Sprint record victory for Marc Marquez-Diepresse.com
It was his sixth victory in the sixth season race over the short distance, nobody has yet done such a series: Marc Marquez writes with Ducati history.
MotoGP ace Marc Marquez won the sprint race on Saturday as part of France’s motorcycle grand prix in Le Mans and thus ensured a record. It was his sixth victory in the sixth season race over the short distance, nobody has yet achieved such a series. The Spanish Ducati-Pilot took the World Cup lead again to his brother Alex (Gresini), who finished second. Ex-world champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), on the other hand, fell and left out.
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Best KTM-was a driver tech3 pilot Maverick Vinales from Spain in fifth after whose compatriot Pedro Acosta slipped in the penultimate round in the penultimate round and therefore only came into the rating as 19th. Marc Marquez has in the overall ranking before the race on Sunday, in which the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo ((Yamaha) Starts from the pole position, two points ahead of Alex and 31 on Bagnaia.
Meanwhile, the MotoGP announced a new global racing series. Together with manufacturer Harley Davidson, there will be a twelve-race competition from next year, which will be held on so-called excavator motorcycles.