Nicholas Spinelli won both races of the MotoE French GP, held this Saturday at Le Mans. Thus, he already has three victories in four races this season, but he is only second in the championship, two points behind the new leader – Mattia Casadei.
The pole position was for Héctor Garzó (Dynavolt Intact GP), who led at the end of the first lap before being overtaken by Spinelli. The Italian then managed to lead all laps until the checkered flag, although the margins were not considerable.
Garzó was in the fight for the podium until he fell five laps from the end. This left Casadei (LCR E-Team) in third place, but the Italian ended up losing it to Kevin Zannoni (Openbank Aspar) on the penultimate lap, having to settle for third place. Spinelli won with a 1.353s lead over Zannoni. Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar) was fourth.
In the second race, Spinelli also prevailed. The Italian was already leading the race at the end of the first lap and, after spending some time in second place, he overtook Casadei to return to the top on the fourth lap.
The battle lasted until the end, with Spinelli managing to withstand the pressure from Casadei, crossing the finish line with a 0.139s margin. Óscar Gutiérrez (Axxis-MSI) closed the podium with a 0.410s gap, with Alessandro Zaccone (Tech3 E-racing) in fourth. Garzó fell again, this time on the second lap.
Race 1 Results:
Nicholas Spinelli gets his second victory of 2024 👏
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It's an all Italian podium with @Kevin_Zannoni and Mattia Casadei 🙌#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/s8ez0BG4QY
Results Race 2:
Two out of two in Le Mans 🥇🥇
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A perfect day for Nicholas Spinelli in #MotoE who finishes ahead of Casadei and Gutierrez 👏#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/9cjcXSNhwp
