The 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France) was the tenth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the ninth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship and the last race of the 2020 MotoE World Cup, which represent the end of the season for the MotoE class. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 11 October 2020.
Spaniard Jordi Torres won the MotoE World Cup in the second race.
Italian Danilo Petrucci won the MotoGP with a time of 45:54.736 on his Ducati. Notably, Spaniard Joan Mir, during a practice session, lost his balance on entering a left turn and slid on his side for about 50 metres before managing to use the momentum as he entered the gravel pit to seamlessly regain his footing and fluidly transfer his momentum into a running action.
Background Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. On 11 June, a new schedule based solely within Europe was announced. The French Grand Prix, originally scheduled for 17 May as the sixth Grand Prix of the season, was placed on 11 October.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After his victory in the Catalan Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo climbed to the top of the drivers' standings with 108 points, 8 points ahead of Joan Mir and 18 over Maverick Viñales. Andrea Dovizioso, previous leader of the classification, due to the accident with Johann Zarco in the Catalan race, fell to fourth place with 84 points, followed by Franco Morbidelli with 77 points.
In the team championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 185 points leads the Suzuki Ecstar Team Championship with 160. Monster Energy Yamaha is third with 148 points, followed by the Ducati Team and Pramac Racing with 123 and 118 points respectively.
MotoGP Entrants
Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.
Free practice MotoGP The first session took place in wet conditions and saw Bradley Smith as the fastest ahead of Johann Zarco and Danilo Petrucci. The second session was held in changing and mixed conditions between wet and dry, with Jack Miller the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Takaaki Nakagami. The third session had dry track conditions with Fabio Quartararo the fastest ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli.
Combined Free Practice 1-2-3 The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
BikersConstructorFP1FP2FP3120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:46.4941:35.489 1:32.319288 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:46.5181:35.8371:32.449321 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:44.4411:35.3691:32.476443 Jack MillerDucati1:44.132 1:34.3561:32.503535 Cal CrutchlowHonda1:44.6541:35.1411:32.55865 Johann ZarcoDucati1:43.9581:35.4081:32.631746 Valentino RossiYamaha1:44.5111:35.7671:32.640812 Maverick ViñalesYamaha1:44.1801:34.5001:32.648944 Pol EspargaróKTM1:44.7601:35.3741:32.660104 Andrea DoviziosoDucati1:44.1481:38.7261:32.6861133 Brad BinderKTM1:46.2451:40.4251:32.7391236 Joan MirSuzuki1:44.9801:35.3851:32.7921342 Álex RinsSuzuki1:44.8461:35.8381:33.2041463 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:44.7831:36.0121:33.2901553 Tito RabatDucati1:46.8561:40.1651:33.293169 Danilo PetrucciDucati1:44.0241:35.0541:33.2971773 Álex MárquezHonda1:44.9811:35.3371:33.3761841 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:45.0921:39.3611:33.4701930 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:46.4741:34.8571:33.4822027 Iker LecuonaKTM1:46.6181:36.1901:33.499216 Stefan BradlHonda1:36.4781:33.6862238 Bradley SmithAprilia 1:43.8041:36.9821:33.757 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Fastest session lap Personal Best lap
In the fourth session, Quartararo was the fastest ahead of Morbidelli and Viñales.
Qualifying MotoGP RiderConstructorRowQ1Q2120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:31.3151 1243 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:31.537239 Danilo PetrucciDucati1:31.9521:31.6743435 Cal CrutchlowHonda Qualified in Q21:31.6864 2512 Maverick ViñalesYamaha Qualified in Q21:31.719564 Andrea DoviziosoDucati Qualified in Q21:31.7226763 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:32.0541:31.7527 3844 Pol EspargaróKTM Qualified in Q21:31.795895 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:31.83291046 Valentino RossiYamaha Qualified in Q21:31.88910 41121 Franco MorbidelliYamaha Qualified in Q21:31.891111288 Miguel OliveiraKTM Qualified in Q21:32.009121330 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:32.179N/A13 51436 Joan MirSuzuki1:32.187N/A141541 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:32.539N/A151642 Álex RinsSuzuki1:32.757N/A16 61733 Brad BinderKTM1:32.766N/A171873 Álex MárquezHonda1:32.774N/A181938 Bradley SmithAprilia1:32.833N/A19 72027 Iker LecuonaKTM1:32.859N/A20216 Stefan BradlHonda1:32.861N/A212253 Tito RabatDucati1:33.610N/A22 8 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Warm-up MotoGP In the warm-up, Franco Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Cal Crutchlow.
Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points19 Danilo Petrucci Ducati TeamDucati26 45:54.736325273 Álex Márquez Repsol Honda TeamHonda26 +1.2731820344 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM26 +1.71181644 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati TeamDucati26 +3.91161355 Johann Zarco Esponsorama RacingDucati26 +4.310911688 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3KTM26 +4.4661210730 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IdemitsuHonda26 +5.92113986 Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda TeamHonda26 +15.597218920 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRTYamaha26 +16.687171012 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha26 +16.895561136 Joan Mir Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki26 +16.9801451233 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM26 +27.3211741363 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac RacingDucati26 +33.351731441 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia26 +39.1761521527 Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3KTM26 +51.087201NC42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki26 +1:14.19016Ret43 Jack Miller Pramac RacingDucati19 Engine2Ret21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRTYamaha18 Accident Damage11Ret35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda CastrolHonda17 Accident4Ret53 Tito Rabat Esponsorama RacingDucati14 Accident Damage22Ret38 Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia 8 Accident19Ret46 Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0 Accident10Fastest lap: Johann Zarco (Ducati) – 1:43.301 (lap 24) Sources:OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
Notes – Álex Rins is not classified due to finishing the race through pits.
