With the MotoE class not having raced at Le Mans before, experience proved vital and Jordi Torres used his to claim E-Pole ahead of the first of two races to decide the title in France.
Fabio Quartararo enjoys a drama-free morning in a dramatic FP3 session that saw six accidents, including one for Joan Mir that leaves him in Q1 this afternoon
After wet weather on Friday, world championship leader Quartararo took over at the top during a dry FP3 for the French MotoGP at Le Mans. There were falls during the session for Rins, Marquez, Miller, Rossi and Mir.
Valentino Rossi's own opening day at Le Mans may have passed without incident, but he had barely removed his helmet after MotoGP FP2 when brother Luca Marini was sent flying through the air by a massive highside in the Moto2 session.
"I think my team thought there was something wrong so they put ‘box, box’ on my dashboard..." - off-track moments and eventually a high-side scupper Brad Binder's progress in France
Not for the first time this season, MotoGP title contenders Maverick Vinales and Joan Mir exchanged some hand signals after crossing paths on track during day one of the French Grand Prix.
Johann Zarco admits he was worried his tangle with Andrea Dovizioso days before Ducati 2021 MotoGP rider announcement would have counted against his factory chances
Bradley Smith began what could be his final race weekend of the season by putting Aprilia at the top of the timesheets on his last lap of a wet opening practice for the French MotoGP.
Jack Miller slides his way to the top of the timesheets in second free practice for the French MotoGP at Le Mans, +0.7s up on Takaaki Nakagami and Johann Zarco
Miller leads Friday practice for the French MotoGP at Le Mans. After a fully wet morning session, a damp track and spots of rain greeted the riders this afternoon.
Smith causes a surprise by putting Aprilia fastest at the very end of a wet opening practice for the French MotoGP at Le Mans. Despite 16 crashes in the previous Moto3 session, there were no fallers in MotoGP.
Yamaha has revealed that six of its MotoGP group members, including YZR-M1 Project Leader Takahiro Sumi, will be unable to attend this weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans.
Joan Mir maintains he won't consider himself a title challenger until he wins his first MotoGP race... and that can only be achieved if qualifying improves
Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir say they won't expect team orders to play a factor in any title battle until the moment it is necessary, and insist they would help in return if needed too
All four Yamaha riders have featured on the MotoGP podium this season, with three of them winning races. But with six rounds to go, a split in their championship fortunes is threatening to form.
Having dropped outside the world championship top ten following a third DNF of the season in Catalunya, Pol Espargaro approaches the final six MotoGP races of his KTM career with a simple target; 'try to win as many as possible'.
After seeing his podium and perhaps victory hopes scuppered by a fall in Catalunya, Valentino Rossi's first target at this weekend's French MotoGP is to recreate the speed that kept him in Fabio Quartararo's wheeltracks in Barcelona.
After eight unpredictable rounds, have a small group of riders finally emerged as true 2020 MotoGP title contenders? The top eight in the world championship were all covered by 25 points heading into the recent Catalunya round.