Marco Bezzecchi won a FrenchGP that was headlined by crashes and poor stewarding. Here are 10 things we learned from the MotoGP's 1000th grand prix event.
MotoGP’s 1000th world championship grand prix celebrations at Le Mans delivered plenty of intrigue and action, as developing storylines took fresh turns while the riders and stewards relationship hit new lows. Here’s 10 things we learned from the 2023 French Grand Prix.Motorcycle grand prix racing’s 1000th event did not disappoint, as the 2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans delivered plenty of drama.
He was much happier than Fabio Quartararo, who complained again about Yamaha’s lack of horsepower and has now decided to revert to his 2021 settings, while stewarding remained a topic of discussion as a meeting between Freddie Spencer and the riders ultimately came to nothing.It is another happy Monday for BezzecchiMarco Bezzecchi marked himself out as a star in the making during his 2022 rookie year, and has carried that into this season.
Currently, the biggest benefactor of sprints is world champion Francesco Bagnaia, because it has allowed him to hold onto his points lead despite registering a third grand prix non-score in five rounds. While Le Mans was not of his making, he cannot afford to keep surrendering points on Sundays, as at a certain point someone will find consistency and punish him for it.The new Kalex frame made its race debut for Honda at Le MansHonda’s long-awaited Kalex chassis made its debut at the post-Spanish GP test at Jerez a fortnight ago, while HRC brought three of the new frames to Le Mans for Marc Marquez and Joan Mir to evaluate.
“We need to change something for the future to be more competitive, to be more safe because every year all the Honda riders we are in the top ranking of crashing. It’s not only me; Mir crashed three, four times in Jerez, here three times. So, we need to keep working with the team to improve.” Quartararo admitted during the Le Mans weekend that he was ‘not confident’ Yamaha understands how to fix its problems this year, but has decided not to get angry about it. He has instead gone back to settings he used en-route to the title in 2021. Quartararo says this has made the bike feel better than anything else Yamaha has tried this year and he will now stick to this ploy moving forward.
This was after Spencer clarified in the meeting that any overtake that resulted in contact would lead to the offending rider being forced to drop a position, as Francesco Bagnaia had to do at Jerez after passing Jack Miller. He’s right, and Bagnaia’s comments should be raising alarm bells. In a series whose popularity was built on the hard racing of Valentino Rossi’s many rivalries, riders lacking in confidence to actually race each other fundamentally defeats the purpose of them being here in the first place.
In the grand prix he fought hard with Marc Marquez over second and ultimately took the position when the Honda rider crashed out. Martin notes he “studied” Marquez’s battle with Bagnaia in the sprint race for some pointers, not that he felt that made a difference. It was a result that warmed hearts, as did his unfailingly down to earth comments about the experience, which he called “a gift” and one he “will never forget”.Can Fernandez's breakthrough at Le Mans save his premier class career?Augusto Fernandez has largely flown under the radar in his rookie MotoGP season so far with Tech3 GASGAS. That was largely down to his underwhelming haul of 17 points after the first four rounds. But Fernandez turned a corner at Le Mans.
Acosta is shaping up to be a generational talent in the same way Marquez was in his pre-MotoGP days, and there’s likely not a lot Fernandez will be able to do to hold that seat. For now, this isn’t on his mind though.
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