{"id":98526,"date":"2022-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/france-the-next-challenge-for-marquez-and-espargaro\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:17:17","slug":"france-the-next-challenge-for-marquez-and-espargaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/motogp-en\/france-the-next-challenge-for-marquez-and-espargaro\/","title":{"rendered":"France the next challenge for M\u00e1rquez and Espargar\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, the MotoGP World Championship<\/strong> stops at the French track of Le Mans,<\/strong> a venue usually affected by unstable weather that puts premier class riders and crews to the test.<\/p>\n

At the narrow stop-and-go track -one of the slowest on the calendar-, Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong> has raced eight times in the premier class, achieving three victories \u2013in 2014, 2018 and 2019 \u2013 and a third place \u2013in 2013. The Repsol Honda Team<\/strong> rider arrives at Le Mans ninth in the overall standings with 44 points, 25 outside the Top 3.<\/p>\n

Pol Espargar\u00f3<\/strong> has also contested the French Grand Prix<\/strong> eight times in MotoGP,<\/strong> with a third place in the 2020 season his best result. He has also twice finished inside the Top 5 -in 2014 and 2016. This is one of his favourite tracks, and one where he has typically been fast in qualifying. He is 12th in the standings at present, with 35 points.<\/p>\n


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