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After a wet cold Friday, Le Mans greeted the lightweight class with a dry track on Friday, although the temperature was still not particularly impressive. Regardless, the improved conditions saw improved laptimes across the board from the very beginning of FP3. Gabriel Rodrigo was the early leader, keen to make an impression on the timesheets before sitting out the final 15 minutes of the session through a penalty earned in Barcelona. With the Argentine rider stuck in his garage as the final shootout got underway, Raul Fernandez reclaimed his position of master of practice sessions to top FP3 by half a tenth from Celestino Vietti. Romano Fenati in third was another two tenths down, while Andrea Migno and Tony Arbolino completed the top five.

Albert Arenas kept close in sixth, ahead of Ayumu Sasaki as the final man within half a second of the leader. John McPhee spent most of the session outside of the top ten but made a late jump into eighth, joined by Jaume Masia and Sergio Garcia in the top ten. The final tickets directly into Q2 went to Carlos Tatay, Stefano Nepa, Darryn Binder and Ai Ogura, the championship leader just about holding onto a precious top 14 position.

Rodrigo held onto a place in Q2 until the final set of flying laps, when he got pushed all the way down to 20th position. Kaito Toba also spend much of the session inside the top positions but a late crash at turn 2 cost him dearly and dropped him to 21st. FP1 leader Filip Salac also had a 15 min penalty to serve and poor timing meant that his fastest lap got cancelled for being posted within those 15 minutes, dropping him to 27th position.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 25 Raul Fernandez KTM 1’42.153    
2 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 1’42.198 0.045 0.045
3 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 1’42.431 0.278 0.233
4 16 Andrea Migno KTM 1’42.545 0.392 0.114
5 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 1’42.553 0.400 0.008
6 75 Albert Arenas KTM 1’42.572 0.419 0.019
7 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 1’42.593 0.440 0.021
8 17 John McPhee Honda 1’42.662 0.509 0.069
9 5 Jaume Masia Honda 1’42.669 0.516 0.007
10 11 Sergio Garcia Honda 1’42.741 0.588 0.072
11 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 1’42.793 0.640 0.052
12 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 1’42.859 0.706 0.066
13 40 Darryn Binder KTM 1’42.895 0.742 0.036
14 79 Ai Ogura Honda 1’43.010 0.857 0.115
15 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 1’43.030 0.877 0.020
16 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 1’43.040 0.887 0.010
17 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 1’43.067 0.914 0.027
18 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 1’43.086 0.933 0.019
19 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 1’43.096 0.943 0.010
20 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 1’43.098 0.945 0.002
21 27 Kaito Toba KTM 1’43.165 1.012 0.067
22 21 Alonso Lopez Husqvarna 1’43.221 1.068 0.056
23 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 1’43.381 1.228 0.160
24 70 Barry Baltus KTM 1’43.652 1.499 0.271
25 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 1’43.680 1.527 0.028
26 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 1’43.967 1.814 0.287
27 12 Filip Salac Honda 1’44.081 1.928 0.114
28 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 1’44.157 2.004 0.076
29 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 1’44.459 2.306 0.302
30 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 1’44.658 2.505 0.199
31 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 1’45.547 3.394 0.889



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