2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2017 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the; 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	May 21, 2017
Official name	HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.185 km (2.600 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	1:31.994
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	1:32.309 on lap 28
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales
Second	Johann Zarco
Third	Dani Pedrosa
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	1:36.548
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Morbidelli
Time	1:36.836 on lap 21
Podium
First	Franco Morbidelli
Second	Francesco Bagnaia
Third	Thomas Lüthi
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:42.813
Fastest lap
Rider	Joan Mir
Time	1:42.485 on lap 3
Podium
First	Joan Mir
Second	Arón Canet
Third	Fabio Di Giannantonio

The 2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on May 21, 2017.

MotoGP race report

Yamaha riders clean swept the front row of the grid for the first time since the 2008 Qatar Grand Prix. Teammates Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi fought for the victory throughout, with the Italian crashing out for the final lap, and Viñales taking his third win for Yamaha in five races. Johann Zarco scored his first podium finish and became the first French rider in the MotoGP class to stand on the podium since Randy de Puniet in the 2009 British Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	28	43:29.793	1	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+3.134	3	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+7.717	13	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+11.223	6	13
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	28	+13.519	4	11
6	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+24.002	16	10
7	94	Jonas Folger	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+25.733	15	9
8	43	Jack Miller	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	28	+32.603	11	8
9	76	Loris Baz	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	28	+45.784	12	7
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	28	+48.332	17	6
11	53	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	28	+50.036	22	5
12	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	28	+52.661	8	4
13	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	28	+53.179	10	3
14	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	28	+55.432	21	2
15	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	28	+1:06.878	23	1
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	Accident	2
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	23	Engine	18
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	17	Accident	5
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	17	Oil Leak	19
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	7	Gearshift	7
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	5	Retired	9
Ret	8	Héctor Barberá	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	3	Retired	20
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	0	Accident	14
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	26	42:17.557	3	25
2	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	26	+1.714	2	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	26	+5.837	1	16
4	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	26	+6.212	6	13
5	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	26	+13.537	7	11
6	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	26	+14.945	5	10
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	26	+16.413	18	9
8	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	26	+16.681	14	8
9	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	26	+17.163	11	7
10	68	Yonny Hernández	Kalex	26	+17.605	13	6
11	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	26	+22.528	22	5
12	23	Marcel Schrötter	Suter	26	+22.909	9	4
13	88	Ricard Cardús	KTM	26	+23.801	15	3
14	11	Sandro Cortese	Suter	26	+24.322	10	2
15	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	26	+25.959	16	1
16	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	26	+26.116	12
17	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	26	+26.394	17
18	40	Fabio Quartararo	Kalex	26	+26.846	20
19	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	26	+28.506	26
20	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	26	+48.794	23
21	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	26	+49.354	27
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	26	+49.680	31
23	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	26	+49.913	25
24	47	Axel Bassani	Speed Up	26	+1:03.235	28
25	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	26	+1:03.801	30
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	25	Retired	19
Ret	6	Tarran Mackenzie	Suter	21	Accident	29
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	17	Handling	8
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	8	Accident Damage	21
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	7	Accident	24
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	0	Accident	4
DNS	27	Iker Lecuona	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was red-flagged due to oil being spilled onto the track resulting to a multiple rider crash in turn 4. The race was later restarted over 16 laps.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Joan Mir	Honda	16	27:37.830	8	25
2	44	Arón Canet	Honda	16	+4.252	12	20
3	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	16	+4.365	15	16
4	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	16	+4.469	7	13
5	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	16	+4.845	3	11
6	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	16	+5.463	11	10
7	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	16	+5.652	16	9
8	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	16	+5.821	23	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	16	+6.049	9	7
10	52	Danny Kent	KTM	16	+6.193	10	'6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Peugeot	16	+7.504	18	5
12	17	John McPhee	Honda	16	+8.741	25	4
13	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	16	+16.006	30	3
14	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Mahindra	16	+16.405	20	2
15	12	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	16	+16.514	21	1
16	11	Livio Loi	Honda	16	+16.639	13
17	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	16	+16.752	2
18	96	Manuel Pagliani	Mahindra	16	+16.996	14
19	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	16	+17.046	27
20	6	María Herrera	KTM	16	+17.206	29
21	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	16	+28.501	28
22	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	16	+33.398	24
23	4	Patrik Pulkkinen	Peugeot	16	+42.059	31
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	15	Accident	17
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	14	Accident	22
Ret	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	14	Accident	26
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	11	Accident	6
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	10	Retired	1
Ret	5	Romano Fenati	Honda	7	Accident	4
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	3	Accident	5
DNS	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	0	Did not restart	19
DNS	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Maverick Viñales	85
2	Dani Pedrosa	68
3	Valentino Rossi	62
4	Marc Márquez	58
5	Johann Zarco	55

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	108
2	Honda	95
3	Ducati	72
4	Suzuki	22
5	Aprilia	19

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Franco Morbidelli	100
2	Thomas Lüthi	80
3	Álex Márquez	62
4	Miguel Oliveira	59
5	Francesco Bagnaia	53
6	Takaaki Nakagami	41
7	Dominique Aegerter	37
8	Xavi Vierge	32
9	Luca Marini	31
10	Simone Corsi	27

Moto3

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Joan Mir	99
2	Romano Fenati	65
3	Arón Canet	63
4	Jorge Martín	59
5	John McPhee	53
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	51
7	Andrea Migno	43
8	Marcos Ramírez	36
9	Juan Francisco Guevara	34
10	Enea Bastianini	31

Notes

References

^ "2017 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
^ "2017 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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[1] "2017 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.

[2] "2017 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[3] "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[4] "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[5] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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