On Friday, Gresini Ducati rider Enea Bastianini headed practice times at MotoGP’s French Grand Prix, setting a new lap record at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit.

Italian rider Enea Bastianini lapped 0.202s faster than Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro in a soft rubber time attack late in the second free practice session. Bastianini had already seen a lap quicker than Espargaro’s benchmark scrubbed, setting the time under yellow flags caused by a crash for VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini.

Before the soft tire runs, the winner of MotoGP’s previous round at Jerez, Francesco Bagnaia, had been quickest on the medium rubber. The 2021 series runner-up slipped to fifth at the end of the session behind fellow Ducati runner Johann Zarco (Pramac).

The top eight runners in FP2 concluded by reigning champion Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), Brad Binder (KTM), and Joan Mir (Suzuki), all dipped under FP1 pace-setter Pol Espargaro’s 1m31.771s effort.

Mir had been an early faller in FP2, the 2020 champion having to switch to a second bike after dropping his primary machine on the approach to Turn 7.

Espargaro ended FP2 in the 13th spot, failing to improve on the FP1 lap that had put the Honda rider on top of the times by 0.109s over Rins and Bagnaia.

As Zarco’s team-mate Jorge Martin completed the top 10 on combined times, the 2021 French GP winner Jack Miller was only 11th with the second factory Ducati.

The Australian improved fractionally on his FP1 time before shunting at Turn 11.

Diggia was definitely giggling in his helmet at that one 😅
@FabioDiggia49 🤜🤛 @marcmarquez93 #FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/vECh1lpu5I

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 13, 2022

Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and now Johann Zarco! 🤠

The Le Mans Turn 1 motocross club just gained a member ✊#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/Ovt4PpmWz7

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 13, 2022

What a ride @mattiacasadei27 👏

Here is your pole man for Race 1 tomorrow 💪#MotoE | #FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/maRurLTR48

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 13, 2022

2022 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix: Friday practice results:

Free Practice 1

Cla	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Pol Espargaro		Honda	1’31.771
2	Alex Rins		Suzuki	1’31.880	0.109	0.109
3	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	1’31.893	0.122	0.013
4	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	1’31.912	0.141	0.019
5	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	1’31.933	0.162	0.021
6	Joan Mir		Suzuki	1’31.942	0.171	0.009
7	Jack Miller		Ducati	1’31.961	0.190	0.019
8	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	1’32.078	0.307	0.117
9	Johann Zarco		Ducati	1’32.112	0.341	0.034
10	Luca Marini		Ducati	1’32.128	0.357	0.016
11	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	1’32.165	0.394	0.037
12	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	1’32.255	0.484	0.090
13	Marc Marquez		Honda	1’32.266	0.495	0.011
14	Jorge Martin		Ducati	1’32.491	0.720	0.225
15	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	1’32.674	0.903	0.183
16	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	1’32.736	0.965	0.062
17	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	1’32.755	0.984	0.019
18	Brad Binder		KTM	1’32.756	0.985	0.001
19	Alex Marquez		Honda	1’32.762	0.991	0.006
20	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	1’32.937	1.166	0.175
21	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	1’33.021	1.250	0.084
22	Remy Gardner		KTM	1’33.302	1.531	0.281
23	Raúl Fernández		KTM	1’34.151	2.380	0.849
24	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	1’34.624	2.853	0.473
VIEW FULL RESULTS

Free Practice 2

Cla	Rider		Bike	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	1’31.148
2	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	1’31.350	0.202	0.202
3	Alex Rins		Suzuki	1’31.445	0.297	0.095
4	Johann Zarco		Ducati	1’31.508	0.360	0.063
5	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	1’31.635	0.487	0.127
6	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	1’31.640	0.492	0.005
7	Brad Binder		KTM	1’31.657	0.509	0.017
8	Joan Mir		Suzuki	1’31.666	0.518	0.009
9	Jorge Martin		Ducati	1’31.912	0.764	0.246
10	Jack Miller		Ducati	1’31.914	0.766	0.002
11	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	1’32.025	0.877	0.111
12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	1’32.051	0.903	0.026
13	Pol Espargaro		Honda	1’32.076	0.928	0.025
14	Marc Marquez		Honda	1’32.153	1.005	0.077
15	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	1’32.275	1.127	0.122
16	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	1’32.314	1.166	0.039
17	Luca Marini		Ducati	1’32.416	1.268	0.102
18	Alex Marquez		Honda	1’32.505	1.357	0.089
19	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	1’32.536	1.388	0.031
20	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	1’32.695	1.547	0.159
21	Remy Gardner		KTM	1’32.737	1.589	0.042
22	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	1’33.397	2.249	0.660
23	Raúl Fernández		KTM	1’33.557	2.409	0.160
24	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	1’33.561	2.413	0.004

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