result: Migno Leads The Way

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sun, 2020-10-11 07:33

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	1'42.514
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	1'42.635	0.121	0.121
3	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	1'42.667	0.153	0.032
4	25	Raul Fernandez	KTM	1'42.683	0.169	0.016
5	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	1'42.749	0.235	0.066
6	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	1'42.833	0.319	0.084
7	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	1'42.884	0.370	0.051
8	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	1'42.913	0.399	0.029
9	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	1'42.932	0.418	0.019
10	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	1'42.952	0.438	0.020
11	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	1'43.050	0.536	0.098
12	12	Filip Salac	Honda	1'43.091	0.577	0.041
13	5	Jaume Masia	Honda	1'43.179	0.665	0.088
14	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	1'43.180	0.666	0.001
15	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	1'43.180	0.666
16	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	1'43.239	0.725	0.059
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	1'43.290	0.776	0.051
18	17	John McPhee	Honda	1'43.355	0.841	0.065
19	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	1'43.420	0.906	0.065
20	21	Alonso Lopez	Husqvarna	1'43.504	0.990	0.084
21	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	1'43.522	1.008	0.018
22	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	1'43.545	1.031	0.023
23	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	1'43.551	1.037	0.006
24	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	1'43.566	1.052	0.015
25	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	1'43.621	1.107	0.055
26	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	1'43.646	1.132	0.025
27	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	1'43.664	1.150	0.018
28	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	1'43.681	1.167	0.017
29	11	Sergio Garcia	Honda	1'43.785	1.271	0.104
30	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	1'44.256	1.742	0.471
31	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	1'44.463	1.949	0.207

Round Number:

2020

Moto3

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans MotoE Race 1 Result: Two Short Bursts Of Drama

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 15:38

MotoE provided the first racing action of the weekend on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Le Mans and the handful of laps were nothing short of drama. Mattia Ferrari nailed the start to lead into turn 1, with Alejandro Medina the other big winner, going from seventh on the grid to second by turn three, ahead of Josh Hook and poleman Jordi Torres. Having started last, Mattia Casadei was unceremoniously dumped out of the title battle with a high side at turn three and his stricken machine prompted a red flag for safe removal. Without a lap being completed, the grid went back to original positions for the restarted five-lap race, which meant that the poleman got another shot to get it right.

Ferrari once again got the holeshot but turn 3 demanded more attention, with the Italian sliding out on his own while Xavier Simeon’s crash wiped out title rival Dominique Aegerter and Niccolo Canepa. After that dramatic start, Torres found himself one second ahead, with Niki Tuuli his main challenger but getting harassed by Mike Di Meglio and Josh Hook. However, Torres’ advantage did not last as the pursuers regrouped and the Spaniard was reeled in by Di Meglio and Tuuli, leaving Hook behind. The Frenchman tried to line up a move but never made one and Torres scored his first victory in the class to swing the championship lead his way. Di Meglio settled for second on home soil and Tuuli made a long overdue return to the podium, with Hook and Tommaso Marcon joining the top five – the Italian having started 11th with a grid penalty.

Class rookie Torres will enter tomorrow’s title decider 18 points ahead of Ferrari, while Aegerter managed to rejoin and get a couple points to trail the leader by 20.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time/Diff
1	40	Jordi Torres	Energica	8'43.391
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Energica	+0.116
3	66	Niki Tuuli	Energica	+0.557
4	16	Josh Hook	Energica	+1.925
5	70	Tommaso Marcon	Energica	+4.296
6	51	Eric Granado	Energica	+4.590
7	6	Maria Herrera	Energica	+6.514
8	55	Alejandro Medina	Energica	+6.201
9	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Energica	+11.875
10	35	Lukas Tulovic	Energica	+12.419
11	18	Xavi Cardelus	Energica	+13.262
12	15	Alex De Angelis	Energica	+14.087
13	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Energica	+23.207
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	Energica	+59.643
Not Finished 1st Lap
	11	Matteo Ferrari	Energica	0 Lap
	7	Niccolo Canepa	Energica	0 Lap
	10	Xavier Simeon	Energica	0 Lap
Not Starting
	27	Mattia Casadei	Energica	0 Lap

Round Number:

2020

MotoE

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans Moto2 Qualifying Result: The Hat Trick

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 14:34

The intermediate class seemed to get the best conditions of the weekend, with track temperature generously going over the 20 degrees mark, although clouds intermittently came out to play. The confidence boost given by the weather didn’t seem to help the Moto2 grid, with quite a few crashes across the two qualifying sessions. Jorge Martin was a familiar face at the helm of Q2 early on, but the Spaniard sealed his fate with a crash at turn three and the yellow flags barely got a chance to come out by the time Jorge Navarro followed his example, keeping the marshals on their toes. The mishap allowed Sam Lowes to grab top spot but the attacks kept coming and in the end it was Joe Roberts who secured an excellent third pole position of the season by eight hundredths of a second.

