Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 French MotoGP
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 French MotoGP
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2025 French MotoGP - Sprint as it happened

Coverage of qualifying and the sprint at the 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix as it happened

The 2025 MotoGP Fren♍ch Grand Prix weekend continues on Saturday with qualifying and the 13-lap sprint. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez comes into the first race day of the weekend leading the championship by a point fo🦋llowing his victory at the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago. 

But all eyes will be on his older brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, who has won every sprint in 2025 so far and topped both of Friday's practice sessions having run an updated chassis. Fastest outri﷽ght, the factory Ducati rider also showed the strongest long running pace. 

French fans will be hopeful of something special from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, after the Yamaha rider was second on Friday and was also looking⛄ quick on race pace. He will start on pole.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia admitted on Friday he 🍃can't find what he needs from the 2025 Ducati and needs t🐲o adapt himself to the bike now. He is in the hunt for the podium at Le Mans, but concedes he is not going to be fighting Marc Marquez. 

KTM could be in for another strong showing this weekend as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales continues to show pr🐓omising pace on his RC16. 

Championship leader Alex Marquez didn't have an explosive lap in practice on Friday, but the Gresini rider's race pace is strong, as is team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fermin Aldeguer.

Qu💦alifying 𓆏begins at 9:50am GMT, while the sprint is at 2pm GMT.

17:47
News - Pecco Bagnaia explains costly crash

Pecco Bagnaia's season didn't get any better on Saturday at the F🅺rench Grand Prix after he crashed on lap two of the sprint. 

He blamed thi✱s on his lack of feeling with the front end of his Ducati. 

Read his debrief 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

17:45
News - Brad Binder has 'strangest crash ever'

KTM's Brad Binder was up there in the battle for the top five in Saturday's French Grand Prix sprint,🎃 but crashed😼 on lap four. 

Read what he had to say about this 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

17:19
News - Marc Marquez learns a crucial lesson

Marc Marquez maintained his 100% sprint victor✱y record for 2025 on Saturday at the French Grand Prix. 

And he says thi🍒s came as a direct result of what he learned from his crash at the Spanish GP two weeks ago. 

Read his comments 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

16:45
News - A rookie's first podium

Fermin Aldeguer𓆏 scored a maiden sprint MotoGP podi🅘um on Saturday at Le Mans.

An♐d he credited the Marquez brothers for get𝓰ting him there.

Read his thoughts 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

16:11
News - Fabio Quartararo on sprint 'disappointment'

Fabio Quartararo narrowly missed out on a sprint podium on home soi🌳l on Saturday at the French Grand Prix. 

But he feels his 'di🌺sappointment'🍌 is 'a good thing'.

Read his thoughts 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

14:40
French GP sprint report

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

14:26
Crash - Fermin Aldeguer

Third-pla𒊎ced Fermin Aldeguer had a very slow crash o🔥n the cooldown lap because he ran into the back of Marc Marquez! 

Both ri🎉ders are fine and having a laugh about it on the podium. 

14:23
Marc Marquez wins historic sixth straight sprint at Le Mans

Marc Marque💟z wins his sixth sprint of the 2025 MotoGP season to retake the championship lead. 

Alex Marquez is♕ second, while Fermin Aldeguer scored a maiden sprint podium in third. 

Poleman Quartararo is fourth, while Acosta has crashed out of fifth at the penultimate corn𓆉er. 

14:21
Lap 13/13

Last lap begi꧟n🐲s, Marc Marquez leads by 1.4s from Alex Marquez and Aldeguer in third. 

The 💮KTM duel should keep Qu♈artararo in fourth. 

14:20

Vinales attacks Acosta 🎃at Turn 11, but runs wide. 

14:20

Couple of run-💮offs to mention. Bezzecchi ran off early on, while Oliveira has also been through the gravel. 

14:19
Lap 12/13

Two laps to go🌜 and it's as♈ you were at the front. 

14:19

Finals points positions are𝄹 debated between👍 Zarco, Rins and Di Giannantonio.

14:18
Lap 11/13

Battl♛e for the♔ win is done. Alex Marquez has 1.4s over Aldeguer. So, podium looks settled. 

Big fight now 💛is if Quartararo can hold the KTMs at bay for fourth. 

14:17
Lap 10/13

Four laps to go, Marc Marquez is 1.4s up the𝄹 ♈road. 

Quartararo and Aldeguer have a great scrap for third, with the pair making slight cont🐎act at Turn 6 and Turn 7. 

Aldeguer barges him out the way at Turn 7 f🍎or third. 

14:15

I think Quartararo has chewed up his tyres because his pace has 🌊gone.

14:15
Lap 9/13

Marc Marquez has bolted. He's 1.2s clear of Alex Marquez. Quartararo is struggling to keep the pace of the Ducatis around him.&nbs🎶p;

14:14

Great🍃 KTM scrap for fifth between Acosta and Vinales going on right now.&🎃nbsp;

14:14

Let's see if Alex Marquez can chas♕e down his brother. 

14:13
Lap 8/13

Marc Marquez leadsඣ by almost a second now as Alex Marquez ta🙈kes second on the inside of Turn 2 of Quartararo. 

14:13

Quartararo has his hands full with Alex Marquez now. He's go🉐ing to have to fight like hell to hold the Ducatis back to stay on the podium. 

14:12
Lap 7/12

Half distance and M꧒arquez leads, with Quartararo in second and Alex Marquez third.

Lead gap half a second. 

14:11

Alex Marquez run𒐪s wide at Turn 11, which br🌟ings Aldeguer into play for the podium.