2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2020 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 October 2020
Official name	Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit Le Mans, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:31.315 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Ducati Time 1:43.301 on lap 24 Podium First Danilo Petrucci Ducati Second Álex Márquez Honda Third Pol Espargaró KTM
Moto2
Pole position Rider Joe Roberts Kalex Time 1:36.256 Fastest lap Rider Augusto Fernández Kalex Time 1:37.011 on lap 22 Podium First Sam Lowes Kalex Second Remy Gardner Kalex Third Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jaume Masiá Honda Time 1:41.399 Fastest lap Rider Celestino Vietti KTM Time 1:41.690 on lap 10 Podium First Celestino Vietti KTM Second Tony Arbolino Honda Third Albert Arenas KTM
MotoE Race 1
Pole position Rider Jordi Torres Energica Time 1:43.843 Fastest lap Rider Niki Tuuli Energica Time 1:43.696 on lap 4 Podium First Jordi Torres Energica Second Mike Di Meglio Energica Third Niki Tuuli Energica
MotoE Race 2
Pole position Rider Jordi Torres Energica Time Winner of race 1 [N 1] Fastest lap Rider Niki Tuuli Energica Time 1:43.465 on lap 6 Podium First Niki Tuuli Energica Second Mike Di Meglio Energica Third Joshua Hook Energica

The 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France) was the tenth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the ninth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship and the last race of the 2020 MotoE World Cup, which represent the end of the season for the MotoE class. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 11 October 2020.

Spaniard Jordi Torres won the MotoE World Cup in the second race.

Italian Danilo Petrucci won the MotoGP with a time of 45:54.736 on his Ducati. Notably, Spaniard Joan Mir, during a practice session, lost his balance on entering a left turn and slid on his side for about 50 metres before managing to use the momentum as he entered the gravel pit to seamlessly regain his footing and fluidly transfer his momentum into a running action. ^[1]

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: 2020 MotoGP season § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in France

The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. On 11 June, a new schedule based solely within Europe was announced. The French Grand Prix, originally scheduled for 17 May as the sixth Grand Prix of the season, was placed on 11 October.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After his victory in the Catalan Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo climbed to the top of the drivers' standings with 108 points, 8 points ahead of Joan Mir and 18 over Maverick Viñales. Andrea Dovizioso, previous leader of the classification, due to the accident with Johann Zarco in the Catalan race, fell to fourth place with 84 points, followed by Franco Morbidelli with 77 points.

In the team championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 185 points leads the Suzuki Ecstar Team Championship with 160. Monster Energy Yamaha is third with 148 points, followed by the Ducati Team and Pramac Racing with 123 and 118 points respectively.

MotoGP Entrants

Further information: 2020 MotoGP season § Rider changes

• Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash. ^{[2] [3]}

Free practice

MotoGP

The first session took place in wet conditions and saw Bradley Smith as the fastest ahead of Johann Zarco and Danilo Petrucci. ^[4] The second session was held in changing and mixed conditions between wet and dry, with Jack Miller the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Takaaki Nakagami. ^[5] The third session had dry track conditions with Fabio Quartararo the fastest ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli. ^[6]

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Pos.	No.	Bikers	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1	FP2	FP3
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:46.494	1:35.489	1:32.319
2	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:46.518	1:35.837	1:32.449
3	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:44.441	1:35.369	1:32.476
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:44.132	1:34.356	1:32.503
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:44.654	1:35.141	1:32.558
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:43.958	1:35.408	1:32.631
7	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:44.511	1:35.767	1:32.640
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:44.180	1:34.500	1:32.648
9	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:44.760	1:35.374	1:32.660
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:44.148	1:38.726	1:32.686
11	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:46.245	1:40.425	1:32.739
12	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:44.980	1:35.385	1:32.792
13	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:44.846	1:35.838	1:33.204
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:44.783	1:36.012	1:33.290
15	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:46.856	1:40.165	1:33.293
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:44.024	1:35.054	1:33.297
17	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:44.981	1:35.337	1:33.376
18	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:45.092	1:39.361	1:33.470
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:46.474	1:34.857	1:33.482
20	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:46.618	1:36.190	1:33.499
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda		1:36.478	1:33.686
22	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:43.804	1:36.982	1:33.757
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Fastest session lap

