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2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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France  2018 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date20 May 2018
Official nameHJC Helmets Grand Prix de France[1]
LocationBugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:31.185
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:32.312 on lap 17
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Time 1:36.188
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex
Time 1:36.959 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Second Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Third Spain Joan Mir Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:42.039
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:41.754 on lap 7
Podium
First Spain Albert Arenas KTM
Second Italy Andrea Migno KTM
Third Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM

The 2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 20 May 2018.

Marc Márquez, celebrating with his flag after winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 41:49.773 2 25
2 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +2.310 3 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +5.350 9 16
4 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +6.314 7 13
5 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +7.419 10 11
6 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 27 +10.355 6 10
7 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +23.758 8 9
8 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 27 +25.795 13 8
9 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +26.206 12 7
10 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +27.937 15 6
11 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +32.304 18 5
12 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +34.962 14 4
13 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +37.881 16 3
14 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +38.299 17 2
15 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +41.986 19 1
16 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +45.260 21
17 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 27 +56.872 24
18 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 27 +1:12.117 23
Ret 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 10 Accident 22
Ret 53 Spain Tito Rabat Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 10 Accident 11
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 8 Accident 1
Ret 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 4 Accident 5
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 1 Accident 20
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0 Accident 4
Sources: [1][2][3]

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25 40:40.162 1 25
2 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 25 +2.709 6 20
3 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 25 +4.865 4 16
4 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +7.041 5 13
5 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 25 +9.811 2 11
6 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 25 +9.943 10 10
7 13 Italy Romano Fenati Kalex 25 +12.293 12 9
8 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 25 +14.585 14 8
9 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 25 +15.429 8 7
10 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Suter 25 +17.228 23 6
11 40 Spain Héctor Barberá Kalex 25 +18.809 13 5
12 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 25 +19.541 16 4
13 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 25 +21.112 7 3
14 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 25 +23.510 9 2
15 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 25 +25.996 18 1
16 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 25 +29.267[N 1] 21
17 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 25 +32.493 25
18 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 25 +44.006 11
19 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 25 +45.609 17
20 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 25 +45.840 27
21 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Speed Up 25 +46.052 31
22 66 Finland Niki Tuuli Kalex 25 +48.371 29
23 3 Germany Lukas Tulovic KTM 25 +54.304 24
24 19 France Corentin Perolari TransFIORmers 25 +57.478 32
25 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +1:07.712 22
26 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús Kalex 25 +1:21.756 33
27 80 France Cédric Tangre Tech 3 25 +1:36.542 35
Ret 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 10 Accident 28
Ret 14 Spain Héctor Garzó Tech 3 10 Accident 26
Ret 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 8 Accident Damage 3
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 6 Accident Damage 20
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 5 Accident Damage 15
Ret 51 Brazil Eric Granado Suter 1 Accident 34
Ret 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 1 Shoulder Pain 30[N 2]
Ret 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Kalex 0 Retired 19
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 22 37:40.056 5 25
2 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 22 +0.160 9 20
3 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 22 +0.709 4 16
4 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 22 +0.811[N 3] 8 13
5 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +2.305[N 4] 7 11
6 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 22 +5.487[N 5] 2 10
7 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 22 +7.577 13 9
8 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 22 +11.190 28[N 6] 8
9 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 22 +11.517 14 7
10 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 22 +11.704 19 6
11 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 22 +12.011 12 5
12 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 22 +12.073 27[N 2] 4
13 76 Kazakhstan Makar Yurchenko KTM 22 +12.358 18 3
14 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 22 +12.481 21 2
15 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 22 +12.746 11 1
16 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 22 +12.808 24
17 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 22 +14.397 25
18 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 22 +28.015 16
19 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 22 +36.479 17
20 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 22 +59.917 23
21 11 Belgium Livio Loi KTM 22 +1:07.363 20
Ret 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 21 Collision 6
Ret 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 21 Collision 1
Ret 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 21 Accident 26
Ret 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 20 Accident 3
Ret 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 14 Accident Damage 10
Ret 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 9 Accident 15
Ret 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 3 Accident 22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ 1.7-second penalty.
  2. ^ a b 6-place grid penalty.
  3. ^ 2-second penalty.
  4. ^ 1.8-second penalty.
  5. ^ 1.3-second penalty.
  6. ^ Back of the grid start penalty.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2018 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.


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