15:00
Zarco has been bumped out of Q2 thanks to a couple of improvers.
Johann Zarco, LCR Honda, 2025 Spanish MotoGP
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2025 French MotoGP: Friday practice as it happened
Live text coverage of Friday practice at the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix
The sixth round of the 2025 MotoGP season takes place on 9-11 May at Le Mans with the French Grand Prix.
The championship battle has once again been reset after a dramatic Spanish GP two weeks ago.
A maiden victory for Gresini Ducati's Alex Marquez sees him lead the championship again by a point, capitalising on a second grand prix crash for factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez at Jerez.
Marc Marquez held his hands up to his mistake and admits he cannot continue to make them given the speed he has shown all year so far.
Le Mans has been a happy hunting ground for Ducati, with it unbeaten at the French GP venue since 2020. In the last three years, it has been a place of victory for satellite Ducati riders - something Alex Marquez will hope to continue this weekend.
Pecco Bagnaia is confident that changes made to his Ducati in a recent test will help him find the form he needs to take a step forward.
He comes into the French GP 20 points off the championship lead after finishing third at Jerez.
Home fans will be expecting more big things from Fabio Quartararo, after the Yamaha rider scored a first podium since 2023 last time out in Spain having also qualified on pole.
The crowd will also be hoping to see Johann Zarco up at the sharp end, as he looks to strengthen his case to make a move to the factory Honda team next season.
Honda will field a wildcard in the form of Takaaki Nakagami this weekend, while LCR's Somkiat Chantra is out with injury.
FP1 begins at 9:50am GMT, while Practice is at 2pm GMT.
09 May 2025
15:19
Practice report
Read the full Practice report from the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix here
15:05
Practice Results
15:01
Marc Marquez smashes lap record to top Practice
Marc Marquez holds onto top spot with a new lap record of 1m29.855s, while Quartararo thrills the French crowd in second for Yamaha.
Bagnaia is third from Aldeguer and Alex Marquez, while Miller was sixth. Acosta, Vinales, Morbidelli and Bezzecchi completed the top 10.
15:00
Chequered flag
Chequered flag is out. Some riders still on good laps.
14:59
Quartararo jumps up to second with a 1m30.032s.
14:59
Crash - Brad Binder
Binder has also crashed and is out of Q2.
14:58
Crash - Johann Zarco
Zarco is down at Turn 9. That's put him in danger of dropping into Q1. He's currently 10th. Yellow flags will cost other people too.
14:57
Aldeguer running well in third. He's got the measure of his team-mate Alex Marquez so far.
14:57
Bagnaia finds more time to a 1m30.039s, which is a big lap from him.
14:55
Bagnaia has moved up to third with a 1m30.342s.
14:55
Top 10 with five minutes to go is:
- M.Marquez
- Quartararo
- Vinales
- Bagnaia
- A.Marquez
- Aldeguer
- Zarco
- Morbidelli
- Bezzecchi
- Miller
14:52
Quartararo deserves an immense amount of credit because he's the only rider within 0.4s of Marc Marquez. Vinales is 0.680s behind, Bagnaia is 0.812s behind.
14:50
But Marc Marquez blows the doors off with a 1m29.855s to set a new lap record!
14:50
Quartararo goes top with a 1m30.222s to go from 10th to first.
14:49
Quartararo was on a strong lap but backed out of it.
14:48
Crash - Maverick Vinales
Vinales has gone down at Turn 9. He's fine and is bolting back to pitlane.
14:46
Vinales narrowly misses top spot with a 1m30.535s.
14:45
The switch to fresh soft rubber has happened and Vinales is up to second with a 1m30.571s.
14:43
The French crowd is giving Mir a big cheer as he runs up pitlane.
14:42
Crash - Joan Mir
Joan Mir has gone down at the penultimate corner. He's fine.
14:40
Just over 20 minutes to go, so we should be seeing everyone switching to fresh rubber soon.
14:32
Still pretty competitive out there. Ducati leading, KTM second, Yamaha third.
14:29
Quartararo's pace is seriously impressive. He's just put in a 1m30.993s on a 12-lap soft tyre.
14:25
Marc Marquez sets the fastest lap of the day with a 1m30.530s. Nothing wrong with his used tyre pace then!
