(Motorsport-Total.com) – The French Grand Prix was supposed to take place in Le Mans on May 17th. It would have been the sixth MotoGP race of the season, but due to the corona pandemic none of the planned races has taken place so far. For quite some time, the racing scene has shifted to the virtual as an alternative.
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The MotoGP stars compete against each other for the fourth time on PlayStation zoom
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Three races have already taken place. The MotoGP stars first fought in Mugello and then in Spielberg hot duels. The third event in Jerez then included the MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 classes for the first time. The fourth virtual race is now scheduled for next Sunday. In Misano, MotoE will compete for the first time alongside the premier class.
The MotoE race will cover a distance of five laps on the Italian circuit. This corresponds to 50 percent of the real race distance. There are nine laps scheduled for MotoGP. That is 35 percent of the original distance. Both classes have a short qualifying session before the race. The broadcast starts on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
The field of participants is led by the two Marquez brothers. This time Yamaha is also in full line-up with Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales. Ducati relies on test drivers Michele Pirro and Suzuki on Joan Mir. This time KTM is not represented in the field. MotoE features German Lukas Tulovic and Swiss Dominique Aegerter.
The complete starter lists of the two classes:
MotoGP
Repsol-Honda: Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez
Ducati: Michele Pirro
Yamaha: Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales
Suzuki: Joan Mir
Petronas-Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo
Pramac: Francesco Bagnaia
LCR-Honda: Takaaki Nakagami
Avintia: Tito Rabat
Aprilia: Lorenzo Savadori
MotoE
Gresini: Matteo Ferrari
Avintia: Eric Granado
Marc VDS: Mike Di Meglio
LCR: Xavier Simeon
SIC58: Mattia Casadei
IntactGP: Dominique Aegerter
Tech 3: Lukas Tulovic
Pons: Jordi Torres
Aspar: Alejandro Medina
Follow the virtual Grand Prix via live stream
The game will be played via PlayStation with the current MotoGP video game this year, which was released on April 23. The starting shot is at 3:00 p.m. CEST, with MotoE starting this time, followed by the premier class. There is a qualifying session before each race, but only the highlights are shown.
The whole show is on motogp.com and esport.motogp.com as well as the corresponding social media platforms free of charge. Broadcasts in Germany and Austria servusmotogp.com the virtual Grand Prix in the stream.
When the action is over, there will be a press conference for each class as in the case of a normal racing weekend. This can be found on the official Instagram account the MotoGP be tracked. MotoGP is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and MotoE for 5:00 p.m. CEST.
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