TNT Sports pundit Sylvain Guintoli hailed Johann Zarco’s MotoGP victory at Le Mans, describing his success as a “fairytale.”

Zarco secured his first win on the Honda to win in front of the adoring home crowd, earning his second career MotoGP triumph.

He became the first French rider to win his home Grand Prix since 1954, completing the job in front of a record-breaking crowd.

At the forefront of the celebrations was fellow countryman Guintoli, who heaped praise on Zarco and the occasion.

“We’ve been waiting for this for such a long time,” he admitted post-race on TNT Sports.

“Motorcycle [racing] as a sport in France has grown so much in the last 25 years.

“And now we’ve come to this pinnacle of the motorcycle racing, the biggest attendance ever, more than 300,000 over the weekend, and we get a French winner. It was a thriller as well!

“The race was unreal, I’ve lost my voice, I don’t know what to say!

“It’s like a fairy tale, and I want to say a big thank you to Johann [Zarco] for making it happen.”

Zarco’s win didn’t come easy – he was nearly caught up in the Turn 1 chaos on the first lap, but the right tyre gamble paid off as he cruised to a comfortable victory, winning by almost 20 seconds.

The 34-year-old continued to showcase Honda’s upward trajectory, delivering the Japanese marque its first win since Alex Rins’ success at COTA in 2023.

As a result of his success, Zarco sits in sixth place in the championship, two points behind VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.

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Alex Marquez walked away from Sunday’s MotoGP race at Le Mans with zero points after crashing into the gravel twice.

Despite a minor first crash at Turn 3, Marquez was able to pick the bike up and continue, but a crash in the final sector a few laps later put him out of proceedings.

The Spaniard entered the race weekend as the championship leader, but following the weekend’s events, he now trails his older brother Marc Marquez by 22 points.

Marquez discussed his crashes in great detail, taking responsibility for his mistakes and stating that the reasons why his second crash “upset” him.

“It went the way it went, and I can’t be happy after falling twice and not bringing home a single point,” he said post-race to GPOne.

“Up to that point, I had done everything rather perfectly, although the best strategy was [Johann] Zarco’s, which was too risky for my championship situation, though.

“I did the right things at the right time, and I was there, simply controlling my lead over [Pedro] Acosta.

“I overtook [Marco] Bezzecchi and tried to relax, maybe a little too much. I entered the third corner slower, with less brake, leaned more, and lost the rear with the throttle closed.

“However, it was the second fall that upset me. The handlebar was bent, I lost the wings, and I shouldn’t have made that mistake, because ten points can make a difference for me.”

Alex Marquez vows to come back ‘stronger’ after Le Mans mistakes

Despite summarising his weekend as “positive,” the Gresini rider has vowed that his mistakes will make him a “stronger” competitor.

The 29-year-old’s glass-half-full outlook has helped him keep sight of the bigger picture for the remaining weekends.

“Every race is a lesson for me, whether it goes well or badly,” he began.

“Some are tougher and some are better. This one was certainly not good and hard to digest, but I’m happy because on a track where I had never been able to be competitive in the past, I was fast both on the dry and on the wet.

“The outcome of the weekend is positive. I have to continue like this. This lesson will allow me to be stronger.”

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Johann Zarco reveals he “began to believe” he could win his home MotoGP race after seeing Jack Miller crash out of the rain-affected Le Mans.

Zarco stunned his home crowd by taking victory by almost 20 seconds after a gamble on wet tyres paid off. 

The French rider said it was “magic” to win his home race and admitted he knew it was all about the strategy. 

“I feel very special and proud, because I love motorcycle history and to write this line as a French rider winning the French GP, it’s just magic,” said Zarco via Crash.net.

“I always push myself, hoping that I can win races or be on the podium. But today was also about making this choice for the rain tyres.”

After the initial start was halted due to all riders pitting for their wet bikes, 13 riders then reversed their decision and returned for dry machines on the sighting lap for the restart.

“When I saw the others going with the slicks, I knew it was going to rain,” said the race winner.

“So I tried to save those wet tyres because the track was kind of dry at the beginning. But with raindrops and the other guys on slicks I knew that things would happen for me.”

