Nicholas Spinelli won both races of the French MotoE Grand Prix held on Saturday in Le Mans. Thus, he now has three victories in four races this season, but he is still second in the championship, just two points behind the new leader – Mattia Casadei.
The pole position was taken by Héctor Garzó (Dynavolt Intact GP), who led at the end of the first lap in the first race before being overtaken by Spinelli. The Italian managed to lead every lap until the checkered flag, although the margins were not considerable. Garzó was in the podium fight until he crashed five laps from the end.
This left Casadei (LCR E-Team) in third place, but the Italian eventually lost it to Kevin Zannoni (Openbank Aspar) on the penultimate lap, having to settle for third place. Spinelli won with a 1.353s gap over Zannoni. Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar) finished fourth.
In the second race, Spinelli also prevailed. The Italian was already leading the race at the end of the first lap and, after spending some time in second place, he overtook Casadei to return to the top on the fourth lap.
The fight lasted until the end, with Spinelli managing to withstand Casadei’s pressure to cross the finish line with a 0.139s margin. Óscar Gutiérrez (Axxis-MSI) closed the podium 0.410s behind, with Alessandro Zaccone (Tech3 E-racing) in fourth. Garzó crashed again, this time on the second lap.
Race 1 Results:
Nicholas Spinelli gets his second victory of 2024 👏
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It's an all Italian podium with @Kevin_Zannoni and Mattia Casadei 🙌#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/s8ez0BG4QY
Race 2 Results:
Two out of two in Le Mans 🥇🥇
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A perfect day for Nicholas Spinelli in #MotoE who finishes ahead of Casadei and Gutierrez 👏#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/9cjcXSNhwp