Despite missing out on pole, another solid performance from Lowes sees him start from the middle of the front row, ahead of Remy Gardner. Martin’s early benchmark ensured him fourth on the grid even though he missed the final third of the session and the KTM man will be joined by SKY Racing duo Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini. The championship leader put his turn 5 nightmare behind him and climbed as high as second before getting pushed back to sixth late on.

Xavi Vierge opens row three ahead of Jake Dixon and Enea Bastianini, the Italian clearly the fastest man in Q1 but only ninth fastest the second time out. Also escaping Q1 were Tom Luthi, Aron Canet and Fabio Di Giannantonio, with admirable performances given their circumstances. Di Giannantonio might have needed crutches to get to his machine but still qualified 11th, sharing fourth row with Canet, who is recovering from arm pump surgery, while Luthi crashed at turn 7 late in Q1 but was lucky to be able to bring his bike back in time for Q2 and qualify 14th.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	1'36.256
2	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1'36.343	0.087	0.087
3	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	1'36.449	0.193	0.106
4	88	Jorge Martin	Kalex	1'36.522	0.266	0.073
5	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	1'36.577	0.321	0.055
6	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	1'36.668	0.412	0.091
7	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	1'36.737	0.481	0.069
8	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	1'36.826	0.570	0.089
9	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	1'36.840	0.584	0.014
10	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	1'36.877	0.621	0.037
11	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	1'36.879	0.623	0.002
12	44	Aron Canet	Speed Up	1'36.881	0.625	0.002
13	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1'36.930	0.674	0.049
14	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	1'36.947	0.691	0.017
15	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	1'37.014	0.758	0.067
16	40	Hector Garzo	Kalex	1'37.277	1.021	0.263
17	42	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	1'37.335	1.079	0.058
18	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	1'37.556	1.300	0.221
		Q1 Results:
Q2	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	1'36.731
Q2	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	1'36.915	0.184	0.184
Q2	44	Aron Canet	Speed Up	1'37.121	0.390	0.206
Q2	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	1'37.325	0.594	0.204
19	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	1'37.411	0.680	0.086
20	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	1'37.415	0.684	0.004
21	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	1'37.432	0.701	0.017
22	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	1'37.512	0.781	0.080
23	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	1'37.579	0.848	0.067
24	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1'37.779	1.048	0.200
25	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	1'37.830	1.099	0.051
26	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	1'37.907	1.176	0.077
27	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	1'37.984	1.253	0.077
28	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	1'38.533	1.802	0.549
29	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	1'38.863	2.132	0.330
30	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	NTS	1'39.947	3.216	1.084

Round Number:

2020

Moto2

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans MotoGP Qualifying Result: A Happy Playground

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 13:37

An autumnal Le Mans set a cold but sunny scene for the premier class qualifying session and after Q1 warmed us up nicely, it was Fabio Quartararo’s turn to defend top spot on home turf. The Frenchman put his name at the top of the timing screens early on but rivals caught up and it all came down to the final flying lap, when Quartararo blasted through the final sector to secure a fine pole position on his home playground. That demoted Jack Miller to second, the Pramac rider breaking the Yamaha domination by being the first of two Ducatis on the front row of the grid. An invigorated Danilo Petrucci escaped Q1 and climbed onto front row for the first time this season, with high hopes for Sunday on a favourable track for the Italian.

Cal Crutchlow did a fine job to climb onto the second row, four tenths off pole and narrowly ahead of Maverick Vinales and Andrea Dovizioso. The Italian had brief aspirations at pole but couldn’t get it together in time and dropped to the bottom of row two – a solid qualifying performance when compared to others of late.

Pecco Bagnaia conquered Q1 and was Quartararo’s main rival early in Q2, but the Ducati man dropped to seventh in the closing stages, ahead of Pol Espargaro – the KTM man half a second off pole. Johann Zarco closes the third row of the grid, while Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli will share row four with Miguel Oliveira, the Tech 3 rider a bit cautious after his adventures in FP4.

