It’s been a good day for the Leopard Racing Team, while Championship leader Sergio Garcia just about squeezed into the top 14
Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia picked up from where he left in the morning session with a dominant performance ensuring he takes Friday Free Practice honours at the SHARK Grand Prix de France in Le Mans. The Italian recorded the three fastest laps of the session for an impressive 1:41.680 to leave him 0.428s clear of title rival Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team), with teammate Tatsuki Suzuki in P3.
The second Free Practice session for the lightweight class took some time to spark into life, with only a select few improving their morning times early doors. Carlos Tatay was one of those, as the CFMoto Racing PruestelGP rider put in an early lap to go top for the session and second overall behind Foggia. The former Rookies Champion’s strategy paid off, as he sits comfortably fourth.
Foggia’s position on top of the combined standings began to come under threat as the grid came out for their final runs with less than 10 minutes to go, with red sectors popping up all across the timing screens. The Italian then showed his class to spin three laps which consolidated his position, and leave everyone else scrambling for a valuable Q2 place.
Who else sits inside the top 10?
Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team), Elia Bartolini (QJMOTOR Avintia Racing Team) and Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) are all comfortably among the provisional Q2 places following the end of their runs. They are joined by Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) in the top 10, but a number of other riders will be looking over their shoulders come FP3.
Championship leader Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) didn’t get off to the…