MotoGP 2024 Round 5 - France May 10-12

[Map8]

Michelin® Grand Prix de France
Le Mans

Current Standings:

Position Rider Nat Team Points
1 Jorge Martín ESP Pramac Ducati 92/B]
2 Pecco Bagnaia ITA Lenovo Ducati 75
3 Enea Bastianini ITA Lenovo Ducati 70
4 Pedro Acosta ESP Tech3 GASGAS 69
5 Maverick Viñales ESP Aprilia Racing 63
6 Marc Marquez ESP Gresini Ducati 60
7 Brad Binder RSA RedBull KTM 59
8 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing 39
9 Marco Bezzecchi ITA VR46 Ducati 36
10 Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA VR46 Ducati 34

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News: Not much news. so...NOTES:

- No new rider contract announcements since Jerez. Lots of dumb rumors about Pramac or Gresini or VR46 signing up as the Yamaha satellite team next year. I guess the paddock rumor mill really expects Hell to freeze over.

- Le Mans is one of Joe Roberts best tracks. French GP's have seen JR16 nab a pole, a podium, and that memorable race where he blasted through nearly the entire field after starting behind the safety car.

 

[budman]

Brilliant intro.

 

[mheinee]

Fyi, Fabio got the Yamaha into Q2 today!

MM93 had a terrible practice and will have to qualify from Q1.
Binder had a hat trick of low sides and is currently down in 17th, still within a second of JM's new track record practice time.

Simon had some interesting comments about the reduced displacement rules may not slow the bikes as much as we think. He mentioned a few times the current bikes are so powerful, their held back until they are through 4th gear. So the less powerful bikes will be able to use full power more often than the current litter bikes.

Mark

 

[budman]

Q1 and Q2 were good.
The sprint race was solid too with a couple guys coming from a bit back to get points. One guy went the opposite way and got no points losing ground in the Championship.

Go JOE!!!

 

[Map8]

Sprint race was strung out. Martîn making a statement. MotoE Race 2 delivered the excitement today.

Joe Roberts on the front row!

 

[Abacinator]

Any update on what went wrong with Pecco's bike during the sprint?

 

[Map8]

Any update on what went wrong with Pecco's bike during the sprint?

He said it was doing "crazy things" like locking the front wheel unexpectedly and had no wheelie control.

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1048347/1/francesco-bagnaia-forced-retire-after-gp24-was-doing-crazy-things

I'm guessing either a technician left the wrong setting selected after the siting lap (which happened to A. Espargaro last year) or it was built on a Monday.

 

[budman]

Awesome crowd.. 297K over the weekend.
Singing the French National Anthem in unison was pretty epic. Nice job France.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Crackin' race, too!

 

[budman]

Moto2 was good as well.

Joe sort of screwed Canet. Ooops.

 

[DonJigweed]

Marc still the fastest guy out there. Martins pretty close though.

Martin replaces the beast, Marc to Pramac on the latest spec?

 

[budman]

That is a good bet at this point.

 

[afm199]

GP race was an affirmation that MM93 is now officially a force to be reckoned with, and GiGi is wondering what to do with three riders who call win races, lol.

 

[afm199]

This is worth watching if you haven't seen it, JM at lean.

https://www.facebook.com/MotoGP/videos/298918969388561

 

[Abacinator]

Marquez is clearly very pleased with the Duc. That divebomb pass on Bagnaia was savage!

 

[Chill]

Mark Marquez? Mark Marquez! Mark Marquez Mark Marquez Mark Marquez, Mark Marquez Mark Marquez. Mark Marquez.

 

[SFMCjohn]

^^

How about Mr David Alonso in Moto3? fun pace at the front this race keeping a big group together ... he may be a rising star.

 

[Abacinator]

Mark Marquez? Mark Marquez! Mark Marquez Mark Marquez Mark Marquez, Mark Marquez Mark Marquez. Mark Marquez.

It's either him or Acosta everyone is talking about

 

[GAJ]

Marquez is clearly very pleased with the Duc. That divebomb pass on Bagnaia was savage!

I was never a fan.

I am now.

Nothing better in sport than a rise from the ashes story of a formerly great athlete.

 

[budman]

For sure Marc is making his presence felt on the Duc.
The Martinator looks awesomely fast and seeing him and Marc going at it will happen and when it does.. YEHAWWW!

Bummer to see Bez go out.
How Acosta did not take someone out with his crash was amazingly lucky.