2023 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2023 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Grand Prix de France) was the fifth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the first round of the 2023 MotoE World Championship. All races (except for both MotoE races which were held on 13 May) were held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 14 May 2023. The weekend marked the 1000th round of Grand Prix motorcycle racing since its inception in 1949.[1][2]
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Race 5 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 13–14 May 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Shark Grand Prix de France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit Le Mans, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qualifying
MotoGP
Fastest session lap |
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid |
Row | |
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Q1[3] | Q2[4] | ||||||
1 | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1'30.705 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 93 | ![]() |
Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:30.763 | 2 | |
3 | 10 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:31.268 | 1'30.842 | 3 | |
4 | 43 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:31.343 | 1:30.984 | 4 | 2 |
5 | 89 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.023 | 5 | |
6 | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.120 | 6 | |
7 | 72 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.173 | 7 | 3 |
8 | 73 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.275 | 8 | |
9 | 5 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.298 | 9 | |
10 | 33 | ![]() |
KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.445 | 10 | 4 |
11 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.523 | 11 | |
12 | 37 | ![]() |
KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:31.596 | 12 | |
13 | 20 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:31.366 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
14 | 30 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:31.545 | N/A | 14 | |
15 | 49 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:31.718 | N/A | 15 | |
16 | 36 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:31.810 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
17 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:31.886 | N/A | 17 | |
18 | 42 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:31.959 | N/A | 18 | |
19 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:32.092 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
20 | 32 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1:32.410 | N/A | 20 | |
21 | 94 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:33.605 | N/A | 21 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS |
MotoGP Sprint
The MotoGP Sprint was held on 13 May.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 89 | ![]() |
Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 13 | 19:59.037 | 5 | 12 |
2 | 33 | ![]() |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 13 | +1.840 | 10 | 9 |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 13 | +2.632 | 1 | 7 |
4 | 10 | ![]() |
Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +3.418 | 3 | 6 |
5 | 93 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | +3.541 | 2 | 5 |
6 | 5 | ![]() |
Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 13 | +4.483 | 9 | 4 |
7 | 72 | ![]() |
Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +5.224 | 7 | 3 |
8 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +6.359 | 11 | 2 |
9 | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +8.336 | 6 | 1 |
10 | 30 | ![]() |
LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 13 | +9.439 | 14 | |
11 | 42 | ![]() |
LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 13 | +12.388 | 18 | |
12 | 49 | ![]() |
Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 13 | +14.125 | 15 | |
13 | 21 | ![]() |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 13 | +15.121 | 17 | |
14 | 36 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | +15.383 | 16 | |
15 | 73 | ![]() |
Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 13 | +15.593 | 8 | |
16 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 13 | +19.415 | 19 | |
17 | 32 | ![]() |
CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 13 | +26.993 | 20 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 94 | ![]() |
GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 8 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 37 | ![]() |
GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 5 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
DNS | 25 | ![]() |
CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT |
- Raúl Fernández withdrew after P1 due to arm pain experienced from a recent surgery.
Race
MotoGP
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 72 | ![]() |
Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 27 | 41:37.970 | 7 | 25 |
2 | 89 | ![]() |
Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +4.256 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +4.795 | 9 | 16 |
4 | 37 | ![]() |
GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 27 | +6.281 | 12 | 13 |
5 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +6.726 | 11 | 11 |
6 | 33 | ![]() |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +13.638 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 20 | ![]() |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +15.023 | 13 | 9 |
8 | 49 | ![]() |
Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 27 | +15.826 | 15 | 8 |
9 | 30 | ![]() |
LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +16.370 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 21 | ![]() |
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +17.828 | 17 | 6 |
11 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 27 | +29.735 | 19 | 5 |
12 | 32 | ![]() |
CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 27 | +36.135 | 20 | 4 |
13 | 94 | ![]() |
GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 27 | +49.808 | 21 | 3 |
Ret | 93 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 24 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 42 | ![]() |
LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 14 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 5 | Collision | 3 | |
Ret | 73 | ![]() |
Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 5 | Collision | 8 | |
Ret | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 4 | Collision | 1 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 4 | Collision | 6 | |
WD | 25 | ![]() |
CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | Withdrew | |||
Fastest lap: ![]() | ||||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT |
Moto2
The race, scheduled to be run for 22 laps, was red-flagged during the second lap due to a multi-rider accident involving Manuel González, Albert Arenas, and Arón Canet. The race was later restarted over 14 laps with the original starting grid.
