13:19
Marc Marquez and Aldeguer touched at Turn 7. Alex Marquez takes long lap, as does Aldeguer and Vinales. Marc Marquez leads from Quartararo.
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
13:20
Crash - Quartararo, Binder
Quartararo and Binder hae crashed out.
That is a disaster. The rain is getting heavier.
13:19
Bagnaia has been lapped.
13:19
Lap 4/26
Onto lap four, Alex Marquez leads Marc Marquez and Aldeguer. Vinales has passed Quartararo.
13:18
Alex marquez leads
13:18
Quartararo takes his. He's back in fourth.
13:18
Lap 3/26
Quartararo leads by a second from Alex Marquez and Marc Marquez.
Bastianini, Vinales and Morbidelli, Quartararo, the Marquez brothers, Vinales, Ogura have double long laps.
13:17
Alex Marquez has taken second from Marc Marquez at Turn 11.
13:16
Bagnaia has swapped bikes.
13:16
Lap 2/26
Quartararo leads Marc Marquez by 0.6s from Alex Marquez, Aldeguer and Acosta.
Marini, Bezzecchi and Rins in for dry tyres.
13:15
Bagnaia has rejoined.
13:14
Quartararo leads!
13:14
Crash - Pecco Bagnaia
Bagnaia is down again at Turn 3. He was caught up in an incident!
13:14
MotoGP French GP - Race start Lap 1/26
Marc Marquez leads into Turn 1 from Quartararo and Aldeguer.
13:13
Grid will form as it was, but a good few - including the front row - will have to serve a double long lap.
13:11
Warm-up lap underway, which means all those in pitlane - including Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo - will have to serve a double long lap in this race.
13:11
Almost everyone is in. A few have gone to the grid. They're going back to slicks.
13:10
Riders are coming back in!
13:10
Scrap that - it's Savadori on slicks, not Bezzecchi. And why not? He's starting second-to-last..
13:09
Scrap that - Marco Bezzecchi has gone out on slicks!
13:08
French GP - Restart
The pitlane is open and everyone is out on wet tyres.
13:08
We could well see a situation where someone comes in at the end of the new warm-up lap to go back to slicks!
13:07
Wet race declared, which means bike swaps can happen at any time.
13:05
Start update
The pitlane will open at 2:08pm local time for a quick start procedure, which means pitlane is open for just 60 seconds.
Everyone will form the grid with one mechanic there, then will head off on the warm-up lap.
Race distance reduced by a lap.
13:04
Rain is easing off, so this is still shaping up to be a flag-to-flag race. Not sure my fingers can keep up with that!