The main story of Q1 was the disappointment in the Suzuki camp, where Joan Mir had his worst qualifying of the season in 14th position, with teammate Alex Rins down in 16th and with another comeback to plan in order to keep championship hopes alive.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'31.315
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'31.537	0.222	0.222
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'31.674	0.359	0.137
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'31.686	0.371	0.012
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'31.719	0.404	0.033
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'31.722	0.407	0.003
7	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'31.752	0.437	0.030
8	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'31.795	0.480	0.043
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'31.832	0.517	0.037
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'31.889	0.574	0.057
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'31.891	0.576	0.002
12	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'32.009	0.694	0.118
		Q1 Results:
Q2	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'31.952
Q2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'32.054	0.102	0.102
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'32.179	0.227	0.125
14	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'32.187	0.235	0.008
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'32.539	0.587	0.352
16	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'32.757	0.805	0.218
17	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'32.766	0.814	0.009
18	73	Alex Marquez	Honda	1'32.774	0.822	0.008
19	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1'32.833	0.881	0.059
20	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'32.859	0.907	0.026
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'32.861	0.909	0.002
22	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'33.610	1.658	0.749

Round Number:

2020

MotoGP

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans MotoGP FP4 Result: Quartararo Rapid In Red Flagged Session

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 12:57

The sun shining over Le Mans came with a cold track and breezy conditions, making it a tricky proposition for the premier class on their final practice outing. The package deal also included several crashes and a red flag coming out 12 minutes into the session, when Miguel Oliveira’s KTM started smoking and leaking out of turn 7. After an impressively rapid clean-up operation, Fabio Quartararo resumed his even more impressive pace on worn rubber, although teammate Franco Morbidelli came within five thousandths of a second of demoting the Frenchman from top spot.

Maverick Vinales was not making much noise early on but a few setup changes gave him a boost into third place, with teammate Valentino Rossi making a late jump on the timesheets to score a top four Yamaha lockout. That demoted Pol Espargaro to fifth, although the KTM man seems to have the pace to keep up with the blue bikes ahead of him. Danilo Petrucci was the top Ducati man in sixth position, ahead of the lead Honda of Takaaki Nakagami, both men showing decent rhythm.

Jack Miller in eighth spot was the final rider to post a time within half a second of Quartararo, while Oliveira kept ninth despite crashing his second machine right after the red flag cleared. Cal Crutchlow rounded out the top ten ahead of Andrea Dovizioso, the duo half a second off top spot. The bad day continued for Suzuki, with Joan Mir only 14th on the timesheets and Alex Rins 18th after a late crash at turn nine – his second of the day.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'32.528
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'32.533	0.005	0.005
3	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'32.563	0.035	0.030
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'32.666	0.138	0.103
5	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'32.719	0.191	0.053
6	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'32.799	0.271	0.080
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'32.878	0.350	0.079
8	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'32.972	0.444	0.094
9	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'33.032	0.504	0.060
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'33.057	0.529	0.025
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'33.068	0.540	0.011
12	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'33.081	0.553	0.013
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'33.171	0.643	0.090
14	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'33.207	0.679	0.036
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'33.267	0.739	0.060
16	73	Alex Marquez	Honda	1'33.302	0.774	0.035
17	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'33.345	0.817	0.043
18	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'33.361	0.833	0.016
19	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1'33.523	0.995	0.162
20	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'33.652	1.124	0.129
21	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'33.877	1.349	0.225
22	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'34.014	1.486	0.137

Round Number:

2020

MotoGP

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans Moto3 Qualifying Result: Last Minute Glory

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 11:38

The sun told lies as the lightweight class started their qualifying session because the temperatures were nothing to write home about, unless in the form of a complaint. A cool Le Mans was the cause of a handful of crashes over the two qualifying sessions and many cancelled laptimes for riders too eager to post a fast time. Although only seven riders entered the final shootout with a time on the board, the all time lap record eventually tumbled at the hands of many and Jaume Masia proved to be the fastest of the lot. The Spaniard’s final flying lap secured him a first pole position of the season, only two hundredths of a second ahead of Albert Arenas and with John McPhee joining them on the front row of the grid.

Raul Fernandez looked set to open row two but a late laptime cancellation dropped him to ninth, promoting Sergio Garcia to fourth. Gabriel Rodrigo had an eventful afternoon, narrowly escaping Q1 despite a late crash out of infamous turn 3 and his machine escaped too much damage, allowing him to rejoin in Q2 and climb all the way to fifth. Tony Arbolino completes the second row lineup, half a second off pole.

