Solid start for McPhee at soaking Le Mansposted in OTHER19 | 05 | 2017

    SCOTLAND’S FASTEST MAN on two wheels, John McPhee, aims to bag a sizeable points haul in the latest round of the Moto3 World Championship at Le Mans.

    The 23-year-old from Oban, who started the season with podium finishes in Qatar and Argentina, came unstuck last time out when he crashed in Texas.

    But the feisty Scot’s assault on the classic Le Mans Bugatti circuit in France didn’t get off to the best start when he slithered off his British Talent Team Honda in the wet conditions during the opening two Free Practice sessions.

    McPhee’s best lap in first practice kept him 14th on the timesheets on a 1:52.137, set on Lap 11 of 12.

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    The Scot suffered a low drama lowside in the morning and again in the afternoon in a more difficult FP2 that saw him in P24 with a small problem, but ended the day satisfied with his pace despite the challenging conditions.

    “When I was on the bike I was fast,” McPhee, who heads into the weekend fourth in the title race. 25 points off the lead, said. “This is important, but obviously not the way I wanted the weekend to start, with two crashes on Day 1.

    “Thankfully there’s not much damage after both crashes. We had an issue in FP2 which held me back and unfortunately we didn’t get to the bottom of it yet, but it’s looking like track conditions will be much better tomorrow so that’s really when the weekend will officially start for us.”

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    Jim McGill

     

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