The 2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, was the third round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 May 2010 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. From second on the grid, Jorge Lorenzo overhauled Valentino Rossi who was runner-up, to take the first back-to-back wins of his career.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 44:29.114 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +5.672 1 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +7.872 7 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +9.346 5 13 5 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +12.613 3 11 6 33 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +21.918 11 10 7 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +29.288 6 9 8 40 Héctor Barberá Páginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 28 +33.128 15 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Team Ducati 28 +33.493 10 7 10 58 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +33.805 13 6 11 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +34.346 14 5 12 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +37.123 8 4 13 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team Ducati 28 +55.061 16 3 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 6 Retirement 9 Ret 11 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Accident 12 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2 Accident 4 DNS 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Did not start Sources:
Moto2 classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Moriwaki 26 43:29.277 7 25 2 60 Julián Simón Suter 26 +1.336 9 20 3 3 Simone Corsi Motobi 26 +2.831 8 16 4 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 26 +4.880 14 13 5 2 Gábor Talmácsi Speed Up 26 +13.293 19 11 6 40 Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex 26 +13.415 6 10 7 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Bimota 26 +14.294 12 9 8 10 Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki 26 +14.554 5 8 9 65 Stefan Bradl Suter 26 +23.503 35 7 10 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 26 +23.687 10 6 11 45 Scott Redding Suter 26 +23.959 21 5 12 68 Yonny Hernández BQR-Moto2 26 +24.955 24 4 13 52 Lukáš Pešek Moriwaki 26 +25.068 22 3 14 25 Alex Baldolini I.C.P. 26 +26.023 28 2 15 71 Claudio Corti Suter 26 +28.765 13 1 16 6 Alex Debón FTR 26 +32.240 3 17 59 Niccolò Canepa Force GP210 26 +33.607 18 18 41 Arne Tode Suter 26 +34.789 26 19 12 Thomas Lüthi Moriwaki 26 +43.180 17 20 63 Mike Di Meglio Suter 26 +43.522 29 21 61 Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 26 +47.761 34 22 53 Valentin Debise ADV 26 +51.571 38 23 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 26 +59.692 33 24 5 Joan Olivé Promoharris 26 +59.939 37 25 88 Yannick Guerra Moriwaki 26 +1:07.377 40 26 8 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 26 +1:16.171 32 27 21 Vladimir Leonov Suter 26 +1:16.528 41 28 95 Mashel Al Naimi BQR-Moto2 26 +1:20.977 39 29 76 Bernat Martínez Bimota 26 +1:22.982 36 30 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 24 +2 laps 30 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Suter 16 Retirement 27 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Motobi 7 Collision 31 Ret 48 Shoya Tomizawa Suter 7 Collision 15 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 6 Accident 4 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Moriwaki 6 Accident 11 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Force GP210 6 Collision 16 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Tech 3 5 Accident 20 Ret 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 5 Mechanical 23 Ret 9 Kenny Noyes Promoharris 4 Accident 1 Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 4 Accident 2 Ret 17 Karel Abraham FTR 1 Collision 25 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 24 41:52.280 2 25 2 40 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +0.957 1 20 3 93 Marc Márquez Derbi 24 +4.428 4 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 24 +4.736 12 13 5 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 24 +5.143 5 11 6 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 24 +5.847 3 10 7 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 24 +11.047 10 9 8 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Aprilia 24 +11.165 6 8 9 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 24 +37.808 8 7 10 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 24 +39.585 11 6 11 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 24 +40.519 9 5 12 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 24 +40.817 15 4 13 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 24 +42.149 13 3 14 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 24 +44.741 7 2 15 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 24 +46.320 16 1 16 5 Alexis Masbou Aprilia 24 +46.503 18 17 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 24 +46.979 17 18 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 24 +59.626 20 19 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 24 +59.770 23 20 50 Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 24 +1:04.405 21 21 69 Louis Rossi Aprilia 24 +1:05.731 22 22 60 Michael van der Mark Lambretta 24 +1:28.928 25 23 82 Kévin Szalaï Honda 24 +1:47.143 28 24 81 Grégory Di Carlo Honda 23 +1 lap 27 25 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Aprilia 23 +1 lap 24 26 83 Morgan Berchet Honda 23 +1 lap 26 Ret 72 Marco Ravaioli Lambretta 18 Retirement 29 Ret 51 Riccardo Moretti Aprilia 16 Retirement 14 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 6 Accident 19 OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 70 2 Valentino Rossi 61 3 Andrea Dovizioso 42 4 Dani Pedrosa 40 5 Nicky Hayden 39
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 75 2 Honda 52 3 Ducati 39 4 Suzuki 13
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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