Pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo sukses merebut pole position dalam sesi kualifikasi MotoGP Prancis yang digelar di Sirkuit Le Mans pada hari Sabtu (7/5).
Sang juara dunia bertahan ini diikuti oleh pebalap Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez di posisi kedua dan pebalap tim pabrikan Ducati Corse, Andrea Iannone di posisi ketiga.
Sementara itu posisi keempat dan kelima masing-masing ditempati oleh pebalap Monster Yamaha Tech 3, Pol Espargaro dan pebalap tim pabrikan Ducati Corse lainnya, Andrea Dovizioso.
Hasil sesi kualifikasi MotoGP Prancis 2016:
1. Jorge Lorenzo - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (1m 31.975s)
2. Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team (1m 32.416s)
3. Andrea Iannone - Ducati Team (1m 32.469s)
4. Pol Espargaro - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (1m 32.502s)
5. Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team (1m 32.587s)
6. Bradley Smith - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (1m 32.820s)
7. Valentino Rossi - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (1m 32.829s)
8. Maverick ViƱales - Team Suzuki Ecstar (1m 32.933s)
9. Cal Crutchlow - LCR Honda (1m 32.963s)
10. Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (1m 33.102s)
11. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team (1m 33.109s)
12. Aleix Espargaro - Team Suzuki Ecstar (1m 33.115s)
13. Hector Barbera - Avintia Racing (1m 33.291s)
14. Scott Redding - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (1m 33.310s)
15. Yonny Hernandez - Aspar MotoGP Team (1m 33.360s)
16. Eugene Laverty - Aspar MotoGP Team (1m 33.452s)
17. Stefan Bradl - Factory Aprilia Gresini (1m 34.003s)
18. Jack Miller - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (1m 34.049s)
19. Alvaro Bautista - Factory Aprilia Gresini (1m 34.333s)
20. Tito Rabat - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (1m 34.348s)
21. Loris Baz - Avintia Racing (1m 34.455s) (cn/kny)