Live updates from the 2026 French MotoGP race at Le Mans, which is due to start at 14:00 local time.
Francesco Bagnaia starts the race from pole position after narrowly beating Marc Marquez to pole position on Saturday morning.
Marquez's crash yesterday leaves him absent from the grid today for a broken metatarsal. He will also have shoulder surgery that was already planned for after the Catalunya race next weekend, which he will also now miss.
No Marquez means everyone from third back in qualifying moves up a spot, which means a front row start for Fabio Di Giannantonio who started terribly from fourth yesterday, dropping to 14th before crashing early on at turn three.
Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi also moves up a position from third to second for today's grid, he will also be hoping to gain a position or two by the chequered flag, having been third yesterday - his first Sprint podium of the year.
Bezzecchi led into turn three yesterday but he was out-done around the outside by Jorge Martin, who led from that point until the end of the race for his second Sprint win of the season. Martin started eighth yesterday but will go from seventh today, arguably making the start more difficult for him since he will now be on the outside heading into turns one and two rather than in the middle of the grid, from where he was able to find so much space on the outside into turn three yesterday.
Marc Marquez is not the only absentee today, as Maverick Vinales also misses out through injury. The Spaniard hasn't raced since Brazil and is replaced this weekend by Jonas Folger.
Joan Mir suffered a laceration to his hand in his crash out of the French Grand Prix
Maio Meregalli says Yamaha can carry a "different mindset" away from the French GP after Fabio Quartararo's P6 today.
It was comfortably Quartararo and Yamaha's best result of the season, the previous best being 14th.
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It's a second French MotoGP win for Jorge Martin, his first grand prix win with Aprilia.
Bezzecchi takes second, then Ogura completes the podium - a first for Ogura.
Di Giannantonio beats Acosta to foruth, then Quartararo takes a fairly remarkable sixth.
Bastianini, Fernandez, Aldeguer, and Marini complete the top-10.
Martin is gone, 0.6s his gap already. Bezzecchi now coming under pressure from Ogura, 0.6s back to the Japanese.
Lap 25 and Martin leads, makes his move at turn three where he's been so effective all afternoon.
Three to go.
Martin all over Bezzecchi now for the lead with 4 to go.
Ogura up to third also on that lap, Acosta back to fourth.
Sector three is the key for Martin, took three tenths in that sector on lap 22. 0.5s is the gap.
Ogura now on Acosta's tail for third having passed Di Giannantonio a few laps ago.
Both Aprilias back to high-1:31s on that lap, but Martin again a tenth better.
Binder down now at turn seven.
Bezzecchi responds somewhat on lap 20 but Martin still a tenth faster.
Mir has crashed out.
Martin 0.5s faster than Bezzecchi that time and the gap is a second. This is all in Martin's hands, his pace is ridiculous.
Martin makes the move to P2 at turn three beginning lap 18. 10 laps for him to catch Bezzecchi, 1.6s the gap.
1.3s between Bezzecchi and Acosta, Bezzecchi a tenth better that time.
That Bagnaia crash really opens the door for Martin, who is 0.4s a lap faster than Bezzecchi on lap 16, but needs to clear Acosta.
As the pressure was mounting from Acosta, Bagnaia has gone down at turn three on lap 17. He seems okay but that's a good race for the Italian out the window.
Bagnaia fading. 0.9s his gap to the lead now, Martin within a second of him now, and Acosta really applying the pressure.
0.7s for Bezzecchi at the front, Martin closing in, though, 1.1s off the podium and 2s off the lead.
Moreira has gone down, looks like maybe turn seven. He seems to be okay.
Gap at the front has eeked back out to 0.7s. Martin closed in on Acosta that lap, 1.5s his deficit to the podium now.