Johann Zarco: ‘When Miller crashed I began to believe’ in Le Mans victory

The French rider admitted the difficult conditions made for a tentative start to the race as he refused to activate his start device.

This resulted in him being involved in a Turn 2 incident which saw Joan Mir crash out, with Zarco himself running through the gravel.

“I lost a lot of time on my start, because I didn’t want to use any start device,” Zarco said.

“I didn’t know how to brake on the first corner, so I say I prefer be safe for the first corners, but I’ve lost so much time on the start.

“And trying to go on the outside in the first chicane, things can happen in the middle. Mir picked up the bike and I hit him a lot. I have even lost my left end from the handlebar and I went straight into the gravel.

“But it was good enough to ride, and from that moment I said, ‘well, you have lost a lot. Now just wait and see’. That was the situation in the first laps.”

The adverse weather meant all of the riders returned to the pitlane for their wet bikes, allowing Zarco to come through into the race lead. 

However, the Frenchman only believed he would win the race after seeing Miller crash out on his Pramac Yamaha.

“I knew Jack Miller would be strong in these conditions… and when Jack crashed I began to believe that I can win the race,” Zarco revealed.

“I’ve been scared when Marc [Marquez] switched to the rain tyres because at the beginning he went faster than me.

“But I think he also reached the limit of the rain tyres and he could not push much more and my gap was big enough to control.”

‘The crowd is incredible’ – Johann Zarco on French GP celebrations

Zarco delighted the record crowd at Le Mans by taking an unexpected victory. 

He admitted that he just had to bide his time to ensure he would take his second win in the premier class.

“Just fantastic. Sometimes you go to catch your victory. Today I had to wait for the laps to pass by to get the victory. So that’s very special.”

Zarco celebrated with his signature backflip on the main straight after the race, as his LCR Honda team and his parents celebrated in the pit lane.

“My mum has never been to a grand prix in my 17 years of racing,” Zarco revealed.

“I said, ‘I think it would be nice for you to come and see the French GP because the crowd is just incredible.

“I was already so happy that they have seen the French crowd and today we have the cherry on the cake.”

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LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco stormed to a stunning flag-to-flag MotoGP victory to the delight of his home crowd in Le Mans. 

The French rider became the first French rider to win his home grand prix since 1954 in the most unlikely of circumstances. 

Light rain started falling before the race start, leading to discussions up and down the grid as to what the correct tyre choice would be.

Fabio Quartararo almost lost his bike going into Turn 2 on the warm-up lap, sparking questions if anyone would pit to change bikes. 

At the end of the lap, every single rider decided to enter the pits to change their bikes to the wet setup, delaying the start of the race. 

The quick start procedure was followed under the new regulation changes, meaning the race distance was reduced to 26 laps. 

13 riders then came down the pitlane again to change their bikes back to the slick set-up following the start procedure, but were allowed to start from the original grid positions. 

Marc Marquez got the best start as he took the lead going down into the first corner, but Quartararo was able to respond to regain first. 

Further down the field, Francesco Bagnaia made an error and crashed at Turn 1 with Joan Mir, but both the Italian rejoined the race, as Zarco made a trip through the gravel.

Luca Marini, Marco Bezzecchi and Alex Rins returned to the pit lane at the end of the opening lap to change their bikes, and were followed by the rejoining Bagnaia. 

Alex Marquez was enjoying the tricky conditions and was able to make a move on his brother to take second place. 

On the third lap, the double long lap penalties started to come through in accordance with the new start procedures, and Quartararo relinquished the lead to serve the first of his two. 

Fermin Aldeguer followed his team-mate by passing Marquez as the group lapped Bagnaia after his trip into the pit lane. 

Quartararo rejoined in a battle with Brad Binder, and he was able to clear the South African to commence battle with Marquez. 

However, the home hero made an error into the final corner and crashed out of the race and was followed into the gravel trap by Binder as the rain started falling again. 

Riders further down the order made their way back into the pit lane to return to their wet setups, as more riders started making mistakes on the slick tyres. 

Marquez served his final long lap penalty, but his brother missed the loop as the pair returned to the pit lane to change back to their wet bikes. 

