BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
T
he tides are indeed turning in MotoGP with the young guard
coming to the fore. Le Mans was a perfect example of that as
Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Ducati) took the 1000th Grand
Prix held since 1949 by putting on a display that belied his sopho
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more status, romping home to the Sunday Grand Prix race win by a
comfortable 4.2 seconds over Prima Pramac Racing Ducati's duo of
Jorge Martin and French home hero Johann Zarco.
Martin would, however, enjoy the first laugh of the weekend with his
maiden Sprint race win on the Saturday at Le Mans over the man who
is fast becoming the Sprint Race go-to—Red Bull KTM's Brad Binder—
and World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team).
But there was so much more to the weekend than that.
ROUND 5 / MAY 12-14, 2023
LE MANS / LE MANS, FRANCE
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P80
"Bye!" Marco Bezzecchi hit
the front early on and then no
one saw which way he went.
CRASH, BANG, WALLOP
Le Mans played host to the 1000th Grand Prix and while Marco
look second rate, the weekend almost doubled as a demolition
