Johann Zarco, LCR Honda, 2025 Spanish MotoGP
Johann Zarco, LCR Honda, 2025 Spanish MotoGP
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2025 French MotoGP: Friday practice as it happened

Live text coverage of Friday practice at the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix

The sixth round of the 2025 MotoGP season takes place on 9-11 May at Le Mans with the French Granꦿd Prix. 

The championship ba♏ttle has on🌜ce again been reset after a dramatic Spanish GP two weeks ago. 

A maiden victory for Gresini Ducati's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez sees him lead the championship again by a point, capitalising on a second grand prix crash for factory Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at Jerez. 

Marc Marquez held his hands up to his mistake and admits he cannot continue to make them given the speed he has ꦡshown all year so far. 

Le Mans has been a happy hunting ground for Ducati, with it unbeaten at the French GP venue since 2020. In the last three years, it has been a place of victory for satellite Ducati riders - something Alex Marquez wi💃ll hope to continue🃏 this weekend. 

Pecco Bagnaia is confident that chan🍷ges made to his Ducati in a recent test will help him find the form he needs to take a step 🍎forward. 

He comes into the French GP 20 points of⛄f the champio♌nship lead after finishing third at Jerez. 

Home fans will be expecting more big things from Fabio Quartararo, after th🐈e Yamaha rider sco꧂red a first podium since 2023 last time out in Spain having also qualified on pole. 

The crowd will also be hoping to see Johann Zarco up at the sharp end, as he looks to strengthen his case to make a move to the factory Honda tea🦩m next season. 

Honda will field a wildcard in the 𒆙form of Takaaki Nakagami this weekend, while LCR's Somkiat Chantra is out with injury.

FP1 begins at 9:50am GMT, whilꦆe Practice is at 2pm GMT.

15:19
Practice report

Read the full Practice report from the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

15:01
Marc Marquez smashes lap record to top Practice

Marc Marquez holds onto top spot with a new lap record of 1m29.855s, while Quartararo thrills t🐠he French crowd in second for Yamaha. 

Bagnaia is third from Aldeguer♐ and Alex🍸 Marquez, while Miller was sixth. Acosta, Vinales, Morbidelli and Bezzecchi completed the top 10.

15:00

Zarco has been bumped ꦆout o𓆉f Q2 thanks to a couple of improvers. 

15:00
Chequered flag

C𓆏hequered flag is out. Some rider⛦s still on good laps.

14:59

Quartararo jumps up to second with a 1m3🌞0.03𓆏2s. 

14:59
Crash - Brad Binder

Binder has also crashed and is out of Q2. 

14:58
Crash - Johann Zarco

Zarco is down at Turn 9. That's put him in danger of dropping into Q1.💝 He's currently 10th. Yellow flags will cost other people too.

14:57

Aldeguer🍎 running well in third. He's got the measure of his team-mate Alꦑex Marquez so far.

14:57

Bagnaia finds more time to a 1m30🅺.039s, which is a♈ big lap from him. 

14:55

Bagnaia has moved up 🎉to third with a 1m30.342s. 

14:55

Top 10 with five minutes to go is: 

  1. M.Marquez
  2. Quartararo
  3. Vinales
  4. Bagnaia
  5. A.Marquez
  6. Aldeguer
  7. Zarco
  8. Morbidelli
  9. Bezzecchi
  10. Miller
14:52

Quartararo deserves an immens🅷e amount of credit because he's the only rider within 0.4s of Marc Marquez. Vinales is 0.680s behind, Bagnaia is 0.812s behind.&n𝄹bsp;

14:50

But Marc Marquez blows the doors off with a 1m29.855s to set a new📖 lap record! 

14:50

Quartararo goes top with a 1m30.222s to go from 10th to firs😼t. 

14:49

Quartara🔜ro was on a str🎐ong lap but backed out of it. 

14:48
Crash - Maverick Vinales

Vinales has gone down at Tu♊rn 9. He's fine and is 🍸bolting back to pitlane. 

14:46

Vinales narrowly misses top spot with ✤a 1m30.535s. 

14:45

The switch to fresh soft rubber has happened and Vi🎀nales is up to second with a 1m𝓡30.571s. 

14:43

The French crowd is giving Mir a big cheer as he ♌runs 🐈up pitlane. 

14:42
Crash - Joan Mir

Joan Mirඣ has gone down🗹 at the penultimate corner. He's fine. 

14:40

Just over 20 ♍minutes to go, so we should be seeing everyone switching to fresh rubber soon. 

14:32

Still pretty competitive out there. Duca✤ti leading, KTM second, Yamaha third. 

14:29

Quartararo's pace is seriously impressive. He's just put in a 1m30.993s on a 12-lap soft tyre.&nbs✱p;

14:25

Marc Marquez sets the fastest lap of the day with a 1m30.530s. Nothing wrong with his ♋used tyre pace then!