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2023 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2023 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Grand Prix de France) was the fifth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the first round of the 2023 MotoE World Championship. All races (except for both MotoE races which were held on 13 May) were held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 14 May 2023. The weekend marked the 1000th round of Grand Prix motorcycle racing since its inception in 1949.[1][2]

France  2023 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13–14 May 2023
Official nameShark Grand Prix de France
LocationBugatti Circuit
Le Mans, France
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Time 1:30.705
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati
Time 1:31.855 on lap 15
Podium
First Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati
Second Spain Jorge Martín Ducati
Third France Johann Zarco Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:35.791
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Pedro Acosta Kalex
Time 1:36.068 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex
Second Czech Republic Filip Salač Kalex
Third Spain Alonso López Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Time 1:41.630
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Time 1:41.476 on lap 18
Podium
First Spain Daniel Holgado KTM
Second Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Third Spain Jaume Masià Honda
MotoE Race 1
Pole position
Rider Italy Matteo Ferrari Ducati
Time 1:40.971
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Matteo Ferrari Ducati
Time 1:40.350 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Jordi Torres Ducati
Second Spain Héctor Garzó Ducati
Third Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Ducati
MotoE Race 2
Pole position
Rider Italy Matteo Ferrari Ducati
Time 1:40.971
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Matteo Ferrari Ducati
Time 1:40.101 on lap 6
Podium
First Italy Matteo Ferrari Ducati
Second Spain Jordi Torres Ducati
Third Spain Héctor Garzó Ducati

Qualifying edit

MotoGP edit

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid 		Row
Q1[3] Q2[4]
1 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Qualified in Q2 1'30.705 1 1
2 93   Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:30.763 2
3 10   Luca Marini Ducati 1:31.268 1'30.842 3
4 43   Jack Miller KTM 1:31.343 1:30.984 4 2
5 89   Jorge Martín Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:31.023 5
6 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:31.120 6
7 72   Marco Bezzecchi Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:31.173 7 3
8 73   Álex Márquez Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:31.275 8
9 5   Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:31.298 9
10 33   Brad Binder KTM Qualified in Q2 1:31.445 10 4
11 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:31.523 11
12 37   Augusto Fernández KTM Qualified in Q2 1:31.596 12
13 20   Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:31.366 N/A 13 5
14 30   Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:31.545 N/A 14
15 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:31.718 N/A 15
16 36   Joan Mir Honda 1:31.810 N/A 16 6
17 21   Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:31.886 N/A 17
18 42   Álex Rins Honda 1:31.959 N/A 18
19 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1:32.092 N/A 19 7
20 32   Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:32.410 N/A 20
21 94   Jonas Folger KTM 1:33.605 N/A 21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint edit

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 13 May.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 89   Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 13 19:59.037 5 12
2 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 +1.840 10 9
3 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 13 +2.632 1 7
4 10   Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13 +3.418 3 6
5 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 +3.541 2 5
6 5   Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 13 +4.483 9 4
7 72   Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13 +5.224 7 3
8 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +6.359 11 2
9 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +8.336 6 1
10 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 13 +9.439 14
11 42   Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 13 +12.388 18
12 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 13 +14.125 15
13 21   Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 13 +15.121 17
14 36   Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 +15.383 16
15 73   Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 13 +15.593 8
16 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 13 +19.415 19
17 32   Lorenzo Savadori CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 13 +26.993 20
Ret 20   Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 9 Accident 13
Ret 94   Jonas Folger GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 8 Accident 21
Ret 37   Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 5 Accident 12
Ret 43   Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1 Accident 4
DNS 25   Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia Did not start
Fastest sprint lap:   Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) – 1:31.343 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT
  • Raúl Fernández withdrew after P1 due to arm pain experienced from a recent surgery.

Race edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 72   Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 27 41:37.970 7 25
2 89   Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +4.256 5 20
3 5   Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +4.795 9 16
4 37   Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 27 +6.281 12 13
5 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +6.726 11 11
6 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +13.638 10 10
7 20   Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +15.023 13 9
8 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 27 +15.826 15 8
9 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +16.370 14 7
10 21   Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +17.828 17 6
11 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 +29.735 19 5
12 32   Lorenzo Savadori CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 27 +36.135 20 4
13 94   Jonas Folger GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 27 +49.808 21 3
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Accident 2
Ret 43   Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 Accident 4
Ret 42   Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 14 Accident 18
Ret 36   Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 12 Accident 16
Ret 10   Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 5 Collision 3
Ret 73   Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 5 Collision 8
Ret 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Collision 1
Ret 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 4 Collision 6
WD 25   Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia Withdrew
Fastest lap:   Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) – 1:31.855 (lap 15)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2 edit

The race, scheduled to be run for 22 laps, was red-flagged during the second lap due to a multi-rider accident involving Manuel González, Albert Arenas, and Arón Canet. The race was later restarted over 14 laps with the original starting grid.

