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The 1000th Grand Prix got underway in front of a record crowd bringing up the noise at a resplendent Le Mans and although victory wasn’t to be for the home favourites, there was no contesting Marco Bezzecchi’s magnificent ride into the records books. The Italian escaped the early drama to disappear into the sunset by over four seconds and claim a dominant victory. Jorge Martin had a more eventful ride into his first proper podium of the season, in second place, and was joined on the podium by teammate Johann Zarco, who inherited third to the delight of the fans. Or maybe it was just sheer joy for the end of Bezzecchi’s questionable moustache.

It was Marc Marquez who stole the spotlight at the beginning of the 27-lap race, the Spaniard getting the holeshot off the line to lead into turn one in front of Jack Miller, while Luca Marini also snuck ahead of poleman Pecco Bagnaia at the chicane. Martin got his nose in there too but Bagnaia quickly relegated him, with Bezzecchi, Maverick Viñales, Alex Marquez, Augusto Fernandez and Zarco making up the early top 10. Amongst the big losers on the opening lap were Aleix Espargaro and Brad Binder, who got pushed wide at a crowded La Chapelle and dropped to 14th and 18th place respectively. 

Back at the front, Miller attempted a couple of overtakes on the second lap, but Marquez found his way back into the lead, until the Australian made a move stick next time around turn three. Although Miller took control at the front, he couldn’t make an escape, with Marquez and the rest of the leading group glued to his tail. By then Bagnaia had regrouped into third position, with Marini, Viñales, Bezzecchi and Alex Marquez close behind, while Martin and Zarco had dropped to the bottom of the top 10, getting caught up in the shenanigans of the first couple of laps. Nonetheless, Martin was quick to recover and was leading the pursuit by lap five, with Zarco not too far behind. Meanwhile, Quartararo had dropped back to 13th place after making some initial progress off the line, with Binder’s comeback bringing him up to 14th after a handful of laps. 

Disaster struck amongst the leaders on lap five, when Viñales tangled with Bagnaia at turn 12 and started exchanging handbags in the gravel trap. Soon after that, Marini lost control out of the Dunlop chicane and while Bezzecchi was able to avoid him, Alex Marquez wasn’t as lucky and the two tangled quite dramatically. Those eventful couple of laps left Miller, Marquez, Bezzecchi and Martin as the leaders, although the order soon changed as Bezzecchi sent Marquez for a stroll through the long lap loop on lap eight and was soon sanctioned to drop one position for the overly optimistic move. Martin was the beneficiary of that penalty but only briefly, as Bezzecchi was quick to reclaim second position at La Chapelle, with Marquez following his example at the next corner. Meanwhile, Zarco got up to speed and was bringing the next group back into contention, including Augusto Fernandez and Aleix Espargaro, with Binder another second and a half back. 

Bezzecchi decided that Miller’s time in the limelight would come to an end at the start of lap 11, when the Italian breezed past at turn one and Marquez also deposed Miller at turn nine later that lap. By then Bezzecchi was already setting a lightning pace to extend a one second advantage at the front with 15 laps remaining and Marquez seemed unable to close that. The Honda man soon had to resist the late charge from Martin, who wasted little time to further demote Miller. Zarco, Fernandez and Espargaro were still in the mix, while Binder was steadily closing the gap to the group, only half a second behind the trio by the halfway point of proceedings. 

Bezzecchi continued to extend his advantage at the front, going into the second half of the race with one and a half seconds of breathing room, while Marquez was still fending off Martin. Miller continued to fade and slowed down the rest of the contenders as well, so by the time Zarco and Fernandez got past on lap 15, they found themselves one and a half seconds behind the podium battle. Espargaro took two more laps to overtake Miller and the Australian was left to contend with teammate Binder in the battle for seventh. Meanwhile, all the incidents helped Quartararo back into the top 10, another second and a half behind the KTM battle. 

The untouchable Bezzecchi enjoyed his escape at the front, the gap up to two seconds going into the final 10 laps. Although Marquez and Martin were matching his pace, the gap didn’t budge and then started to increase when Marquez ran wide at Garage Vert, so the duo soon switched focus to battling for second. The Spaniards swapped paint at turns 1, 8, 11 and 12 over the next few laps, but Marquez kept coming up on top going into the final three laps. It had been a pretty lonely ride for Zarco by that point, the Frenchman spending the final few laps trying to catch up with the podium battle, helped by the exchanges ahead, and was right in the mix for the last couple of laps. Although he never got a chance to get involved in the fight, Zarco benefitted from Marquez crashing out at turn seven, just as Martin made the decisive move on the penultimate lap. 

