Home Hero Johann Zarco Secures Pole at the MotoGP Grand Prix of France

The nail-biting session was one of the few times where Marc Marquez has been visibly worried about his lack of pace, even if the Spaniard still delivered a marvelous second place and could realistically maintain a faster pace than Zarco during tomorrow's race. As it's been the case in 2018, it was an independent rider and team who rounded up the top three, with Danilo Petrucci with his Alma Pramac Racing Ducati. At the end of the session, the top three riders were separated by less than two-tenths of a second.

A bit further back on the grid were the Suzuki and Ducatis of Andrea Iannone, Andrea Dovizioso, and teammate Jorge Lorenzo in fourth, fifth, and sixth place. Dovizioso's excitement of having just renewed his contract with Ducati for another two years didn't exactly translate into performance, but tomorrow's race will surely present the Italian and his world-champion teammate with new opportunities to shine.

The Yamaha duo of Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi could only manage to secure the eighth and ninth place on the grid, while Honda Repsol's Dani Pedrosa had to settle with 10th and independent superstar Cal Crutchlow 13th.

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