Ayumu Sasaki, Romano Fenati and Fernandez make up row three, with Celestino Vietti rounding out the top ten. Championship leader Ai Ogura entered the final time attack with no time posted due to a yellow flag infringement early in Q2 and did not make it past turn 7 – the costly crash leaving him last in the session and set to start 18th.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	5	Jaume Masia	Honda	1'41.399
2	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	1'41.419	0.020	0.020
3	17	John Mcphee	Honda	1'41.846	0.447	0.427
4	11	Sergio Garcia	Honda	1'41.920	0.521	0.074
5	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	1'41.947	0.548	0.027
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	1'41.962	0.563	0.015
7	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	1'41.982	0.583	0.020
8	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	1'42.232	0.833	0.250
9	25	Raul Fernandez	KTM	1'42.349	0.950	0.117
10	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	1'42.363	0.964	0.014
11	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	1'42.383	0.984	0.020
12	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	1'42.539	1.140	0.156
13	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	1'42.544	1.145	0.005
14	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	1'42.597	1.198	0.053
15	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	1'43.112	1.713	0.515
16	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM
18	79	Ai Ogura	Honda
		Q1 Results:
Q2	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	1'42.317
Q2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	1'42.353	0.036	0.036
Q2	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	1'42.444	0.127	0.091
Q2	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	1'42.470	0.153	0.026
19	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	1'42.627	0.310	0.157
20	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	1'42.636	0.319	0.009
21	12	Filip Salac	Honda	1'42.796	0.479	0.160
22	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	1'43.023	0.706	0.227
23	21	Alonso Lopez	Husqvarna	1'43.117	0.800	0.094
24	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	1'43.118	0.801	0.001
25	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	1'43.226	0.909	0.108
26	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	1'43.338	1.021	0.112
27	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	1'43.623	1.306	0.285
28	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	1'43.640	1.323	0.017
29	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	1'43.660	1.343	0.020
30	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	1'43.886	1.569	0.226
31	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	1'44.161	1.844	0.275

Round Number:

2020

Moto3

Le Mans, France

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2020 Le Mans MotoE E-Pole Result: Early Bird Gets The Worm

Submitted by Zara Daniela on Sat, 2020-10-10 10:39

MotoE machines were the first to electrify Le Mans qualifying and after posting an early bid for pole, Jordi Torres had a long anxious wait ahead of him. However, the Spaniard did not need to worry as no rival was able to improve on his new all time lap record around Le Mans, although his advantage was eventually reduced from six to three tenths by championship leader Matteo Ferrari. The fastest man in a damp practice, Mike Di Meglio, managed to turn his speed into a front row start from third on the grid.

John Hook opens row two ahead of Dominique Aegerter and Niccolo Canepa, while championship contender Mattia Casadei has a tough mission later today, as he will be starting from the back of the grid due to a crash at turn 12 on his qualifying lap. Alex de Angelis also went down almost in tandem, at turn 8 on his outlap and will join the Italian at the back of the pack.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	40	Jordi Torres	Energica	1'43.843
2	11	Matteo Ferrari	Energica	1'44.172	0.329	0.329
3	63	Mike Di Meglio	Energica	1'44.480	0.637	0.308
4	16	Josh Hook	Energica	1'44.487	0.644	0.007
5	77	Dominique Aegerter	Energica	1'44.503	0.660	0.016
6	7	Niccolo Canepa	Energica	1'44.575	0.732	0.072
7	55	Alejandro Medina	Energica	1'44.656	0.813	0.081
8	10	Xavier Simeon	Energica	1'44.721	0.878	0.065
9	51	Eric Granado	Energica	1'44.888	1.045	0.167
10	66	Niki Tuuli	Energica	1'45.053	1.210	0.165
11	70	Tommaso Marcon	Energica	1'45.236	1.393	0.183
12	6	Maria Herrera	Energica	1'45.558	1.715	0.322
13	18	Xavi Cardelus	Energica	1'46.051	2.208	0.493
14	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Energica	1'46.457	2.614	0.406
15	35	Lukas Tulovic	Energica	1'46.497	2.654	0.040
16	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Energica	1'47.356	3.513	0.859
	15	Alex De Angelis	Energica
	27	Mattia Casadei	Energica

Round Number:

2020

MotoE

Le Mans, France

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