Bezzecchi took the chequered flag with over four seconds in hand to claim a splendid second victory of the season, with Martin and Zarco joining him on the podium to the delight of the crowds. Fernandez spent the closing stages of the race fending off Espargaro and although the Aprilia man attacked with two laps to go, the rookie responded straight away to claim a fine fourth place in only his fifth premier class race. Brad Binder found himself with a long lap penalty for taking a shortcut at Chemin aux Boeufs while attempting an overtake on Miller with eight laps remaining, which dropped the South African to ninth. He caught back up with Quartararo to retrieve his initial position, but Miller was now over four seconds ahead. However, the Australian tumbled out of contention in the final four laps and handed sixth place to his teammate. Quartararo settled for seventh, while Fabio Di Giannantonio, Takaaki Nakagami and Franco Morbidelli rounded out the top 10. 

Bagnaia’s misfortune coupled with Bezzecchi’s perfect Sunday means that the two Italians leave Le Mans separated by just one point in the championship standings. Binder drops to third, 13 points behind, with Martin another point back and Zarco fifth, with a 28-point deficit. 

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If the lightweight class race was uncharacteristically calm, the intermediate class decided to start off with a bang or two, including a red flag and drama for the poleman. However, Tony Arbolino expertly navigated all of that to put his name in the record books as the Moto2 winner of the 1000th GP. Filip Salac tried to have a say in that but never got an opportunity to attack and settled for second, equalling his best result in the class. Alonso Lopez took third, becoming a familiar sight on the podium so far this season. 

Expectations were high for Sam Lowes, coming off a perfect weekend in Jerez and a pretty perfect Saturday at Le Mans but despite a good initial start from pole position, Arbolino and Lopez were quick to steal the Brit’s limelight. While Arbolino went on to extend a one second advantage at the front over the first two laps, Lowes lost control at turn two and slid into the gravel. However, this was followed by a big crash at La Chapelle, where Albert Arenas losing the front caused havoc for Manuel Gonzalez and Aron Canet and brought out the red flag while the medical team helped out Canet. 

A new 14-lap race soon resumed from original grid positions but with Lowes starting from the back of the grid after missing pitlane closing by a couple of seconds, his team doing an impressive job to fix his machine and allow him to rejoin the action. Once again, it was Arbolino getting the holeshot over Lopez into turn one, closely followed by Pedro Acosta, Salac, Celestino Vietti and a fast-starting Fermin Aldeguer shooting up to sixth. Jake Dixon, Somkiat Chantra, Barry Baltus and Lukas Tulovic made up the early top 10, while Lowes recovered a couple of positions to 24th on the opening lap. 

It was a bit of a déjà vu at the front, Arbolino quickly extending a one second advantage, helped by Acosta and Lopez trading places and a big moment for Acosta at turn six. But once Acosta settled in second, he was steadily reeling in the leader, while dropping Lopez into Salac’s clutches. Almost two seconds behind, Vietti was in the lead of a sizeable pursuit by lap four.  

Arbolino was forced to pick up the pace to halt Acosta’s progress, but he needn’t have worried, as Acosta threw it away in a tumble at turn seven, leaving the Italian with a healthy lead of almost two seconds on lap five. Salac was now his main rival, having overtaken Lopez at turn six and the Czech rider became a real threat only one lap later, helped by Arbolino going wide at Garage Vert and allowing him to get within half a second. Lopez wasn’t too far back either, while Vietti was maintaining the two second gap to the podium battle, joined by Chantra. Dixon lost another second on the duo but was left to go about his business and recover that gap once Aldeguer served a long lap penalty on lap nine and gave him some breathing room. 

