Overview
- Marc Marquez topped both practice sessions at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit, setting a new track record with a 1m29.855s lap in FP2.
- Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia finished within two-tenths of Marquez’s record pace, emerging as his closest challengers.
- Crashes disrupted both sessions, with incidents involving Morbidelli, Rins, and Fernandez in FP1, and Mir, Zarco, Ogura, and Binder in FP2.
- Pedro Acosta returned from arm pump surgery to secure 11th in FP1, while Jack Miller leveraged Yamaha’s new engine to finish sixth in FP2.
- The top ten riders, including both Marquez brothers, Quartararo, Bagnaia, and Miller, advance to Q2 ahead of Saturday’s qualifying and sprint race.