As all of the riders returned to the pit lane, the riders who started with wet tyres saw their gamble pay off, with home favourite Zarco taking the lead. 

Marquez made quick work of Miguel Oliveira, whose gamble saw him move into second place, as he attempted to close the seven-second gap to Zarco at the front. 

A few laps later, Oliveira tussled with Vinales for fifth, but the Tech3 KTM rider ultimately prevailed in the battle. 

As the rain continued to fall, the gaps between the leading riders steadied, as Zarco continued to lead his home race. 

Oliveira crashed out of seventh at the final corner, as the conditions remained treacherous for the riders on track.

The younger Marquez also crashed in the penultimate corner, but was able to rejoin the action in sixth. 

However, the one-time championship leader crashed for a second time which saw him exit the race. 

The battle for the final podium position opened up, with long-time rivals Acosta and Aldeguer duelling for third.

Aldeguer found his way through on his fellow Murcian to steal the third as the riders headed for their final tour of the circuit. 

Zarco took the chequered flag to become the first French rider to win the French Grand Prix in 71 years. 

Marquez confirmed second place, crossing the line almost 20 seconds behind the race winner. 

Rookie Aldeguer earned his first grand prix podium as he took third. 

Acosta was forced to settle for fourth ahead of satellite KTM rider Vinales in fifth. 

Takaaki Nakagami earned sixth place as a wildcard for Honda with Raul Fernandez in seventh.

Fabio Di Giannantonio finished the race in eighth as Lorenzo Savadori earned ninth. 

Ai Ogura rounded out the top 10 to ensure three Aprilias in the top three.  

Luca Marini took the flag in 11th, with Alex Rins proving to be the last rider on the leading lap in 12th. 

Enea Bastianini had to serve a double long lap penalty for speeding in the pit lane as he took 13th, with Marco Bezzecchi just behind in 14th.

Franco Morbidelli finished 15th, with Francesco Bagnaia the final finisher of the race in 16th.

Gresini’s Marquez joined Oliveira, Quartararo, Mir and Binder as the crashers from the race, while Jack Miller joined the non-finishers.

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IntactGP’s Manuel Gonzalez extended his championship advantage by taking the Moto2 race victory at Le Mans.

The Championship leader remained calm despite being pressurised by Barry Baltus as he claimed his third win of the season. 

Gonzalez held the lead from pole down into Turn 1, but Diogo Moreira had the speed through the chicane to take the lead from the Spanish rider. 

Jake Dixon managed to progress from ninth on the grid into third on the opening lap as he attempted to pressure rival Gonzalez. 

It was Barry Baltus who had the fastest pace in the early stages however, and he was able to overtake the British rider into the podium positions. 

After Baltus, Gonzalez decided it was time to move to the front as he passed Moreira at Garage Vert for the lead. 

Baltus clearly had the pace to take Moreira for second, but waited a few laps to overtake the Brazilian rider. 

Gonzalez and Baltus had the pace to separate themselves from the rest of the field, but the Spanish rider was unable to break away from the Belgian as many expected him to do. 

Further behind, the fight for the final podium position was brought on by Canet pressurising Moreira, as the Spanish rider made his way through. 

The Brazilian rider responded at the Dunlop chicane, with Canet being forced to save the bike after losing the rear on the exit of Turn 4. 

The mistake from the Spaniard allowed Dixon to move into fourth as the Brit had his sights set on the podium. 

Canet was undeterred by his error the lap before, as he regained fourth from Dixon at the chicane. 

One lap later, the Spaniard found himself in third after producing another overtake at the chicane on Moreira.

Albert Arenas also proved to have some pace, as he made his way through on Dixon for fifth. 

In the final two laps, the battle proved to be for the final podium position, as Dixon forced Arenas wide to take fifth. 

At the front, Gonzalez took the chequered flag to confirm his victory by 1.811s.

Baltus earned second place after showcasing his blistering pace throughout, while team-mate Canet completed the podium in third. 

Moreira narrowly missed out on the rostrum in fourth, while Dixon’s last pace saw him take fifth. 

Arenas trailed behind the second group as he came home in sixth with Filip Salac taking seventh.

