On May 14, the MotoGP World Championship put an end and followed the end of the race day at the French circuit of Le Mans. Almost a month has passed to stop, assimilate things and reflect after the first five Grands Prix. And also to heal the wounds of many drivers who were injured in this intense first quarter of the championship.
Sunday’s Le Mans race did not serve to overturn the lead he maintained pecco bagnaia from Jerez, but when it seemed that the defending champion was already putting in a direct drive, his mistake came in the form of a fall in contact with Maverick Viñales and added his third zero in five races on Sunday. That allowed Marco Bezzecchi, the winner of Sunday’s Le Mans race, to cut the gap to just one point as the two VR46 Academy drivers head into their home GP leading the championship.
MotoGP classification
1. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 94 pts
2. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 93
3. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 81
4. Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 80
5. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Pramac) 66
6. Luca Marini (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 54
7. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 49
8. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 49
9. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 49
10. Alex Rins (ESP/Honda-LCR) 47
11. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 42
12. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 41
13. Franco Morbidelli (Ita/Yamaha) 40
14. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/GasGas) 30
15. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-Gresini) 25
16, Miguel Oliveita (POR/Aprilia-RNF) 21
17. Taka Nakagami (JAP/Honda-LCR) 21
18. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/KTM) 13
19. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda Repsol) 12
Bagnaia remains at the top thanks, in particular, to his excellent work in the new sprint racing format where he scored four points out of five times with two victories in Portimao and Austin, a second in Jerez and a third in Le Mans . In his fall at Le Mans on Sunday, Bagnaia was injured, a slight fracture of the talus of his right heel was found during the mini break and still forced him to move around the paddock on crutches, but that strain did not give. he stops being competitive on the bike.
The superb weekend at Le Mans of Jorge Martin allowing him to be the best Spaniard in the table: he won the sprint on Saturday and second on Sunday after the winner Bezzecchi and added 32 out of 37 possible points. He is just 14 points behind leader Bagnaia in the table and one point from third place Brad Binder in the world championship.
The six-time world champion Marc Márquez who returned after three Grand Prix absences due to an injury to his right thumb at the final round of Le Mans, is 19th in the standings, 82 points behind Bagnaia. “We are very far, we came from a situation of missing three races because of my mistake where I was injured and in Le Mans I didn’t score either, we are far from the front, but in the next three races. let’s see if the sentence this or there is another possibility” he said upon arriving at Mugello.
Source: La Verdad
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