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 25 41:27.648 2 25 2 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +3.822 3 20 3 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 25 +4.184 5 16 4 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 25 +5.884 14 13 5 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 +21.668 13 11 6 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 25 +29.197 1 10 7 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 25 +32.249 11 9 8 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +34.376 25 8 9 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 25 +35.392 23 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +35.521 18 6 11 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 25 +37.720 9 5 12 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 25 +37.910 15 4 13 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 25 +38.423 16 3 14 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 25 +43.464 10 2 15 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 25 +44.036 22 1 16 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 25 +44.217 12 17 10 Luca Marini Kalex 25 +59.550 6 18 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 25 +1:09.735 20 19 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 25 +1:09.751 24 20 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 25 +1:12.930 26 21 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +1:14.158 21 22 74 Piotr Biesiekirski NTS 24 +1 lap 29 Ret 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 20 Accident 8 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 18 Accident 17 Ret 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 15 Handling 19 Ret 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 5 Accident 27 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 4 Accident 7 Ret 88 Jorge Martín Kalex 2 Accident 4 DSQ 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 22 Disqualified 28 DNS 44 Arón Canet Speed Up Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT Arón Canet suffered a broken finger in a crash during warm-up and withdrew from the event.
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 22 37:37.384 10 25 2 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 22 +0.142 7 20 3 75 Albert Arenas KTM 22 +0.198 2 16 4 5 Jaume Masiá Honda 22 +0.336 1 13 5 16 Andrea Migno KTM 22 +0.569 13 11 6 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 22 +0.834 8 10 7 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 22 +1.361 4 9 8 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 22 +1.625 6 8 9 79 Ai Ogura Honda 22 +15.003 17 7 10 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 22 +15.139 15 6 11 11 Sergio García Honda 22 +15.269 5 5 12 12 Filip Salač Honda 22 +15.381 21 4 13 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 22 +15.574 11 3 14 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 22 +15.729 26 2 15 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 22 +17.743 14 1 16 70 Barry Baltus KTM 22 +18.991 31 17 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 22 +19.173 29 18 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 22 +25.148 18 19 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 22 +26.189 28 20 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 22 +26.360 24 21 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 22 +26.959 30 22 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 22 +30.306 27 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 Accident 19 Ret 17 John McPhee Honda 17 Accident 3 Ret 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 17 Accident 25 Ret 27 Kaito Toba KTM 17 Accident 16 Ret 40 Darryn Binder KTM 15 Electronics 12 Ret 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 12 Accident 22 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 7 Accident 20 Ret 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 6 Accident 9 Ret 21 Alonso López Husqvarna 6 Accident 23 OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
MotoE Race 1 The race, scheduled to be run for 7 laps, was red-flagged after a first-lap accident involving Mattia Casadei. The race was later restarted over 5 laps with the original starting grid. Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Jordi Torres 5 8:43.391 1 25 2 63 Mike Di Meglio 5 +0.116 3 20 3 66 Niki Tuuli 5 +0.557 10 16 4 16 Joshua Hook 5 +1.925 4 13 5 70 Tommaso Marcon 5 +4.296 14 11 6 51 Eric Granado 5 +4.590 9 10 7 6 María Herrera 5 +6.514 11 9 8 55 Alejandro Medina 5 +6.201 7 8 9 61 Alessandro Zaccone 5 +11.875 13 7 10 35 Lukas Tulovic 5 +12.419 15 6 11 18 Xavi Cardelús 5 +13.262 12 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis 5 +14.087 17 4 13 84 Jakub Kornfeil 5 +23.207 16 3 14 77 Dominique Aegerter 5 +59.643 5 2 Ret 11 Matteo Ferrari 0 Accident 2 Ret 7 Niccolò Canepa 0 Collision 6 Ret 10 Xavier Siméon 0 Collision 8 Ret 27 Mattia Casadei 0 Did not restart 18 OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 1 REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.
Race 2 Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 66 Niki Tuuli 7 12:09.631 3 25 2 63 Mike Di Meglio 7 +0.166 2 20 3 16 Joshua Hook 7 +1.294 4 16 4 77 Dominique Aegerter 7 +2.353 14 13 5 11 Matteo Ferrari 7 +6.017 15 11 6 40 Jordi Torres 7 +6.490 1 10 7 7 Niccolò Canepa 7 +10.066 16 9 8 10 Xavier Siméon 7 +10.472 17 8 9 6 María Herrera 7 +10.663 7 7 10 18 Xavi Cardelús 7 +11.101 11 6 11 35 Lukas Tulovic 7 +11.298 10 5 12 61 Alessandro Zaccone 7 +12.327 9 4 13 27 Mattia Casadei 7 +20.842 18 3 14 15 Alex de Angelis 7 +20.954 12 2 15 84 Jakub Kornfeil 7 +24.376 13 1 Ret 70 Tommaso Marcon 0 Accident 5 Ret 51 Eric Granado 0 Accident 6 Ret 55 Alejandro Medina 0 Accident 8 OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 2 REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.
Championship standings after the race Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.
MotoGP
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 115 2 Joan Mir 105 1 3 Andrea Dovizioso 97 1 4 Maverick Viñales 96 2 5 Takaaki Nakagami 81
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 151 2 2 KTM 125 3 Yamaha 120 2 4 Suzuki 118 5 Honda 92
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 165 2 3 Ducati Team 161 1 3 Petronas Yamaha SRT 155 2 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 135 2 5 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 134
Moto2
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Luca Marini 150 2 Enea Bastianini 135 3 Marco Bezzecchi 130 4 Sam Lowes 128 5 Jorge Martín 79
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 250 2 Speed Up 91 3 MV Agusta 24 4 NTS 9
Teams' Championship standings