The MotoE World Championship 2023 starts this weekend with the French GP at Le Mans: in the FP1 Hector Garzò is a second faster than the track record with the new Ducati V21L.
MotoE FP1 at Le Mans – This weekend, on the iconic French circuit of Le Mans, the first round of the 2023 season of the MotoE, the first with World Championship status and with the new V21L electric Ducati.
At the end of FP1, the first free practice session of the French GP of MotoE 2023, Hector Garzò (Dynavolt Intact GP) was the fastest ahead of Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Team) and Alessandro Zaccone (Tech3 E-Racing).
Best rookie Randy Krummenacher (Dynavolt Intact GP) with the sixth time.
Due to a crash a few days ago in WorldSBK in Barcelona, in Race 1, the Brazilian rider Eric Granado (LCR E-Team) will not participate in the races of the MotoE of the French GP.
Here the results of the session:
| POS. | N. | Nat. | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  |
Hector GARZO | Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE | 1'42.251 | |
| 2 | 81 | |
Jordi TORRES | Openbank Aspar Team | 1'42.898 | 0,647 |
| 3 | 61 |  |
Alessandro ZACCONE | TECH3 E-Racing | 1'43.349 | 1,098 |
| 4 | 9 | |
Andrea MANTOVANI | RNF MotoE Team | 1'43.361 | 1,110 |
| 5 | 34 | |
Kevin MANFREDI | Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse | 1'43.409 | 1,158 |
| 6 | 3 |  |
Randy KRUMMENACHER | Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE | 1'43.550 | 1,299 |
| 7 | 29 | |
Nicholas SPINELLI | Pons Racing 40 | 1'43.554 | 1,303 |
| 8 | 40 | |
Mattia CASADEI | Pons Racing 40 | 1'43.683 | 1,432 |
| 9 | 21 | |
Kevin ZANNONI | Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse | 1'43.710 | 1,459 |
| 10 | 11 | |
Matteo FERRARI | FELO Gresini MotoE | 1'43.906 | 1,655 |
| 11 | 77 | |
Miquel PONS | LCR E-Team | 1'44.078 | 1,827 |
| 12 | 53 | |
Tito RABAT | Prettl Pramac MotoE | 1'44.352 | 2,101 |
| 13 | 78 |  |
Hikari OKUBO | TECH3 E-Racing | 1'44.684 | 2,433 |
| 14 | 23 | |
Luca SALVADORI | Prettl Pramac MotoE | 1'45.529 | 3,278 |
| 15 | 8 | |
Mika PEREZ | RNF MotoE Team | 1'46.067 | 3,816 |
| 16 | 72 | |
Alessio FINELLO | FELO Gresini MotoE | 1'46.223 | 3,972 |
| 17 | 6 | |
Maria HERRERA | Openbank Aspar Team | 1'47.002 | 4,751 |
The FP2 is scheduled at 12:35 (local time).
The qualifying session in Q1 and Q2 style will start at 17:00 (local time).
MotoE World Championship
The new era of MotoE starts at the 2023 French GP
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