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Zarco quickest in crash strewn French MotoGP FP2

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Zarco quickest in crash strewn French MotoGP FP2
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Johann Zarco led the way at the end of the opening day of running for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans after managing the quickest time in FP2.

The home hero continued his strong form at Le Mans whatever the weather after ending the opening practice session second as the fastest man on wet tyres, Zarco firing in a late FP2 gambit to head compatriot Fabio Quartararo at the head of the timesheets.

The Le Mans track surface was bone dry following Friday morning’s damp opening test, thus allowing all riders to venture out on slicks early on to improve their FP1 times.

With rain expected throughout the entirety of Saturday, FP2 could very well be the deciding session that sorts the pilots that will progress directly to the pole shootout and those that will have to contest Q1.

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Quartararo looked to be on dominant form in the dry after only managing the 16th best time in the morning, the Yamaha ace lapping over half-a-second quicker than Takaaki Nakagami following the opening sequence of runs.

He managed to lower his benchmark to a 1:31.842s as the session raced towards its climax and the field headed out for a final –potentially crucial-time attack, though he aborted his final effort after looking good to improve once again.

This left the door wide open for Zarco who popped in a 1:31.747s to take over at the top of the timing pylon, an effort that would not be superseded as his competitors completed their final runs.   

Quartararo held onto second ahead of team-mate Maverick Vinales, while Honda’s Pol Espargaro was a strong fourth ahead of Franco Morbidelli’s Petronas SRT-run M1.

KTM’s Miguel Oliviera impressed on his way to sixth overall after the RC16’s looked to be in for another tough weekend around famous curves of Le Mans, while FP1 leader Jack Miller bagged the seventh best time.

Marc Marquez was eighth overall ahead of Valentino Rossi who looked to try and put his dreadful start to 2021 behind him with a decent run to ninth and a provisional passage to the pole shootout, while Nakagami completed the top ten.

Both Suzuki’s ended up missing out after both Alex Rins and Joan Mir crashed out in the dying moments of the session, the former completing the test 11th with the latter down in 13th-the pair sandwiching points leader Francesco Bagnaia in 12th.  

Aprilia look to be struggling early on in France with Aleix Espargaro able to manage only the 14th best time after crashing twice at Turn 3 throughout FP3, team-mate Lorenzo Savadori a lowly 20th after lapping sixth quickest this morning.

Turn 3 turned out to be a hot-spot for crashes during FP2 thanks in part to lower track temperatures, the bend also catching out title contenders Quartararo and Bagnaia during the session, while it was also the site of Rins’ late get-off.

Miller and Mir managed to at least survive the charms of Turn 3’s gravel trap, though instead fell victim to Turns 7 and 8 towards the latter stages of the test.

#RiderTeamBikeTimeGap 1st/Prev.
1Johann ZARCOPramac RacingDucati1’31.747
2Fabio QUARTARAROMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha1’31.8420.095 / 0.095
3Maverick VIÑALESMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha1’32.1360.389 / 0.294
4Pol ESPARGARORepsol Honda TeamHonda1’32.1370.390 / 0.001
5Franco MORBIDELLIPetronas Yamaha SRTYamaha1’32.2790.532 / 0.142
6Miguel OLIVEIRARed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM1’32.2960.549 / 0.017
7Jack MILLERDucati Lenovo TeamDucati1’32.3610.614 / 0.065
8Marc MARQUEZRepsol Honda TeamHonda1’32.6320.885 / 0.271
9Valentino ROSSIPetronas Yamaha SRTYamaha1’32.6690.922 / 0.037
10Takaaki NAKAGAMILCR Honda IDEMITSUHonda1’32.7110.964 / 0.042
11Alex RINSTeam SUZUKI ECSTARSuzuki1’32.7621.015 / 0.051
12Francesco BAGNAIADucati Lenovo TeamDucati1’32.8001.053 / 0.038
13Joan MIRTeam SUZUKI ECSTARSuzuki1’32.9081.161 / 0.108
14Aleix ESPARGAROAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1’32.9461.199 / 0.038
15Iker LECUONATech 3 KTM Factory RacingKTM1’33.0401.293 / 0.094
16Brad BINDERRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM1’33.1171.370 / 0.077
17Alex MARQUEZLCR Honda CASTROLHonda1’33.2041.457 / 0.087
18Tito RABATPramac RacingDucati1’33.3611.614 / 0.157
19Enea BASTIANINIAvintia EsponsoramaDucati1’33.5361.789 / 0.175
20Lorenzo SAVADORIAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1’33.9852.238 / 0.449
21Luca MARINISKY VR46 AvintiaDucati1’34.1472.400 / 0.162
22Danilo PETRUCCITech 3 KTM Factory RacingKTM1’34.5202.773 / 0.373
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