MotoGP French GP: Martin smashes lap record for pole in crash-strewn qualifying
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With Enea Bastianini setting a new lap record to get through Q1, the tone was set for the first sub-1m30s lap of the Le Mans circuit. Martin did so on his second flying lap with a 1m29.919s, which would ultimately cement him pole as the closing moments of Q2 turned into a crash-fest. The Pramac rider tumbled at Turn 4 late on, while factory Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia slid off at Turn 9 while he was up on Martin’s best lap through the second sector. There were also crashes for Aleix...

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