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:
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.
Riders' Championship standings 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 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 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 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
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