2026 French MotoGP, Le Mans - Race Results

Jorge Martin hunts down Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi to win the 2026 French Grand Prix and close to within one point of the MotoGP title lead.

While Bezzecchi snatched the holeshot, Martin fought through from seventh.

Martin attacked for the lead with three laps to go, sealing his first Aprilia grand prix victory and completing a perfect double after Saturday’s Sprint win.

Catching both in the closing laps was Trackhouse star Ai Ogura, who completed an all-Aprilia top three with his debut MotoGP podium.

Lone factory Ducati rider Pecco Bagnaia crashed out of second place with ten laps to go.

• Le Mans: New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standings

After an earlier rain shower, the circuit dried for the 2pm MotoGP start time.

However, the cool conditions caused a dilemma for tyre choice. Most stuck with the hard front used in the Sprint, but seven riders - including Fabio Quartararo - switched to the soft.

Riding in a special livery for his final home appearance for Monster Yamaha, Quartararo raised a roar from the grandstands by snatching an early second place behind Bezzecchi.

But Pedro Acosta and Bagnaia overtook the Frenchman a few laps later, with pole qualifier Bagnaia then passing the KTM on lap 7 of 27.

The leading trio – Bezzecchi, Bagnaia and Acosta – were almost two-seconds clear when Sprint winner Martin passed Fabio di Giannantonio for fourth place on lap 9.

Unable to repeat Saturday’s storming start, Martin had to battle from seventh on the opening lap.

The Spaniard moved into a podium place when Bagnaia crashed out of second, then passed Acosta for second.

Bezzecchi was only 1.0s ahead with nine laps to go, setting up the RS-GP showdown.

Further back, last year’s historic home winner Johann Zarco was forced wide by Raul Fernandez on the opening lap and dropped to 15th.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s Pramac Yamaha engine expired on the way to the grid, forcing the WorldSBK champion to switch to his spare bike, which was hastily changed from wet settings on the grid.

Alex Marquez crashed out at the first chicane early in the race. The Gresini rider was later joined on the DNF list by Honda rookie Diogo Moreira, Bagnaia, Joan Mir (from sixth) and Brad Binder.

Franco Morbidelli was instructed to drop one place for unspecified contact.

Marc Marquez missed the race after fracturing a bone in his right foot during a massive Sprint race highside.

The reigning world champion has returned to Madrid where he will undergo surgery today on both the foot injury and a damaged screw in his right shoulder, the legacy of last year’s Indonesian accident.

The screw has been touching Marquez’s radial nerve, causing ongoing arm problems this season. Surgery was planned after next weekend’s Catalan round, Marquez revealed, but has now been brought forwards.

Tech3’s Maverick Vinales is already sidelined after shoulder surgery for a similar screw issue and was replaced this weekend by Jonas Folger, returning to grand prix action for the first time since 2023.

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Warm-up:

Update: Rain soaked the Le Mans circuit shortly after warm-up, but the track had dried in time for the Moto2 race...

Jorge Martin leads warm-up for the 2026 French MotoGP at Le Mans, then falls during a bike swap practice!

After two days of sunshine, rain is a threat throughout today, with cool and overcast conditions greeting the riders for the ten-minute session.

As such, all riders tried bike swaps in case of a flag-to-flag race.

But when Martin leapt from his RS-GP at the end session his mechanic didn’t have chance to grab the machine, which fell over.

Martin - who finished the session ahead of Alex Marquez, Raul Fernandez and rookie Diogo Moreira - was quick to apologise.

If rain arrives for the race, it will be the first wet session of the weekend.

Marc Marquez has been declared unfit after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during a nasty Sprint race highside.

The reigning champion is to undergo surgery on his foot and shoulder, having brought forward a planned operation to fix a damaged screw that is touching the radial nerve in his right shoulder.

Marquez is also ruled out of next weekend’s home Catalan round.

Tech3’s Maverick Vinales continues to be sidelined after shoulder surgery for a similar screw issue and has been replaced by Jonas Folger, returning to grand prix action for the first time since 2023.

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Official Le Mans MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 29.288s (2026)

Fastest race lap: Enea Bastianini, Ducati, 1m 31.107s (2025)