Celestino Vietti earned eighth over the line, with rookie Ivan Ortola splitting the Speed Up pair as he took ninth ahead of Alonso Lopez. 

David Alonso finished 11th after serving a long lap penalty, while Joe Roberts took 12th over the line after battling Sergio Garcia.

Senna Agius took 14th as he outdragged Marcos Ramirez to the line, with the Spanish rider completing the points finishers in 15th.

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KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda waited until the final corner to steal the Moto3 victory at Le Mans to extend his championship advantage. 

The Championship leader opened the gap in the standings after a collision between Joel Kelso and David Munoz at the final corner presented Rueda with the victory. 

The race director declared the race dry despite the mixed conditions presented by the Le Mans circuit.

Polesitter Maximo Quiles made the best start and held onto the lead going into the first corner ahead of Kelso and Angel Piqueras.

Kelso managed to stick with Quiles throughout the opening lap and made his move in the chicane to take the lead at the end of Lap 1. 

As Ryusei Yamanaka dropped out of the race, Quiles was demoted to seventh by the other riders in the leading pack. 

Quiles and the fastest rider on the track, Adrian Fernandez, made their way past Taiyo Furusato as the field remained tentative due to the difficult track conditions. 

Kelso ran wide, which allowed the group behind to close in as Guido Pini overtook team-mate Munoz to lead the charge.

The Australian ran wide at the same corner on the next lap, but this time the Italian was close enough to move briefly into the lead, before Kelso responded. 

Championship leader Rueda also progressed in the opening eight laps and overtook the IntactGP pair of Munoz and Pini to take second.

At the halfway point, the riders began to feel more comfortable on the track, as Munoz set the Moto3 race lap record at Le Mans to take half a second out of Kelso’s lead. 

Piqueras made an error to lose contact with the leading group, and crashed out one corner later after attempting to make up the gap. 

The leading group of four remained in their order, until Pini crashed at Turn 8 to lose his fourth place. 

With three laps to go, Rueda made his move on Munoz for second, but the IntactGP rider responded into the final corner. 

Rueda repeated his move on Munoz, but once again the Spaniard responded as the riders moved onto the final lap.

Kelso left the door open at the penultimate corner which invited Munoz to make a move, but the pair made contact and ran wide, gifting Rueda the lead at the final corner. 

Rueda won his fourth race of the season to extend his lead at the top of the Moto3 championship.

Munoz looked to have stolen second but was awarded a drop-one position penalty which promoted Kelso ahead of the Spaniard.

Alvaro Carpe was fourth, over four seconds behind the podium finishers. 

David Almansa scored a fifth place ahead of Furusato, who came home in sixth.

Polesitter Quiles settled for seventh, as he finished 7.133s off the lead. 

Fernandez took the flag in eighth ahead of Luca Lunetta who beat Valentin Perrone to the line for ninth. 

Dennis Foggia earned 11th, while Scott Ogden finished the Le Mans race in 12th.

There was a close battle for 13th over the line, with Jacob Roulstone prevailing ahead of Cormac Buchanan in 14th.

Italy’s Nicola Carraro completed the points finishers in 15th.

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Marc Marquez continued his unbeaten streak in MotoGP Sprint races in 2025 as he took his sixth consecutive victory in Le Mans.

The Spanish rider was forced to battle polesitter Fabio Quartararo, but ultimately prevailed to win the race by 0.530s.

Marquez got the jump off the line, but the wide line from the Ducati meant that Quartararo was able to sweep under to regain the lead at Turn 2. 

Francesco Bagnaia made a good start to the race and battled past Fermin Aldeguer to get into fourth and pressurise Alex Marquez. 

Bagnaia lost the front into the Dunlop chicane on the second lap, which saw him crash out of the race for his first non-score of the year so far. 

Aldeguer returned to fourth following Bagnaia’s crash and set the fastest lap of the race as he attempted to follow team-mate Marquez. 

At the front, the elder Marquez was putting pressure on the leading Quartararo and drew alongside the Frenchman on the run to the first corner, but was unable to take the lead. 

Marquez saw his opportunity to overtake Quartararo on Lap 6, but Quartararo was able to respond as the pair made their way through the chicane. 