By lap 10, the leading trio was back together but Arbolino was yet to be challenged at the front, as Salac could not find a gap and Lopez looked like he was just about hanging onto the duo but unable to go any quicker. Arbolino started the final lap with only three tenths’ advantage but managed the gap to the chequered flag and forced Salac to settle for second. Lopez secured the final podium position, while Vietti got within seven tenths of the podium in the final couple of laps and took a solid fourth place. Dixon caught up with Chantra with two laps remaining to claim fifth, with Baltus taking seventh place ahead of Aldeguer, who did well to recover a couple of positions to eighth after serving his penalty. That left Ai Ogura and Sergio Garcia rounding out the top 10, while Lowes took the final point scoring position on the final lap. 

Arbolino leaves France with an advantage of 25 points in the world championship over Acosta, with Lopez 38 points back and Salac 39. The unfortunate Canet was not able to take the restart and drops a couple of places to fifth, with a 47-point deficit. 

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A historic Sunday got underway under bright blue skies but in rather cool conditions and the lightweight class also kept their cool to give us a fairly calm start to the day. At the end of the 20 laps, championship leader Dani Holgado became the 1000th GP Moto3 victor, leading for most of proceedings and fending off attacks until the final corner to secure a second win of the season in his team’s home race. Poleman Ayumu Sasaki was his main challenger but eventually had to settle for second and a first trip to the podium in 2023. Jaume Masia dropped out of victory contention on the final lap but secured a third consecutive podium. 

Sasaki had made a solid start from pole position, but Holgado was quick to challenge the poleman at the Dunlop chicane – the duo closely followed by Diogo Moreira, Deniz Öncü, Andrea Migno and Masia, while Ivan Ortolá lost a couple of places to seventh. Xavi Artigas, David Salvador and Ryusei Yamanaka joined the top 10 on the opening lap, while David Alonso made some early progress from 25th on the grid to 19th. 

While Sasaki was biding his time to retaliate against leader Holgado, Öncü challenged Moreira for third and Masia attacked Migno for fifth – the Italian continuing to lose positions over the first few laps. By lap four, a leading group of ten riders had stretched a one second gap over the pursuit, where Jose Antonio Rueda and Alonso were most keen to bridge the gap, as the quickest men on track at that early stage of the race. Meanwhile, the lead went unchallenged and movement in the front group was limited to Ortolá joining the top five and Yamanaka occasionally challenging the CIP Green Power duo at the back of the pack – at least until Masia crashed out on lap seven and Salvador started fading out of the group not long after.

Not much had changed by the halfway point of proceedings and it wasn’t until nine laps remaining that the leading group started to provide some entertainment, Sasaki attacking Hogado into turn one and the Spaniard retaliating immediately at the chicane. The group also lost Moreira, who had been fading for a few laps, to a tumble at turn 13 – a rare and costly mistake that punished the Brazilian in the world championship standings. Meanwhile, Alonso finally found a way past Rueda, but the leading group was no longer within reach, over three seconds ahead. 

Holgado continued unchallenged for a few more laps, helped by Masia and Sasaki trading second place with five laps remaining, while Ortolá, Öncü, Artigas and Yamanaka were keen to get involved as well. The pace continued to hot up at the front and it was leader Holgado who was the quickest, extending a half second gap going into the final three laps. Sasaki was first to react, recovering second from Masia to try to reel in the leader, which he achieved within a lap. The rapid pace also meant that only Masia and Ortolá managed to hang onto the victory battle, while Öncü, Yamanaka and Artigas dropped a second behind. 

Holgado started the final lap with only two tenths of advantage and although Sasaki tried to find a gap, the Spaniard held onto the lead until the chequered flag. A scare at Garage Vert lost Masia over half a second on the final lap, but he managed to defend third place from Ortolá. Yamanaka got the better of Öncü on the penultimate lap to claim fifth, while Artigas struggled in the closing laps, fading to seventh place. Alonso took a lonely eighth, with Rueda and Stefano Nepa completing the top 10.  

Holgado’s impressive victory hands him a 21-point advantage in the world championship, with Ortolá and Masia becoming his main rivals, tied on points. Moreira drops to fourth, 29 points behind, with Artigas 34 points back and Sasaki climbing into sixth, with a 41-point deficit. 

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The sun shone brightly over the premier class grid as they lined up for the 13-lap sprint race and the hotter conditions brought some diversity in front tyre choice, but it ultimately made little difference as Jorge Martin ran away at the front of the race and had no rival in sight until climbing with them on the podium to celebrate his first sprint victory. Brad Binder saw much more action for the first half of the race but eventually escaped into a lonely second place, with Pecco Bagnaia joining them on the podium after a race-long squabble for third.

