Preparations for the French MotoGP Grand Prix are complete, with the warm-up that took place this morning at Le Mans. Pedro Acosta was the fastest in the short ten-minute session. Miguel Oliveira finished in tenth.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) led in the early moments, but about halfway through the warm-up he was beaten, with three changes of leader in a few seconds.
Álex Márquez (Gresini/Ducati), Maverick Viñales (Aprilia), and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) took turns at the top before Bagnaia returned to first place with six minutes completed. This situation lasted shortly, with the Italian being surpassed by Viñales and then by Binder.
With about two minutes to go, another change of leader, with Bagnaia returning to the top. However, right at the end, he could not resist the improvement of five opponents, including Acosta. The Red Bull GasGas Tech3 rookie completed his last lap in 1m31.520s, securing the lead in the end.
In second place was Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM) at 0.170s, followed by Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) who debuted a special livery on the Yamaha. Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) and Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac/Ducati) completed the top five ahead of Bagnaia. Further down, championship leader and winner of yesterday’s Sprint race, Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati) was only 16th.
As for Oliveira, the Portuguese Trackhouse Racing rider ended up being the best Aprilia rider, putting in a solid warm-up to finish in tenth place, 0.390s off the pace.
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