GREAT JOHN'S WEEKEND WITH HIS FIRST SEASON WIN
GRAND PRIX FROM FRANCE WITH A GOOD SCORE IN POSITION QUALIFY
McPhee During the practices, despite a minor crash in FP2, he was always in the top places to finish getting the pole position. He’s race start was very good and he was all the time in the leading group to launch his attack just few laps to the end and defend the first place till the finish line.
Kazuki Masaki did not feel totally comfortable during all the practices, but his performance in the race was really good. At the start, he placed himself in the second group but, just few laps from the end, they caught the main group that was fighting for the top placements. The progression of the Japanese riders throughout the weekend has been very positive.
It’s been a positive weekend for Makar Yurchenko who, despite a crash during FP2, qualified third in QP1 and could move to QP2. During the race, his pace vas very good and uniform for finish 11 seconds behind the winner and grab his first points of the season.
Xavi Cardelús had a positive performance during Friday, but on Saturday he had difficulties finding the correct set-up of his bike in the wet. In the race he was forced to retire five laps from the end due to physical problems when he was 23rd.
Lukas Tulovic excelled in the wet track conditions during practices and took the opportunity to achieve a good qualifying result. During the race he lost some positions and finished very close to the Top 15 that would have allowed him to add his first championship points
