2019 French motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	French
Flag:	France
Official Name:	SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France
Location:	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France
Course Mi:	2.600
Course Km:	4.185
Race No:	5
Season No:	19
Date:	19 May
Year:	2019
Pole Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Motogp:	1:40.952
Fast Rider Motogp:	Fabio Quartararo
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	FRA
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Fast Time Motogp:	1:32.355 on lap 20
First Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
First Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Motogp:	Andrea Dovizioso
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Third Rider Motogp:	Danilo Petrucci
Third Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Pole Rider Moto2:	Jorge Navarro
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Pole Time Moto2:	1:49.055
Fast Rider Moto2:	Jorge Navarro
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Fast Time Moto2:	1:36.764 on lap 25
First Rider Moto2:	Álex Márquez
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Jorge Navarro
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Third Rider Moto2:	Augusto Fernández
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	John McPhee
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	GBR
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	1:42.277
Fast Rider Moto3:	Jaume Masiá
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM
Fast Time Moto3:	1:42.196 on lap 7
First Rider Moto3:	John McPhee
First Rider Moto3 Country:	GBR
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Moto3:	Lorenzo Dalla Porta
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Moto3:	Arón Canet
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM

The 2019 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 19 May 2019.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	41:53.647	1	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+1.984	4	20
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+2.142	2	16
4	43	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+2.940	3	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+3.053	5	11
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+5.935	12	10
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+7.187	6	9
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+8.439	10	8
9	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	27	+9.853	15	7
10	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+13.709	19	6
11	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+15.003	8	5
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+29.512	9	4
13	5	Johann Zarco	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+33.061	14	3
14	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	27	+35.481	21	2
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	27	+36.044	16	1
16	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	26	+1 lap	18
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	18	Accident	7
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	8	Ankle Pain	22
Ret	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	6	Accident	11
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Racing	Ducati	6	Accident	13
Ret	53	Tito Rabat	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	2	Mechanical	20
DSQ	17	Karel Abraham	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	5	Black flag	17
Sources: ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

• – Karel Abraham and Joan Mir started the race from the pit lane for crash during warm-up lap. His place of grid was left vacant.
• Karel Abraham was black-flagged for leaving pit lane aboard a spare bike after leader crossed the finish line at the end of lap 1.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	25	40:36.428	3	25
2	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	25	+1.119	1	20
3	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+1.800	14	16
4	41	Brad Binder	KTM	25	+6.015	8	13
5	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+7.057	5	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+9.401	2	10
7	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	25	+10.095	16	9
8	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+10.475	10	8
9	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	25	+11.246	22	7
10	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	25	+17.112	15	6
11	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	25	+18.537	31	5
12	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	25	+19.817	20	4
13	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	25	+27.815	19	3
14	16	Joe Roberts	KTM	25	+27.888	29	2
15	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	25	+49.139	24	1
16	3	Lukas Tulovic	KTM	25	+50.800	9
17	96	Jake Dixon	KTM	25	+51.688	11
18	72	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	25	+53.223	27
19	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	25	+1:00.859	32
20	88	Jorge Martín	KTM	25	+1:03.717	13
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	MV Agusta	24	Out Of Fuel	25
Ret	20	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Kalex	21	Accident	28
Ret	18	Xavi Cardelús	KTM	20	Wrist Pain	30
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	13	Accident	12
Ret	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	12	Accident	21
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	12	Rear Tyre Wear	17
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	9	Accident	18
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	8	Accident	26
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	8	Accident	23
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	1	Accident	7
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	1	Accident	4
Ret	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	0	Accident	6
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	John McPhee	Honda	22	37:48.689	1	25
2	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	22	+0.106	13	20
3	44	Arón Canet	KTM	22	+0.757	12	16
4	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	22	+0.978	5	13
5	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+1.201	9	11
6	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	22	+1.410	8	10
7	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	22	+1.451	19	9
8	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	22	+1.636	15	8
9	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	22	+1.848	21	7
10	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	22	+2.049	20	6
11	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	22	+2.663	14	5
12	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	22	+3.748	23	4
13	76	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	22	+11.812	10	3
14	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	22	+11.896	24	2
15	12	Filip Salač	KTM	22	+30.511	18	1
16	61	Can Öncü	KTM	22	+32.544	27
17	69	Tom Booth-Amos	KTM	22	+40.026	28
Ret	7	Dennis Foggia	KTM	17	Accident	16
Ret	21	Alonso López	Honda	17	Accident	17
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	17	Accident Damage	4
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	16	Accident	2
Ret	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	15	Accident	25
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	14	Accident	7
Ret	55	Romano Fenati	Honda	9	Rider In Pain	11
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Honda	7	Accident	6
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	6	Accident	26
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	1	Accident	29
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	0	Accident	3
Ret	11	Sergio García	Honda	0	Accident	22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	95
2	Andrea Dovizioso	87
3	Álex Rins	75
4	Valentino Rossi	72
5	Danilo Petrucci	57
6	Jack Miller	42
7	Cal Crutchlow	34
8	Franco Morbidelli	34
9	Pol Espargaró	31
10	Maverick Viñales	30

Moto2

	Rider	Points
1	Lorenzo Baldassarri	75
2	Thomas Lüthi	68
3	Jorge Navarro	64
4	Álex Márquez	61
5	Marcel Schrötter	56
6	Augusto Fernández	43
7	Remy Gardner	38
8	Brad Binder	38
9	Luca Marini	38
10	Enea Bastianini	35

Moto3

	Rider	Points
1	Arón Canet	74
2	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	60
3	Niccolò Antonelli	57
4	Kaito Toba	51
5	Jaume Masiá	49
6	Celestino Vietti	45
7	Andrea Migno	40
8	Gabriel Rodrigo	37
9	John McPhee	34
10	Darryn Binder	26

External links

• Web site: MotoGP Official Website . 18 May 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 French MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database. May 20, 2019. Motor Sport Magazine.
2. Web site: motogp.com · SHARK HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2019. www.motogp.com. 2020-02-19. 2020-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024040612/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2019/FRA/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
3. Web site: OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT.