2023 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2023 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 20 races in the; 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13–14 May 2023
Official name	Shark Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit; Le Mans, France
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.185 km (2.600 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia
Time	1:30.705
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Bezzecchi
Time	1:31.855 on lap 15
Podium
First	Marco Bezzecchi
Second	Jorge Martín
Third	Johann Zarco
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes
Time	1:35.791
Fastest lap
Rider	Pedro Acosta
Time	1:36.068 on lap 3
Podium
First	Tony Arbolino
Second	Filip Salač
Third	Alonso López
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ayumu Sasaki
Time	1:41.630
Fastest lap
Rider	Ayumu Sasaki
Time	1:41.476 on lap 18
Podium
First	Daniel Holgado
Second	Ayumu Sasaki
Third	Jaume Masià
MotoE Race 1
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Matteo Ferrari
Time	1:40.971
Fastest lap
Rider	Matteo Ferrari
Time	1:40.350 on lap 2
Podium
First	Jordi Torres
Second	Héctor Garzó
Third	Randy Krummenacher
MotoE Race 2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Matteo Ferrari
Time	1:40.971
Fastest lap
Rider	Matteo Ferrari
Time	1:40.101 on lap 6
Podium
First	Matteo Ferrari
Second	Jordi Torres
Third	Héctor Garzó

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]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[3]	Q2^[4]	Final grid	Row
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

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

MotoGP

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

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

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

Race 1

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

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

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Francesco Bagnaia	94
	2	Marco Bezzecchi	93
	3	Brad Binder	81
3	4	Jorge Martín	80
4	5	Johann Zarco	66

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	174
2	KTM	103
3	Aprilia	80
4	Honda	73
5	Yamaha	58

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	147
1	2	Prima Pramac Racing	146
1	3	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	130
	4	Ducati Lenovo Team	104
	5	Aprilia Racing	91

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Tony Arbolino	99
1	2	Pedro Acosta	74
1	3	Alonso López	61
2	4	Filip Salač	60
2	5	Arón Canet	52

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	125
	2	Boscoscuro	65

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	143
	2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	101
1	3	Lightech Speed Up	89
1	4	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	82
2	5	Pons Wegow Los40	75

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Daniel Holgado	84
1	2	Iván Ortolá	63
1	3	Jaume Masià	63
2	4	Diogo Moreira	55
	5	Xavier Artigas	50

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	KTM	120
	2	Honda	88
	3	CFMoto	50
1	4	Husqvarna	46
1	5	Gas Gas	46

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Leopard Racing	101
	2	Angeluss MTA Team	89
	3	Red Bull KTM Tech3	86
1	4	Red Bull KTM Ajo	70
2	5	Gaviota GasGas Aspar M3	63

MotoE

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jordi Torres	45
2	Héctor Garzó	36
3	Matteo Ferrari	25
4	Randy Krummenacher	25
5	Kevin Zannoni	21

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE	61
2	Openbank Aspar Team	50
3	Felo Gresini MotoE	37
4	Tech3 E-Racing	32
5	Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse	30

Notes

^ Started from pit lane

References

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

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 8 June 2023.

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[5] Started from pit lane

[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.

[6] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

[7] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

[8] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

[9] "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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