13:48
Aldeguer gets fifth from Vinales.
Johann Zarco, LCR Honda, 2025 French MotoGP
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2025 French MotoGP as it happened
Lap-by-lap updates from the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix.
Johann Zarco sensationally won the French MotoGP, his home race.
11 May 2025
13:49
Lap 21/26
Five laps to go. Zarco's lead is 15.5s clear of Marc Marquez now.
13:48
Crash - Miguel Oliveira
Oliveira has crashed at the last corner. That's a big warning for the others about the conditions.
13:47
Six laps to go
Before a dream result on home turf for France's Johann Zarco.
Johann Zarco
13:47
Lap 20/26
Zarco's lead grows again to 14.5s over Marc Marquez.
13:47
The gap between Marc and Alex Marquez has come down. It's now 3.1s.
13:46
The rain is really coming down harder now. This could turn the race on its head yet again.
13:45
Lap 19//26
Zarco ticks off another lap and is 13.4s clear in the lead now.
13:45
Fair play to Aldeguer. He's paid attention to what's happened around him and is riding well in a race situation he hasn't experience before.
13:44
Aldeguer gets sixth from Oliveira at Turn 6.
13:44
Zarco's lead is 12.5s now over Marc Marquez, who is 6.3s clear of Alex Marquez.
13:43
Lap 18/26
Looks like it is getting a bit wetter out there. Zarco does need to be careful here.
13:43
Marc Marquez was about a second slower than Zarco last time around. Does feel like he's riding clever here and thinking of the championship - shades of Assen 2016 when another satellite Honda won a flag-to-flag race.
13:42
Lap 17/26
Zarco's lead is now up to 12.4s over Marc Marquez, who is 5.9s clear of Alex Marquez.
13:41
Incident from earlier
Here's an image of Pecco Bagnaia crashing out.
You can see that LCR Honda's Johann Zarco was caught up in the clash, but somehow recovered to lead this race!
Pecco Bagnaia
13:41
Full credit to Zarco here. He stayed out on wets, survived a Turn 3 clash on lap one and is riding brilliantly.
13:40
Lap 16/26
Zarco is onto lap 16 and is 11.4s clear of Marc Marquez.
This could be the day Ducati is beaten for the first time since Austin last year. And the first victory for Honda since Alex Rins at Austin in 2023!
13:40
Oliveira is fighting back, though. Maybe this medium rear tyre is going to come back for him as the softs around him wear. The drier it gets, the better that medium will work.
13:39
Lap 15/26
Zarco's lead is almost 11 seconds at the start of lap 15. Vinales has taken fifth from Oliveira.
13:38
Bez, Bastianini, Bagnaia and Morbidelli are all a lap down.
Quartararo, Miller, Mir and Binder are out.
13:38
The order is Zarco, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Acosta, Oliveira, Vinales, Aldeguer, Nakagami, Fernandez, Savadori, Di Giannantonio, Ogura, Marini, Rins and Bezzecchi.
13:37
Lap 14/26
Zarco leads still by 9.7s now!
13:36
A replay of the opening lap shows Bastianini ran onto the T3 kerbs and wiped Bagnaia out, which sent him into Mir - who actually hit Zarco off the road.
13:36
One has to wonder, with Alex Marquez dropping away, Bagnaia a lap down, is Marc Marquez just playing it safe. These will be 20 massive points if he can hold them.
13:35
Can Johann Zarco complete a dream win?
Frenchman Johann Zarco surprisingly leads the French MotoGP at Le Mans, on Lap 13 of 26.
Johann Zarco
