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| Race 5 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 May 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 20 May 2018.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 93 |  Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 41:49.773 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 |  Danilo Petrucci | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +2.310 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +5.350 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 43 |  Jack Miller | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +6.314 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +7.419 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +10.355 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +23.758 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 27 | +25.795 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +26.206 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +27.937 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +32.304 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +34.962 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +37.881 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +38.299 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +41.986 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +45.260 | 21 | |
| 17 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 27 | +56.872 | 24 | |
| 18 | 10 |  Xavier Siméon | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:12.117 | 23 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 53 | Tito Rabat | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 10 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 5 |  Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 8 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 1 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
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| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 25 | 40:40.162 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 25 | +2.709 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 25 | +4.865 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 |  Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 25 | +7.041 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 25 | +9.811 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 25 | +9.943 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 13 | Romano Fenati | Kalex | 25 | +12.293 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Speed Up | 25 | +14.585 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 |  Brad Binder | KTM | 25 | +15.429 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Suter | 25 | +17.228 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Kalex | 25 | +18.809 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 25 | +19.541 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sam Lowes | KTM | 25 | +21.112 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 25 | +23.510 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 25 | +25.996 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 64 |  Bo Bendsneyder | Tech 3 | 25 | +29.267 [N 1] | 21 | |
| 17 | 4 | Steven Odendaal | NTS | 25 | +32.493 | 25 | |
| 18 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 25 | +44.006 | 11 | |
| 19 | 16 |  Joe Roberts | NTS | 25 | +45.609 | 17 | |
| 20 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Kalex | 25 | +45.840 | 27 | |
| 21 | 52 | Danny Kent | Speed Up | 25 | +46.052 | 31 | |
| 22 | 66 |  Niki Tuuli | Kalex | 25 | +48.371 | 29 | |
| 23 | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | KTM | 25 | +54.304 | 24 | |
| 24 | 19 | Corentin Perolari | TransFIORmers | 25 | +57.478 | 32 | |
| 25 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 25 | +1:07.712 | 22 | |
| 26 | 18 |  Xavi Cardelús | Kalex | 25 | +1:21.756 | 33 | |
| 27 | 80 | Cédric Tangre | Tech 3 | 25 | +1:36.542 | 35 | |
| Ret | 21 | Federico Fuligni | Kalex | 10 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 14 | Héctor Garzó | Tech 3 | 10 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 8 | Accident Damage | 3 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 6 | Accident Damage | 20 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 5 | Accident Damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 51 |  Eric Granado | Suter | 1 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1 | Shoulder Pain | 30 [N 2] | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Kalex | 0 | Retired | 19 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 22 | 37:40.056 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 22 | +0.160 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 22 | +0.709 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 22 | +0.811 [N 3] | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 22 | +2.305 [N 4] | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 22 | +5.487 [N 5] | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 22 | +7.577 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 22 | +11.190 | 28 [N 6] | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 22 | +11.517 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 22 | +11.704 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 22 | +12.011 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | John McPhee | KTM | 22 | +12.073 | 27 [N 2] | 4 |
| 13 | 76 |  Makar Yurchenko | KTM | 22 | +12.358 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 22 | +12.481 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 22 | +12.746 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 22 | +12.808 | 24 | |
| 17 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 22 | +14.397 | 25 | |
| 18 | 22 | Kazuki Masaki | KTM | 22 | +28.015 | 16 | |
| 19 | 72 | Alonso López | Honda | 22 | +36.479 | 17 | |
| 20 | 41 |  Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 22 | +59.917 | 23 | |
| 21 | 11 | Livio Loi | KTM | 22 | +1:07.363 | 20 | |
| Ret | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | KTM | 21 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 21 | Collision | 1 | |
| Ret | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 21 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 20 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Honda | 14 | Accident Damage | 10 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 9 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 3 | Accident | 22 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
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