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 on𓆏 9-11 May at Le Mans with the French Gra♛nd Prix. 

The championship battle has🌺 once 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 𒁏hands up🅠 to his mistake and admits he cannot continue to make them given the speed he has shown all year so far. 

Le Mans has been a h♋appy 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 will hope to continue this weekend. 

Pecco Bagnaia is 😼confident that changes 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 G🐼P 20 points off the championship lead after finishing third at Jerez. 

Home fans will be expecting more big things from Fabio Quartararo, after 𓂃t♔he Yamaha rider scored 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 moveꦿ to the factory Honda team next season🔴. 

Honda will field a wildcard in the form 💟of Takaaki Nakagami this weekend, w🌠hile LCR's Somkiat Chantra is out with injury.

FP1 begins at 9:50am GMT, while🎶🐼 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 🐠the French crowd iꦍn second for Yamaha. 

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

15:00

Zarco has been bumped out of Q2 thanks to a coup꧟le of improvers. 

15:00
Chequered flag

Chequered flag is out. Some riders sti༺ll on good laps﷽.

14:59

Quar🎉tararo jumps up to second with a 1m30.032s. 

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 droppi🍃ng into Q1. He's currently 10th. Yellow flags will cost otherඣ people too.

14:57

Aldeguer running well in third. He's got 🍌the measure of his team-mate Alex Marquez s🉐o far.

14:57

Bagnaia finds more tim🦹e to a 1m30.039s, which is a big lap from him. 

14:55

ജBagnꦡaia 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 d🍸eserves an immense 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.&nb🍎sp;

14:50

But Marc Marquez �𝓡�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 first. 

14:49

Quartararo was on a strong lap b🔯ut backed out of it.&n🤡bsp;

14:48
Crash - Maverick Vinales

Vinales has gone down at T꧅urn 9. He's fine and is bolting back to pitlane. 

14:46

Vinales na🌺rrowly misse▨s top spot with a 1m30.535s. 

14:45

The switch to fresh soft 🔴rubber has happened and Vinales is up to second with a 1m30.571s. 

14:43

The French crowd is giving Mir a big cheer as he runs up pitlane.&n🐷bsp;

14:42
Crash - Joan Mir

Joan Mir has gone down at the ꦍpenultimate 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. Ducati leading, KTM second, Yamaha th﷽irdꩲ. 

14:29

Quartararo's pace is seriou💧sly impressive. He's just✨ put in a 1m30.993s on a 12-lap soft tyre. 

14:25

Marc Marquez sets the fastest lap of the day with a 1m30.530s. Nothingဣ wrong with his used tyre pace then!