In a high-energy atmosphere, it is fabio quartararo who will start at the head of the starting grid for the French Grand Prix MotoGP This Sunday at 14 p.m. The Nice rider takes his second consecutive pole position and will start ahead of Marc Márquez and Álex Márquez, the two championship leaders. Excellent in racing for the past few Grands Prix, Fermín Aldeguer also showed good pace in qualifying at Le Mans, he will start fourth ahead of Maverick Viñales and a Francesco Bagnaia who is still struggling on his Ducati Demosedici GP25.
Marco Bezzecchi led the Aprilia contingent from seventh position, ahead of Jack Miller and Franco Morbidelli. The Ducati rider crashed at the very end of qualifying. Raúl Fernández took a fine tenth place ahead of the other home rider, Johann Zarco. In search of a good feeling, the Frenchman also finished Q2 on the ground. Pedro Acosta brought up the rear on the fourth row.
Brad Binder, Álex Rins, and Joan Mir will start from the fifth row of the grid, ahead of Luca Marini and Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Italian is struggling to find the rhythm of the Bugatti Circuit's unique layout. Enea Bastianini will start eighteenth, ahead of Ai Ogura and Miguel Oliveira. The Portuguese driver is making his comeback after two months out with a left collarbone injury and knows he won't be able to compete this weekend. Lorenzo Savadori, still replacing Jorge Martín, will start 21st ahead of Takaaki Nakagami, who is making his first appearance of the year as a wildcard for Honda.
MotoGP – French Grand Prix
The starting grid
1) Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
2) Marc Marquez (Ducati)
3) Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
4) Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati)
5) Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM)
6) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
7) Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia)
8) Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha)
9) Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati)
10) Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Aprilia)
11) Johann Zarco (LCR Honda)
12) Pedro Acosta (KTM)
13) Brad Binder (KTM)
14) Alex Rins (Yamaha)
15) Joan Mir (Honda)
16) Luca Marini (Honda)
17) Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati)
18) Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM)
19) Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia)
20) Miguel Oliveira (Pramac Yamaha)
21) Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia)
22) Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)
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