# 2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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### 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.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Maverick Viñales | 85 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 68 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 62 |
| 4 | Marc Márquez | 58 |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | 55 |
| Pos. | 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

| Pos. | 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

| Pos. | 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 |