2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2018 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 19 races in the; 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 May 2018
Official name	HJC Helmets 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	Johann Zarco
Time	1:31.185
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:32.312 on lap 17
Podium
First	Marc Márquez
Second	Danilo Petrucci
Third	Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia
Time	1:36.188
Fastest lap
Rider	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Time	1:36.959 on lap 7
Podium
First	Francesco Bagnaia
Second	Álex Márquez
Third	Joan Mir
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:42.039
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:41.754 on lap 7
Podium
First	Albert Arenas
Second	Andrea Migno
Third	Marcos Ramírez

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.

Classification

MotoGP

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

Moto2

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

Moto3

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

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	95
2	Maverick Viñales	59
3	Johann Zarco	58
4	Valentino Rossi	56
5	Danilo Petrucci	54
6	Jack Miller	49
7	Andrea Iannone	47
8	Cal Crutchlow	46
9	Andrea Dovizioso	46
10	Dani Pedrosa	29

Moto2

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	98
2	Miguel Oliveira	73
3	Álex Márquez	67
4	Lorenzo Baldassarri	64
5	Mattia Pasini	58
6	Xavi Vierge	52
7	Joan Mir	48
8	Marcel Schrötter	37
9	Brad Binder	37
10	Iker Lecuona	23

Moto3

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marco Bezzecchi	63
2	Fabio Di Giannantonio	59
3	Arón Canet	56
4	Jorge Martín	55
5	Andrea Migno	45
6	Marcos Ramírez	37
7	Niccolò Antonelli	37
8	Philipp Öttl	36
9	Jakub Kornfeil	36
10	Enea Bastianini	33

Notes

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

References

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

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[4] 1.7-second penalty.

[6p-5] 6-place grid penalty.

[6] 2-second penalty.

[7] 1.8-second penalty.

[8] 1.3-second penalty.

[9] Back of the grid start penalty.

[motorsportmagazine.com-1] "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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