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 14 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | 22:34.233 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 12 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +0.620 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Boscoscuro | 14 | +1.537 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 13 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +2.193 | 6 | 12 |
5 | 96 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +3.041 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 35 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +4.175 | 7 | 10 |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +8.853 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 54 | ![]() |
Boscoscuro | 14 | +9.437 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 79 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +10.696 | 16 | 6 |
10 | 11 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +10.817 | 18 | 6 |
11 | 3 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +11.588 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 16 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +12.128 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 52 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +12.337 | 20 | 3 |
14 | 71 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +13.061 | 23 | 2 |
15 | 22 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +13.695 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 |
16 | 4 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +14.633 | 19 | |
17 | 24 | ![]() |
Forward | 14 | +18.244 | 21 | |
18 | 64 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +19.880 | 14 | |
19 | 8 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +22.615 | 24 | |
20 | 84 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +22.684 | 22 | |
21 | 19 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +25.265 | 25 | |
22 | 28 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +25.347 | 28 | |
23 | 72 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | +30.208 | 27 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Kalex | 6 | Retired | 29 | |
Ret | 37 | ![]() |
Kalex | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 33 | ![]() |
Kalex | 4 | Accident | 26 | |
DNS | 18 | ![]() |
Kalex | Did not restart | 9 | ||
DNS | 75 | ![]() |
Kalex | Did not restart | 12 | ||
DNS | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | Did not restart | 13 | ||
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT |
Moto3
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 96 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | 34:07.176 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 71 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 20 | +0.150 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +0.946 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 48 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +1.113 | 6 | 12 |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 20 | +2.409 | 14 | 11 |
6 | 53 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +2.521 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 43 | ![]() |
CFMoto | 20 | +3.280 | 8 | 9 |
8 | 80 | ![]() |
Gas Gas | 20 | +9.372 | 25 | 8 |
9 | 99 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +11.930 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 82 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +14.318 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 66 | ![]() |
CFMoto | 20 | +14.438 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 27 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +14.606 | 23 | 4 |
13 | 24 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +15.077 | 24 | 3 |
14 | 38 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +16.937 | 12 | 2 |
15 | 95 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 20 | +16.969 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 54 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +19.059 | 22 | |
17 | 18 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +19.113 | 21 | |
18 | 7 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +19.410 | 17 | |
19 | 55 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +19.665 | 9 | |
20 | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +30.369 | 27 | |
21 | 64 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +30.541 | 18 | |
22 | 70 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +30.794 | 26 | |
Ret | 72 | ![]() |
Honda | 19 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
KTM | 10 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Honda | 8 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 63 | ![]() |
KTM | 2 | Accident | 10 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT |
Race 1
Pos. | No. | Biker | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 81 | ![]() |
8 | 13:29.947 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
8 | +0.092 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | +7.539 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 21 | ![]() |
8 | +7.827 | 8 | 13 |
5 | 78 | ![]() |
8 | +9.138 | 12 | 11 |
6 | 53 | ![]() |
8 | +10.933 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 34 | ![]() |
8 | +11.198 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 61 | ![]() |
8 | +12.488 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 72 | ![]() |
8 | +14.578 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 23 | ![]() |
8 | +14.818 | 15 | 6 |
11 | 8 | ![]() |
8 | +18.177 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 6 | ![]() |
8 | +24.739 | 17 | 4 |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
4 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 40 | ![]() |
3 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 77 | ![]() |
3 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
3 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 29 | ![]() |
2 | Accident | 6 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | ||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.1 REPORT |
- All bikes manufactured by Ducati.
Race 2
Pos. | No. | Biker | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 11 | ![]() |
8 | 13:28.079 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 81 | ![]() |
8 | +0.712 | 3 | 20 |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
8 | +1.693 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 40 | ![]() |
8 | +3.145 | 7 | 13 |
5 | 29 | ![]() |
8 | +3.781 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 9 | ![]() |
8 | +6.052 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | +6.555 | 4 | 9 |
8 | 21 | ![]() |
8 | +7.517 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 61 | ![]() |
8 | +10.143 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 78 | ![]() |
8 | +13.561 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 72 | ![]() |
8 | +13.622 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 77 | ![]() |
8 | +16.803 | 9 | 4 |
13 | 23 | ![]() |
8 | +17.771 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 8 | ![]() |
8 | +18.908 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 6 | ![]() |
8 | +21.219 | 17 | 1 |
16 | 53 | ![]() |
8 | +58.583 | 13 | |
Ret | 34 | ![]() |
5 | Accident | 5 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | ||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.2 REPORT |
- All bikes manufactured by Ducati.
Championship standings after the race
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[5][6][7][8]
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Notes
- Started from pit lane
References
- "1000 and counting: Le Mans to host 1000th Grand Prix!". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "From 1949 to 2023: a short journey through 1000 GPs". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
- "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
- "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 8 June 2023.