Bagnaia had made a solid start from pole position to lead the way initially, while Martin and Jack Miller flew past front row starters Marc Marquez and Marini. Binder also made a trademark launch to go from 10^th to 6^th in the blink of an eye, ahead of Alex Marquez, Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaro, with Johann Zarco completing the top 10 on the opening lap. Despite the good start, Miller might have been a bit overeager on the medium front and crashed out of contention at turn seven on the second lap, allowing Bagnaia and Martin a bit of breathing room at the front. Marquez was quick to reel them in but soon had Binder on his tail, the KTM man getting past Marini, who seemed to struggle to keep up with the leaders early on. Another second back, Espargaro had picked up the lead in the chasing group, ahead of Bezzecchi, Alex Marquez and Zarco, with Viñales losing ground down to 10^th. Fabio Quartararo had kept 13^th position at the start and managed to recover a couple of position by overtaking his teammate and benefitting from Miller’s misfortune.

Back at front, Martin attacked Bagnaia at turn three at the start of lap four and the Italian could not match his pace, the Pramac rider immediately stretching a one second advantage. Bagnaia also had a hot battle on his tail, where Binder was looking for a way past Marquez and eventually found one when the Spaniard attacked Bagnaia at the Dunlop chicane and it allowed Binder to breeze past both of them. Marquez repeated the move on lap six and the world champion soon dropped behind Marini as well, seemingly struggling to keep up the pace for those few laps. However, these exchanges dropped the trio almost two seconds behind Binder, who in turn was struggling to close the 1.5 second gap to leader Martin.

While Martin and Binder checked out at the front, Bagnaia seemed to pick up the pace once more and was breathing down Marquez’s neck but the Honda man had his measure for the next few laps. Bagnaia eventually slid past Marquez at turn one with four laps remaining and immediately distanced him, leaving Marquez to contend with Marini. The Mooney VR46 rider made quick work of the Honda, who seemed to fade in the closing stages and had Zarco and Bezzecchi not too far behind. Meanwhile, Quartararo had made his way inside the top nine but crashed out once more with four laps remaining.

An untroubled Martin continued to lead going into the final lap by a comfortable two seconds, but the battle for second seemed to warm up slightly, with Bagnaia reeling in Binder, but it was too late and the KTM man took the chequered flag seven tenths ahead of Bagnaia. Marini held back Marquez to take fourth, while a mistake from Zarco allowed the Spaniard some breathing room on the final lap, on his way to fifth. Bezzecchi, Espargaro, Viñales and Takaaki Nakagami completed the top 10.

In the championship standings, Bagnaia increases his advantage to 23 points, while Binder becomes his main rival, Bezzecchi dropping to third, 26 points behind. Martin’s victory promotes him to fourth, 34 points down on Bagnaia.

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The intermediate class got a sunny welcome back on track after the damp start on Saturday morning and it was a familiar sight having Sam Lowes back in parc fermé to celebrate pole position. The British rider was slow to get going, not helped by some early yellow flags, but he quickly regrouped to lead the way and secure pole position by two tenths of a second. Alonso Lopez was one of the early leaders of Q2 and eventually made his way back into second on the grid, while Tony Arbolino secured his first front row of the season to complete a nearly perfect Saturday for the Marc VDS squad.

After sitting at the top of the timing screens for a significant part of Q2, Filip Salac wasn’t all that pleased to only take fourth at the chequered flag, opening row two ahead of Pedro Acosta and Celestino Vietti – the Italian enjoying a much better weekend in France and providing an impressive save at turn three for the highlights reel. Somkiat Chantra in seventh position was only three tenths off pole and will be joined on the third row by Jake Dixon, whose session ended with a tumble at turn seven, and Manuel Gonzalez.

Q1 graduates Barry Baltus and Fermin Aldeguer will keep Albert Arenas company on the fourth row, while Aron Canet had to settle for 13^th after adding yet another crash to his weekend in Le Mans, prompting a red flag at the end of Q2 because his machine rested in the middle of the track at turn three. Bo Bendsneyder and Lukas Tulovic also escaped Q1 but then hit the deck in Q2 and will be joining Canet on the fifth row of the grid.

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