Sam Lowes heads into qualifying for the French Moto2 as the cautious rider to beat as he held onto his spot at the top of the timesheets at a damp Le Mans.
With a cool, misty start to the day ensuring a damp start to proceedings for Saturday morning's P3 session, the sketchy conditions ruled out any chance for riders to get close to Friday's benchmarks.
As such, there was no change at the top with Lowes - winner last time out from pole position at Jerez - holding firm ahead of KTM Ajo's Pedro Acosta and SpeedUp's Alonso Lopez. Filip Salac (QJmoto Gresini) and Celestino Vietti (Fantic Racing) complete the top five.
Despite the conditions, the session itself unfolded without major drama with only two fallers, Vietti and Fantic team-mate Borja Gomez the culprits.
With conditions improving enough for some to venture out on slick tyres in the closing stages, Honda Team Asia's Somkiat Chantra led the way on the P3 timesheets, ahead of Marc VDS' Tony Arbolino and American Racing's Sean Dylan Kelly, the US rider showing strongly.
Of the Brits, Lowes kept his running to a minimum en route to ninth, Jake Dixon chose against venturing out and Rory Skinner was an encouraging 15th best on the second of the American Racing machines.
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French Moto2 | Combined Practice Results
P1 + P2 + P3 Times Combined | Le Mans
| 2023 French Moto2 | Le Mans, France | Combined Practice Results | Round 5 of 20 | |||||
| Pos | Name | Nat. | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing | Kalex | 1m 36.178 |
| 2 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 1m 36.183 |
| 3 | Alonso Lopez | ESP | SpeedUp Racing | Boscoscuro | 1m 36.271 |
| 4 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini | Kalex | 1m 36.477 |
| 5 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | Kalex | 1m 36.491 |
| 6 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Autosolar GasGas Aspar | Kalex | 1m 36.514 |
| 7 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing | Kalex | 1m 36.637 |
| 8 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Asia | Kalex | 1m 36.650 |
| 9 | Albert Arenas | ESP | Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 1m 36.844 |
| 10 | Manuel Gonzalez | JPN | Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp | Kalex | 1m 36.929 |
| 11 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Asia | Kalex | 1m 36.934 |
| 12 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | Pons Wegow Los40 | Kalex | 1m 36.951 |
| 13 | Aron Canet | ESP | Pons Wegow Los40 | Kalex | 1m 36.975 |
| 14 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1m 37.001 |
| 15 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1m 37.050 |
| 16 | Fermin Aldeguer | ESP | SpeedUp Racing | Boscoscuro | 1m 37.097 |
| 17 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | Kalex | 1m 37.107 |
| 18 | Marcos Ramirez | ESP | Forward Team | Forward | 1m 37.111 |
| 19 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Husqvarna IntactGP | Kalex | 1m 37.181 |
| 20 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | Kalex | 1m 37.194 |
| 21 | Jeremy Alcoba | ESP | QJMOTOR Gresini | Kalex | 1m 37.258 |
| 22 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina SAG Team | Kalex | 1m 37.294 |
| 23 | Izan Guevara | ESP | Autosolar GasGas Aspar | Kalex | 1m 37.485 |
| 24 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | Kalex | 1m 37.511 |
| 25 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Pertamina SAG Team | Kalex | 1m 37.593 |
| 26 | Senna Agius | AUS | Husqvarna IntactGP | Kalex | 1m 38.007 |
| 27 | Borja Gomez | ESP | Fantic Racing | Kalex | 1m 38.580 |
| 28 | Rory Skinner | GBR | American Racing | Kalex | 1m 38.722 |
| 29 | Alex Escrig | ESP | Forward Team | Forward | 1m 39.575 |
| W | Kohta Nozane | JPN | Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp | Kalex | |
2023 French Moto2 | Practice 3 Results
Le Mans | Conditions - Damp, Cool
| 2023 French Moto2 | Le Mans, France | Practice 3 Results | Round 5 of 20 | |||||
| Pos | Name | Nat. | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Asia | Kalex | 1m 39.171 |
| 2 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing | Kalex | 1m 39.755 |
| 3 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | Kalex | 1m 40.388 |
| 4 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini | Kalex | 1m 40.610 |
| 5 | Aron Canet | ESP | Pons Wegow Los40 | Kalex | 1m 41.279 |
| 6 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Husqvarna IntactGP | Kalex | 1m 41.365 |
| 7 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1m 41.414 |
| 8 | Jeremy Alcoba | ESP | QJMOTOR Gresini | Kalex | 1m 41.591 |
| 9 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing | Kalex | 1m 41.770 |
| 10 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | Kalex | 1m 41.777 |
| 11 | Marcos Ramirez | ESP | Forward Team | Forward | 1m 41.887 |
| 12 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Asia | Kalex | 1m 42.659 |
| 13 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | Kalex | 1m 43.014 |
| 14 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 1m 43.505 |
| 15 | Rory Skinner | GBR | American Racing | Kalex | 1m 44.085 |
| 16 | Alonso Lopez | ESP | SpeedUp Racing | Boscoscuro | 1m 44.114 |
| 17 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | Kalex | 1m 44.236 |
| 18 | Albert Arenas | ESP | Red Bull KTM Ajo | Kalex | 1m 44.922 |
| 19 | Fermin Aldeguer | ESP | SpeedUp Racing | Boscoscuro | 1m 45.164 |
| 20 | Borja Gomez | ESP | Fantic Racing | Kalex | 1m 45.465 |
| 21 | Manuel Gonzalez | JPN | Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp | Kalex | 1m 45.749 |
| 22 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | Pons Wegow Los40 | Kalex | 1m 46.126 |
| 23 | Izan Guevara | ESP | Autosolar GasGas Aspar | Kalex | 1m 46.238 |
| 24 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina SAG Team | Kalex | 1m 46.501 |
| 25 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1m 46.787 |
| 26 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Pertamina SAG Team | Kalex | 1m 46.977 |
| 27 | Alex Escrig | ESP | Forward Team | Forward | 1m 46.994 |
| 28 | Senna Agius | AUS | Husqvarna IntactGP | Kalex | 1m 47.139 |
| 29 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Autosolar GasGas Aspar | Kalex | No Time |
| W | Kohta Nozane | JPN | Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp | Kalex | |
