French MotoGP, Le Mans - Qualifying 1

Qualifying times (1) from the French MotoGP at Le Mans, round 4 of 18.

18 May 2013

De Puniet, French MotoGP 2013
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The top two riders in Q1 now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice.

The others will start, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards.

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1.Randy De PunietFRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT)1m 34.715s
2.Aleix EspargaroESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT)1m 34.893s

3.Andrea IannoneITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing (GP13)1m 35.062s
4.Michele PirroITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing (GP13)1m 35.228s
5.Hector BarberaESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*1m 35.714s
6.Danilo PetrucciITA Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)*1m 35.770s
7.Colin EdwardsUSA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*1m 36.221s
8.Karel AbrahamCZE Cardion AB Motoracing (ART CRT)1m 36.271s
9.Claudio CortiITA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*1m 36.330s
10.Michael LavertyGBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART CRT)*1m 36.596s
11.Bryan StaringAUS Go&Fun Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT)1m 36.714s
12.Lukas PesekCZE Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)*1m 36.768s
13.Yonny HernandezCOL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT)1m 36.961s
14.Hiroshi AoyamaJPN Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*1m 37.523s
* Standard ECU.

Fastest practice time:Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha 1m 33.508s (FP4)

Official Le Mans MotoGP records:Best lap: Dani Pedrosa ESP Honda 1m 32.647s (2008)Fastest race lap:Dani Pedrosa ESP Honda 1m 33.617s (2011)