Personal Best lap

In the fourth session, Quartararo was the fastest ahead of Morbidelli and Viñales. ^[7]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1 [8]	Q2 [9]
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.315	1	1
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:31.537	2
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:31.952	1:31.674	3
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:31.686	4	2
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.719	5
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:31.722	6
7	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:32.054	1:31.752	7	3
8	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:31.795	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:31.832	9
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.889	10	4
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.891	11
12	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:32.009	12
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:32.179	N/A	13	5
14	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:32.187	N/A	14
15	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:32.539	N/A	15
16	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:32.757	N/A	16	6
17	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:32.766	N/A	17
18	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:32.774	N/A	18
19	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:32.833	N/A	19	7
20	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:32.859	N/A	20
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:32.861	N/A	21
22	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:33.610	N/A	22	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Warm-up

MotoGP

In the warm-up, Franco Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Cal Crutchlow. ^[10]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	45:54.736	3	25
2	73	Álex Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+1.273	18	20
3	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+1.711	8	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	+3.911	6	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	26	+4.310	9	11
6	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	26	+4.466	12	10
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	26	+5.921	13	9
8	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+15.597	21	8
9	20	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	26	+16.687	1	7
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+16.895	5	6
11	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	26	+16.980	14	5
12	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+27.321	17	4
13	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	+33.351	7	3
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	26	+39.176	15	2
15	27	Iker Lecuona	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	26	+51.087	20	1
NC 1	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	26	+1:14.190	16
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	Ducati	19	Engine	2
Ret	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	18	Accident Damage	11
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	17	Accident	4
Ret	53	Tito Rabat	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	14	Accident Damage	22
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	8	Accident	19
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0	Accident	10
Fastest lap: Johann Zarco (Ducati) – 1:43.301 (lap 24)
Sources: [11] [12] [13]

Notes

• ^1 – Álex Rins is not classified due to finishing the race through pits.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	41:27.648	2	25
2	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	25	+3.822	3	20
3	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	25	+4.184	5	16
4	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+5.884	14	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+21.668	13	11
6	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	25	+29.197	1	10
7	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	25	+32.249	11	9
8	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+34.376	25	8
9	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+35.392	23	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+35.521	18	6
11	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	25	+37.720 [N 2]	9	5
12	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	25	+37.910	15	4
13	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	25	+38.423	16	3
14	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	25	+43.464	10	2
15	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	25	+44.036	22	1
16	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	25	+44.217	12
17	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	25	+59.550	6
18	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	25	+1:09.735	20
19	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	25	+1:09.751	24
20	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	25	+1:12.930	26
21	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	25	+1:14.158	21
22	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	NTS	24	+1 lap	29
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	20	Accident	8
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	18	Accident	17
Ret	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	15	Handling	19
Ret	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	5	Accident	27
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	4	Accident	7
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	2	Accident	4
DSQ	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	22	Disqualified [N 3]	28
DNS	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Arón Canet suffered a broken finger in a crash during warm-up and withdrew from the event.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	22	37:37.384	10	25
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	22	+0.142	7	20
3	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	22	+0.198	2	16
4	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	22	+0.336	1	13
5	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+0.569	13	11
6	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	22	+0.834	8	10
7	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	22	+1.361	4	9
8	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	22	+1.625	6	8
9	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	22	+15.003	17	7
10	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	22	+15.139	15	6
11	11	Sergio García	Honda	22	+15.269	5	5
12	12	Filip Salač	Honda	22	+15.381	21	4
13	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	22	+15.574	11	3
14	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	22	+15.729	26	2
15	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	22	+17.743	14	1
16	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	22	+18.991	31
17	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	22	+19.173	29
18	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	22	+25.148	18
19	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	22	+26.189	28
20	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	22	+26.360	24
21	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	22	+26.959	30
22	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	22	+30.306	27
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	18	Accident	19
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	17	Accident	3
Ret	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	17	Accident	25
Ret	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	17	Accident	16
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	15	Electronics	12
Ret	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	12	Accident	22
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	7	Accident	20
Ret	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	6	Accident	9
Ret	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	6	Accident	23
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