It was a few corners later at Garage Vert where Marquez made his move stick, as he took the lead for the first time since the opening corner of the race.

The younger Marquez also saw an opportunity to get past Quartararo, but ran wide and had to rethink his approach. 

The Gresini rider then found his way through at Turn 2 a lap later, to continue the Marquez 1-2 streak in Sprint races in 2025. 

Aldeguer had his sights on a maiden Sprint podium, with his Gresini Ducati having the pace to pass Quartararo in third. 

The pair made contact as they duelled into La Chapelle corner, but the young Spaniard made his way through after an aggressive battle. 

As the race drew to a conclusion, the KTM riders Pedro Acosta and Maverick Vinales commenced battle for fifth, with Acosta seeming to get the better of the satellite rider.

Marquez took the chequered flag to win his sixth consecutive Sprint by over half a second. 

Gresini’s Marquez continued his silver streak in Sprints by confirming his second place at Le Mans. 

Aldeguer earned his maiden podium in MotoGP as he took third over the line. 

Quartararo finished the race in fourth, while Vinales stole fifth as Acosta crashed at the final corner. 

Home favourite Johann Zarco was promoted to sixth ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio who recovered from a difficult qualifying in seventh. 

Alex Rins finished a strong eighth for Yamaha while Joan Mir completed the points finishers in ninth. 

Raul Fernandez completed a super Saturday to finish 10th ahead of Jack Miller in 11th. 

Luca Marini took the flag in 12th with Enea Bastianini a tenth behind in 13th. 

Ai Ogura crossed the line in 14th, prevailing over Franco Morbidelli, who had a bad start to the Sprint and ended the race in 15th. 

Takaaki Nakagami was 16th in his first Sprint as a Honda wildcard, while Marco Bezzecchi was 17th after taking an excursion through the gravel trap. 

Lorenzo Savadori was 18th, with Pedro Acosta remounting to finish 19th following his final corner crash. 

Miguel Oliveira completed the finishers in 20th on his return to race action after injury. 

Bagnaia was joined by Brad Binder as the non-finishers of the Sprint race.

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Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo claimed his second-consecutive MotoGP pole position to the delight of his home fans at Le Mans.

Quartararo took back-to-back poles for the first time since 2021 as he broke the all-time lap record set by Marc Marquez earlier in the qualifying session. 

Ai Ogura crashed early in Q1, and while the Japanese rider was unharmed, the red flag was brought out as the marshals could not safely recover his bike. 

When the session resumed Johann Zarco and Raul Fernandez found themselves through to Q2 to compete for pole position. 

As Q2 commenced, the riders filtered out onto the circuit in their bid to challenge Marquez, who had been the favourite after his pace in practice.

The Spanish rider set a 1:29.442, 0.413s faster than the all-time lap record, as he looked almost invincible on his first lap of the session.

Fabio Quartararo was the only other rider capable of setting a 1:29’ lap, as the front runners separated themselves from the rest of the field.

On the final flying lap, Fermin Aldeguer broke into the top two, but crashed after his lap to bring out the yellow flag.

The yellow flags remained around the circuit as home favourite Zarco crashed to end his session no higher than 10th.

Alex Marquez moved into second place ahead of team-mate Aldeguer after avoiding the yellow flags, but the field was still unable to challenge the Ducati at the top of the timesheets. 

However, on the final flying lap of the session, Quartararo set claimed the all-time lap record to capture pole position at his home circuit.

Marquez was forced to settle for second, as his lap record was broken just 10 minutes after it was set. 

The younger Marquez rounded out the front row of the grid for the Gresini team. 

Aldeguer remained fourth despite his crash ahead of Maverick Vinales who earned fifth. 

Bagnaia completed the second row of the grid in sixth ahead of fellow VR46 academy graduate Marco Bezzecchi in seventh. 

Jack Miller was eighth, 0.867s from Quartararo’s pole time, with Franco Morbidelli concluding the third row in ninth.

Fernandez completed a strong qualifying in 10th, while Zarco was 11th following his crash. 

Pedro Acosta took the flag in 12th to round out the fourth row. 

Brad Binder narrowly missed out on Q2 and had to settle for 13th, with Alex Rins narrowly behind in 14th. 

