Quartararo Le Mans MotoGP
Quartararo Le Mans MotoGP

French MotoGP at Le Mans: Sprint race as it happened

Recap Saturday's MotoGP action at Le Mans.

14:23
Top nine

Martin,ꦑ Marquez, Vinales, Bastianini, Espargaro, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Miller, Raul Fernandez.

14:23
Martin wins another sprint, his second at Le Mans

Martin has done it once again. The Spaniard is the s🦩print king again at Le Mans as he wins from Marc Marquez and Vinales. 

14:21

Big save from Acosta at the penultimate corner as he loses ground to Espargaro.&༒nbsp;

14:21
Lap 12 of13

Martin leads Marquez by over two seconds following Bezzecchi's crash. Bastianini is catching Vinales for t♌hird𓆏. 

14:18
Lap 10 of 13

Coming under big 🦹pressure from Marquez,ꦅ Bezzecchi has crashed out!

14:15
Lap 8 of 13

Martin is ༺now well clear of Bezzecchi who🎐 is now losing time to Marquez.

14:13
Lap 7 of 13

Alex 🍷Rins is down afteꦰr contact we believe with KTM's Brad Binder. 

14:11
Bagnaia update

The world chꦿampion is out and retired on lap 3 of the race.𒊎 

14:10
Lap 5 of 13

Bezzecchi is closing in on Martin a𒀰nd Marquez is not that far behind in third spot. 

14:09
Lap 4 of 13

Espargaro takes his first 💙Long Lap and Marquez is now up to third behind Martin and Bezzecchi. 

14:07
Lap 3 of 13

A♎leix Espargaro had a double Long Lap penalty due to jumping the start.

14:07
Lap 3 of 13

Bagnaia is last!!. The world champions has a ꦇpro🧸blem. 

14:04

This is quite incredible from Marc Marquez. He's through on Vinales for💜 P4.

14:03
Lap 1 of 13

Francesco Bagnaia has made a dreadful start he is 1♓4th!! Marc Marquez has moved up from P13 to sixth. 

14:02

And it's lights out in♐ the L🤪e Mans MotoGP sprint race. 

14:00

Riders are off on their formation lap!

13:57

We're five minutes away from lights out!

13:43

Good afternoon and welcome backౠ to the French MotoGP at Le Mans. Coming up in just over 15 minutes is the sprint race. 

10:43

The MotoGP spri𝔍nt race at Le Mans will get underway at 14:00pm UK time.

10:33
Martin on pole!

So that's it for Q2 in Le Mans and it's Martin who secures pol🦄e ahead of Bagnaia and Vinales. Di Giannantonio heads the second row ahead of Bezze💮cchi and Espargaro. 

10:30

Al𒀰eix Espargaro and Jack Miller have also crashed out of qualifying. 😼The order won't change.