MotoGP France: Alex Marquez recalls that Le Mans was his first podium and Di Giannantonio took victory in Moto3

MotoGP France: Alex Marquez recalls that Le Mans was his first podium and Di Giannantonio took victory in Moto3


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Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio did not get the expected success in the last round of MotoGP in Spain. In fact, they intend to show this weekend in Le Mans the speed that they did not get in Jerez. The setting of the Grand Prix de France this weekend is also one of those where Ducati can show its qualities. So it is a great hope that the Gresini trucks took the Sarthe road…

Jerez de la Frontera is now a distant memory because it is already time for France and the historic Bugatti circuit where Alex Marquez And Fabio Di Giannantonio they will continue their world championship course, with a few more laps in their bag, after an excellent test in Andalusia. Le Mans it’s a friendly song for the Spaniard who entered his first stage MotoGP in 2020, while counting wins and podiums in Moto2 in 2019 and 2018 respectively. But also for the Italian, third in 2017 in Moto3 without forgetting the victory taken in 2018 after the highlighted flag in the same category.

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It’s a very different circuit to the ones we’ve run so far. “ad Alex Marquezcurrently occupying tenth place in the championship with 41 points. The arrangement as a whole has a lot of trap and it could be a good song for us. I won my first podium in MotoGP there and I usually feel good there. We want to get a good feeling after the “negative” race in Jerez and considering the change in weather.. For Ducati, it can be a good cycle and stop and go he adds before giving way to his colleague…

Fifteenth in the general time classification with 17 points, Fabio Di Giannantonio completes the analysis as follows: Le Mans is a circuit where breaking and correct cornering is very important. In the Jerez test we did a lot of work on these features and we couldn’t be more ready. The idea is to start strong on Friday and be able to play our cards based on the best configuration, or close to it. We want to run with the best in class and learn more every day he concludes.

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