Joan Mir bested factory team-mate Luca Marini as the pair finished 15th and 16th respectively.

Fabio Di Giannantonio struggled as he finished 17th, with Enea Bastianini qualifying down in 18th.

Ogura was only able to take 19th after his crash, while Miguel Oliveira qualified 20th on his injury return.

Lorenzo Savadori was 21st while Takaaki Nakagami completed the standings in 22nd.

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Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo stunned his home crowd as he topped the final MotoGP practice session at Le Mans.

Quartararo showed strong pace towards the end of FP2 to top the timesheets with a 1:30.546, 0.066s clear of the next best rider.

Marc Marquez ended the session in second, narrowly behind the Yamaha rider, as the Spaniard was unable to sweep the practice sessions.

Fermin Aldeguer completed FP2 in third, 0.157s off Quartararo’s fastest time, while Francesco Bagnaia was a further tenth behind in fourth.

Alex Marquez ended practice in fifth, while Tech3’s Maverick Vinales led the factory KTM of Pedro Acosta over the line in sixth.

Franco Morbidelli crashed late in the session but held onto eighth, with Johann Zarco inside the top 10 at his home race in ninth.

Luca Marini completed the top 10 ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio in 11th for VR46.

The second factory Honda of Joan Mir was just behind in 12th, pipping Brad Binder by just 0.005s.

Marco Bezzecchi continued his struggles aboard the Aprilia in 14th while Enea Bastianini was 15th.

Australia’s Jack Miller was 16th, over a second behind Quartararo’s session-topping time, with the Frenchman’s factory team-mate Alex Rins in 17th.

Raul Fernandez took the flag in 18th, while Takaaki Nakagami resumed wildcard duties for Honda in 19th.

Ai Ogura attempted to recover from a big crash in timed practice but could only finish 20th, while Miguel Oliveira was 21st on his injury return.

Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori completed the standings in 22nd.

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Ducati’s Marc Marquez set a new all-time lap record as he dominated the timed MotoGP practice session at Le Mans.

Marquez set a time of a 1:29.855 to break the previous lap record of the Bugatti Circuit by six tenths of a second, which was held by reigning World Champion Jorge Martin.

The first half of the session saw Yamaha continue their promising performance from Jerez, with Fabio Quartararo leading Jack Miller at the top of the timesheets.

However, it didn’t take long for Marquez to pick up where he left off in the opening session, as the Ducati rider set a 1:30.530 to move four tenths ahead of Quartararo at the top.

Maverick Vinales was Marquez’s closest challenger before the rest of the pack came out on their final runs, but a crash from the Tech3 rider brought out the yellow flag to disrupt the rhythm of riders attempting to book a spot in Q2.

Quartararo briefly returned to the top of the standings before Marquez set an unbeatable 1:29.855 to break the all-time lap record and end the session as fastest.

The Yamaha rider held on to second place at his home track, 0.177s off the best time from the Ducati rider.

Francesco Bagnaia continued a strong Friday showing by taking third, 0.184s from his team-mate’s best time of the day.

Fermin Aldeguer was the top rookie of the session in fourth as he bested team-mate Alex Marquez in fifth.

Jack Miller continued a strong session as he booked a place in Q2 in sixth, with Pedro Acosta and Maverick Vinales just behind in seventh and eighth respectively.

Franco Morbidelli recovered from a crash in FP1 to take ninth, with Marco Bezzecchi rounding out the top 10 to seal the last automatic Q2 spot.

Luca Marini ended timed practice in 11th, while home hero Johann Zarco settled for 12th after a crash late in the session.

Enea Bastianini took the flag in 13th while Joan Mir also crashed in the session and finished 14th.

The Trackhouse pair of Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura completed the session in 15th and 16th respectively, while Alex Rins was 17th.

Fabio Di Giannantonio was the sole Ducati rider not to automatically reach Q2 as he ended the session in 18th.

Brad Binder suffered a heavy crash late in the session and could only take 19th, while Takaaki Nakagami was 20th on his debut weekend as a Honda wildcard.

Miguel Oliveira was 21st with Lorenzo Savadori completing the standings in 22nd.

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