Pos. No. Biker Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 14   Tony Arbolino Kalex 14 22:34.233 3 25
2 12   Filip Salač Kalex 14 +0.620 4 20
3 21   Alonso López Boscoscuro 14 +1.537 2 16
4 13   Celestino Vietti Kalex 14 +2.193 6 12
5 96   Jake Dixon Kalex 14 +3.041 8 11
6 35   Somkiat Chantra Kalex 14 +4.175 7 10
7 7   Barry Baltus Kalex 14 +8.853 10 9
8 54   Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 14 +9.437 11 8
9 79   Ai Ogura Kalex 14 +10.696 16 6
10 11   Sergio García Kalex 14 +10.817 18 6
11 3   Lukas Tulovic Kalex 14 +11.588 15 5
12 16   Joe Roberts Kalex 14 +12.128 17 4
13 52   Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 14 +12.337 20 3
14 71   Dennis Foggia Kalex 14 +13.061 23 2
15 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 14 +13.695 1[a] 1
16 4   Sean Dylan Kelly Kalex 14 +14.633 19
17 24   Marcos Ramírez Forward 14 +18.244 21
18 64   Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 14 +19.880 14
19 8   Senna Agius Kalex 14 +22.615 24
20 84   Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 14 +22.684 22
21 19   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 14 +25.265 25
22 28   Izan Guevara Kalex 14 +25.347 28
23 72   Borja Gómez Kalex 14 +30.208 27
Ret 17   Álex Escrig Kalex 6 Retired 29
Ret 37   Pedro Acosta Kalex 4 Accident 5
Ret 33   Rory Skinner Kalex 4 Accident 26
DNS 18   Manuel González Kalex Did not restart 9
DNS 75   Albert Arenas Kalex Did not restart 12
DNS 40   Arón Canet Kalex Did not restart 13
Fastest lap:   Pedro Acosta (Kalex) – 1:36.068 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Biker Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 96   Daniel Holgado KTM 20 34:07.176 3 25
2 71   Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 20 +0.150 1 20
3 5   Jaume Masià Honda 20 +0.946 7 16
4 48   Iván Ortolá KTM 20 +1.113 6 12
5 6   Ryusei Yamanaka Gas Gas 20 +2.409 14 11
6 53   Deniz Öncü KTM 20 +2.521 4 10
7 43   Xavier Artigas CFMoto 20 +3.280 8 9
8 80   David Alonso Gas Gas 20 +9.372 25 8
9 99   José Antonio Rueda KTM 20 +11.930 11 7
10 82   Stefano Nepa KTM 20 +14.318 13 6
11 66   Joel Kelso CFMoto 20 +14.438 16 5
12 27   Kaito Toba Honda 20 +14.606 23 4
13 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 20 +15.077 24 3
14 38   David Salvador KTM 20 +16.937 12 2
15 95   Collin Veijer Husqvarna 20 +16.969 19 1
16 54   Riccardo Rossi Honda 20 +19.059 22
17 18   Matteo Bertelle Honda 20 +19.113 21
18 7   Filippo Farioli KTM 20 +19.410 17
19 55   Romano Fenati Honda 20 +19.665 9
20 22   Ana Carrasco KTM 20 +30.369 27
21 64   Mario Aji Honda 20 +30.541 18
22 70   Joshua Whatley Honda 20 +30.794 26
Ret 72   Taiyo Furusato Honda 19 Accident 15
Ret 10   Diogo Moreira KTM 10 Accident 2
Ret 19   Scott Ogden Honda 8 Accident 20
Ret 16   Andrea Migno KTM 6 Accident 5
Ret 63   Syarifuddin Azman KTM 2 Accident 10
Fastest lap:   Ayumu Sasaki (Honda) – 1:41.476 (lap 18)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

MotoE edit

Race 1 edit

Pos. No. Biker Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 81   Jordi Torres 8 13:29.947 3 25
2 4   Héctor Garzó 8 +0.092 2 20
3 3   Randy Krummenacher 8 +7.539 4 16
4 21   Kevin Zannoni 8 +7.827 8 13
5 78   Hikari Okubo 8 +9.138 12 11
6 53   Tito Rabat 8 +10.933 13 10
7 34   Kevin Manfredi 8 +11.198 5 9
8 61   Alessandro Zaccone 8 +12.488 11 8
9 72   Alessio Finello 8 +14.578 14 7
10 23   Luca Salvadori 8 +14.818 15 6
11 8   Mika Pérez 8 +18.177 16 5
12 6   María Herrera 8 +24.739 17 4
Ret 11   Matteo Ferrari 4 Accident 1
Ret 40   Mattia Casadei 3 Accident 7
Ret 77   Miquel Pons 3 Accident 9
Ret 9   Andrea Mantovani 3 Accident 10
Ret 29   Nicholas Spinelli 2 Accident 6
Fastest lap:   Matteo Ferrari – 1:40.350 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.1 REPORT
  • All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

Race 2 edit

Pos. No. Biker Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Matteo Ferrari 8 13:28.079 1 25
2 81   Jordi Torres 8 +0.712 3 20
2 4   Héctor Garzó 8 +1.693 2 16
4 40   Mattia Casadei 8 +3.145 7 13
5 29   Nicholas Spinelli 8 +3.781 6 11
6 9   Andrea Mantovani 8 +6.052 10 10
7 3   Randy Krummenacher 8 +6.555 4 9
8 21   Kevin Zannoni 8 +7.517 8 8
9 61   Alessandro Zaccone 8 +10.143 11 7
10 78   Hikari Okubo 8 +13.561 12 6
11 72   Alessio Finello 8 +13.622 14 5
12 77   Miquel Pons 8 +16.803 9 4
13 23   Luca Salvadori 8 +17.771 15 3
14 8   Mika Pérez 8 +18.908 16 2
15 6   María Herrera 8 +21.219 17 1
16 53   Tito Rabat 8 +58.583 13
Ret 34   Kevin Manfredi 5 Accident 5
Fastest lap:   Matteo Ferrari – 1:40.101 (lap 6)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.2 REPORT
  • All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

Championship standings after the race edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[5][6][7][8]

MotoGP edit

Moto2 edit

Moto3 edit

MotoE edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Started from pit lane

References edit

  1. ^ "1000 and counting: Le Mans to host 1000th Grand Prix!". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "From 1949 to 2023: a short journey through 1000 GPs". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  4. ^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  8. ^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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