MotoE

Race 1

The race, scheduled to be run for 7 laps, was red-flagged after a first-lap accident involving Mattia Casadei. ^[14] The race was later restarted over 5 laps with the original starting grid.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Jordi Torres	5	8:43.391	1	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	5	+0.116	3	20
3	66	Niki Tuuli	5	+0.557	10	16
4	16	Joshua Hook	5	+1.925	4	13
5	70	Tommaso Marcon	5	+4.296	14 [N 4]	11
6	51	Eric Granado	5	+4.590	9	10
7	6	María Herrera	5	+6.514	11	9
8 [N 5]	55	Alejandro Medina	5	+6.201	7	8
9	61	Alessandro Zaccone	5	+11.875	13	7
10	35	Lukas Tulovic	5	+12.419	15	6
11	18	Xavi Cardelús	5	+13.262	12	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	5	+14.087	17	4
13	84	Jakub Kornfeil	5	+23.207 [N 2]	16	3
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	5	+59.643	5	2
Ret	11	Matteo Ferrari	0	Accident	2
Ret	7	Niccolò Canepa	0	Collision	6
Ret	10	Xavier Siméon	0	Collision	8
Ret	27	Mattia Casadei	0	Did not restart	18
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 1 REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	66	Niki Tuuli	7	12:09.631	3	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	7	+0.166	2	20
3	16	Joshua Hook	7	+1.294	4	16
4	77	Dominique Aegerter	7	+2.353	14	13
5	11	Matteo Ferrari	7	+6.017	15	11
6	40	Jordi Torres	7	+6.490	1	10
7	7	Niccolò Canepa	7	+10.066	16	9
8	10	Xavier Siméon	7	+10.472	17	8
9	6	María Herrera	7	+10.663	7	7
10	18	Xavi Cardelús	7	+11.101	11	6
11	35	Lukas Tulovic	7	+11.298	10	5
12	61	Alessandro Zaccone	7	+12.327	9	4
13	27	Mattia Casadei	7	+20.842	18	3
14	15	Alex de Angelis	7	+20.954	12	2
15	84	Jakub Kornfeil	7	+24.376 [N 2]	13	1
Ret	70	Tommaso Marcon	0	Accident	5
Ret	51	Eric Granado	0	Accident	6
Ret	55	Alejandro Medina	0	Accident	8
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 2 REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 115 2 Joan Mir 105 1 3 Andrea Dovizioso 97 1 4 Maverick Viñales 96 2 5 Takaaki Nakagami 81

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 151 2 2 KTM 125 3 Yamaha 120 [a] 2 4 Suzuki 118 5 Honda 92

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 165 2 3 Ducati Team 161 1 3 Petronas Yamaha SRT 155 [b] 2 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 135 2 5 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 134 [c]

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Luca Marini 150 2 Enea Bastianini 135 3 Marco Bezzecchi 130 4 Sam Lowes 128 5 Jorge Martín 79

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 250 2 Speed Up 91 3 MV Agusta 24 4 NTS 9

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 280 1 2 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 177 1 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 151 4 Italtrans Racing Team 140 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 128

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Albert Arenas 135 1 2 Ai Ogura 129 2 3 Celestino Vietti 119 4 Tony Arbolino 115 2 5 John McPhee 98

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 KTM 212 1 2 Honda 211 3 Husqvarna 61

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 2 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 166 1 2 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 161 1 3 Leopard Racing 146 2 4 Rivacold Snipers Team 135 1 5 Honda Team Asia 129

MotoE

	Pos.	Rider	Points
2	1	Jordi Torres	114
1	2	Matteo Ferrari	97
1	3	Dominique Aegerter	97
4	4	Mike Di Meglio	75
1	5	Mattia Casadei	74

Notes

1. Statistic not officially recorded for the rider
2. 3-second penalty for shortcutting the track and gaining an advantage.
3. Disqualified for exceeding the pit lane speed limit during a ride through.
4. 3-place grid penalty.
5. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

1. Yamaha scored 170 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols. ^[19]
2. Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 192 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols. ^[19]
3. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 154 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols. ^[19]

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External links

• "MotoGP Official Website" . Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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