2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Summary

The 2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on May 21, 2017.

France  2017 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
DateMay 21, 2017
Official nameHJC Helmets Grand Prix de France[1]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Time 1:31.994
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Time 1:32.309 on lap 28
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Second France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 1:36.548
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 1:36.836 on lap 21
Podium
First Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Third Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:42.813
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Joan Mir Honda
Time 1:42.485 on lap 3
Podium
First Spain Joan Mir Honda
Second Spain Arón Canet Honda
Third Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda

MotoGP race report edit

Yamaha riders clean swept the front row of the grid for the first time since the 2008 Qatar Grand Prix. Teammates Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi fought for the victory throughout, with the Italian crashing out for the final lap, and Viñales taking his third win for Yamaha in five races. Johann Zarco scored his first podium finish and became the first French rider in the MotoGP class to stand on the podium since Randy de Puniet in the 2009 British Grand Prix.

 
Johann Zarco, Maverick Viñales and Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the MotoGP race.

Classification edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25   Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 43:29.793 1 25
2 5   Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +3.134 3 20
3 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +7.717 13 16
4 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28 +11.223 6 13
5 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 28 +13.519 4 11
6 99   Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 28 +24.002 16 10
7 94   Jonas Folger Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +25.733 15 9
8 43   Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +32.603 11 8
9 76   Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +45.784 12 7
10 29   Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +48.332 17 6
11 53   Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +50.036 22 5
12 44   Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 +52.661 8 4
13 38   Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 +53.179 10 3
14 22   Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +55.432 21 2
15 50   Sylvain Guintoli Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +1:06.878 23 1
Ret 46   Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 Accident 2
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 Engine 18
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 17 Accident 5
Ret 9   Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 17 Oil Leak 19
Ret 45   Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 7 Gearshift 7
Ret 17   Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 5 Retired 9
Ret 8   Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 3 Retired 20
Ret 19   Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 0 Accident 14
Sources: [2][3][4]

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21   Franco Morbidelli Kalex 26 42:17.557 3 25
2 42   Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 26 +1.714 2 20
3 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 26 +5.837 1 16
4 73   Álex Márquez Kalex 26 +6.212 6 13
5 54   Mattia Pasini Kalex 26 +13.537 7 11
6 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 26 +14.945 5 10
7 30   Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26 +16.413 18 9
8 24   Simone Corsi Speed Up 26 +16.681 14 8
9 97   Xavi Vierge Tech 3 26 +17.163 11 7
10 68   Yonny Hernández Kalex 26 +17.605 13 6
11 55   Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 26 +22.528 22 5
12 23   Marcel Schrötter Suter 26 +22.909 9 4
13 88   Ricard Cardús KTM 26 +23.801 15 3
14 11   Sandro Cortese Suter 26 +24.322 10 2
15 49   Axel Pons Kalex 26 +25.959 16 1
16 19   Xavier Siméon Kalex 26 +26.116 12
17 44   Miguel Oliveira KTM 26 +26.394 17
18 40   Fabio Quartararo Kalex 26 +26.846 20
19 5   Andrea Locatelli Kalex 26 +28.506 26
20 87   Remy Gardner Tech 3 26 +48.794 23
21 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 26 +49.354 27
22 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 26 +49.680 31
23 2   Jesko Raffin Kalex 26 +49.913 25
24 47   Axel Bassani Speed Up 26 +1:03.235 28
25 57   Edgar Pons Kalex 26 +1:03.801 30
Ret 32   Isaac Viñales Kalex 25 Retired 19
Ret 6   Tarran Mackenzie Suter 21 Accident 29
Ret 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 17 Handling 8
Ret 9   Jorge Navarro Kalex 8 Accident Damage 21
Ret 62   Stefano Manzi Kalex 7 Accident 24
Ret 10   Luca Marini Kalex 0 Accident 4
DNS 27   Iker Lecuona Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 edit

The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was red-flagged due to oil being spilled onto the track resulting to a multiple rider crash in turn 4. The race was later restarted over 16 laps.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36   Joan Mir Honda 16 27:37.830 8 25
2 44   Arón Canet Honda 16 +4.252 12 20
3 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 16 +4.365 15 16
4 42   Marcos Ramírez KTM 16 +4.469 7 13
5 58   Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 16 +4.845 3 11
6 33   Enea Bastianini Honda 16 +5.463 11 10
7 95   Jules Danilo Honda 16 +5.652 16 9
8 16   Andrea Migno KTM 16 +5.821 23 8
9 64   Bo Bendsneyder KTM 16 +6.049 9 7
10 52   Danny Kent KTM 16 +6.193 10 '6
11 84   Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 16 +7.504 18 5
12 17   John McPhee Honda 16 +8.741 25 4
13 41   Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 16 +16.006 30 3
14 48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 16 +16.405 20 2
15 12   Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 16 +16.514 21 1
16 11   Livio Loi Honda 16 +16.639 13
17 8   Nicolò Bulega KTM 16 +16.752 2
18 96   Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 16 +16.996 14
19 71   Ayumu Sasaki Honda 16 +17.046 27
20 6   María Herrera KTM 16 +17.206 29
21 65   Philipp Öttl KTM 16 +28.501 28
22 14   Tony Arbolino Honda 16 +33.398 24
23 4   Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 16 +42.059 31
Ret 40   Darryn Binder KTM 15 Accident 17
Ret 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 14 Accident 22
Ret 27   Kaito Toba Honda 14 Accident 26
Ret 23   Niccolò Antonelli KTM 11 Accident 6
Ret 88   Jorge Martín Honda 10 Retired 1
Ret 5   Romano Fenati Honda 7 Accident 4
Ret 75   Albert Arenas Mahindra 3 Accident 5
DNS 7   Adam Norrodin Honda 0 Did not restart 19
DNS 19   Gabriel Rodrigo KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race edit

MotoGP edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[5]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2 edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Franco Morbidelli 100
2   Thomas Lüthi 80
3   Álex Márquez 62
4   Miguel Oliveira 59
5   Francesco Bagnaia 53
6   Takaaki Nakagami 41
7   Dominique Aegerter 37
8   Xavi Vierge 32
9   Luca Marini 31
10   Simone Corsi 27

Moto3 edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Joan Mir 99
2   Romano Fenati 65
3   Arón Canet 63
4   Jorge Martín 59
5   John McPhee 53
6   Fabio Di Giannantonio 51
7   Andrea Migno 43
8   Marcos Ramírez 36
9   Juan Francisco Guevara 34
10   Enea Bastianini 31

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. ^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. ^ "HJC HELMETS GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-27.


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