The local hero knows he can’t beat the Ducatis on outright pace, but hopes to outwit them on what could be a drizzly Sunday at Le Mans

Fabio Quartararo set himself up for a perfect home race weekend by snatching a second consecutive MotoGP pole position from Marc Marquez at Le Mans on Saturday morning. The Yamaha rider repeated his Jerez performance by defeating the factory Ducati fair and square in Q2.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo smashed the lap record in front of a sellout crowd at Le Mans on Saturday as the Frenchman snatched pole position from Ducati's Marc Marquez for the French Grand Prix.