MotoGp France, Quartararo still on pole ahead of Marquez. The grid after qualifying

Le Mans 10 May 2025 - On paper there was supposed to be a Martian and instead here are two. Marc Marquez sets the track record bar at half a second from last year's time, but surprisingly Quarterly he can do better and take the pole position also al French GP, after Spain. At Le Mans therefore everyone behind the home devil, with the Spaniard of Ducati officer behind him and Alex to complete the first row. Big surprise Aldeguer fourth, while Casa Particular in Viñales the standard bearer is confirmed at home KTM. Many difficulties for Italians, bagnaia the best in sixth place, ahead of Bezzecchi seventh e Morbidely nono.

Qualifications 1

In the first qualifying session, as always, the fight is for the first two positions, which will allow the drivers to reach the second session and fight for the pole position. Only By Giannantonio between Ducati in this session, but it is Kidneys the first to print an interesting lap, going on to take the top of the ranking, ahead of bastianini e Raul fernandez. The times are not brilliant, indeed significant improvements were expected, but the laps of the others are interrupted by the fall of Ai Ogura. In fact, the Japanese lost the front in the final phase of his lap and the yellow flag ruined the lap for half of the participants.Aprilia of the Japanese driver, however, remains lit in the escape route, the removal by the Le Mans stewards is not quick and this leads to a red flag, which suspends the session for a few minutes.

We start again around 11 to conclude this Q1, right Ogura among the first to take to the track, together with Olive tree. The first fast times, however, come when they get on the track zarco, Kidneys, By Giannantonio e Raul fernandez. The latter is the first to stop the clock at 1:30.584. However, the Frenchman from Honda, which takes almost two tenths off the Spaniard's time Aprilia; very fast too Kidneys, who however stopped only in third place, ahead of a super Mir with her Honda.

The end of the session is frenetic, the drivers are very close: the first five are less than a tenth apart. Binder tries with great generosity, but stops just one hundredth away from the time of Fernandez for the next round. The session was not good By Giannantonio with the Ducati, only seventh without ever really fighting to get through to the next round. Despite the many riders on the track, no one is able to improve on the last attempt and so they are zarco e Raul fernandez the two drivers to snatch the pass for Q2. Out by a hair's breadth Binder, Kidneys e Mir, who will have to settle for the fifth row in the race. 

Qualifications 2

Q2 opens with a bang: the two brothers Marquez they immediately battle it out, with Marc, after a first lap to gain confidence, monstrous in his fast lap. The Spaniard with the Ducati official at the first real attack takes the temporary pole with a monstrous time, the clock stops at 1:29.442. The Catalan touches the track record by almost half a second and puts himself ahead of his brother by 657 thousandths. The only one to get vaguely close to the Spaniard is a super Quarterly, which repeats itself after the great qualifying weekend in Jerez two weeks ago. Very good Aldeguer e Miller, respectively fourth and fifth; the Italians on the other hand did very badly: all close to each other Bezzecchi, Morbidely e bagnaia, who however occupy ninth to eleventh place, more than a second away from Marquez.

The reference time set by Marc Marquez puts all the others fighting for second place. The first assault sees a super Aldeguer to get into second place, but before falling at the start of the second lap. Morbidely e bagnaia they place themselves in seventh and fifth place. The only one capable of keeping the fight for pole position alive can be a Marquez and then here it comes Alex. The cannibal's brother is the only one to stop the photocell times near Marc, but he stops in second place at a tenth of a second. The session seems destined to end without further twists, but in the last possible lap, the French devil wakes up. The home air in fact launches fabio quartararo, who after Jerez also repeated himself at Le Mans and to everyone's amazement printed a 1:29.324 worthy of a true champion. Having beaten the cannibal of Ducati, who settles for second place ahead of his brother, while Aldeguer surprisingly he comes fourth, ahead of Casa Particular in Viñales and finally bagnaia only sixth after a very difficult session.

The MotoGP starting grid

First row: fabio quartararo (Yamaha 1:29.324), Marc Marquez (Ducati +0.118), Alex Marquez (Ducati +0.247)

Second row: Fermin Aldeguer (Ducati +0.452), Maverick Vinales (KTM +0.699), Francis Bagnaia (Ducati +0.723)

Third row: Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia +0.859), Jack Miller (Yamaha +0.867), Franco Morbidelli (Ducati +0.874)

Fourth row: Raul fernandez (Aprilia +1.061), Johann zarco (Honda +1.120), Peter Acosta (KTM +1.138);

Fifth row: Brad Binder (KTM), alex rins (yamaha), Joan mir (Honda)

Sixth row: Luca marini (Sling), Fabio By Giannantonio (Dozens), Enea Bastianini (KTM)

Seventh row: Ai Ogura (Aprilia), Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia)

Eighth row: Takaaki Nakagami (Sling).