HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France

Date
Sun 20th May 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
MotoGP

Season
2018

Round
5

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Location
Circuit Bugatti

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Description

The Grand Prix was held on different circuits in its history: on the Charade Circuit (Puy-de-Dôme) between 1959 and 1967, Le Mans circuit on numerous occasions since 1969, alternating with the Paul Ricard Circuit at Le Castellet, used it for the first time in 1973, the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro in 1978 and 1982 and the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours once in 1992. Since 2000 the race is held at Le Mans on the Bugatti Circuit.

Marquez equals Stoner as Rossi gets back on the podium. The Championship leader matches the Australian’s premier class win record with victory in Le Mans
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) took a record-breaking victory at the HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France, which sees the reigning World Champion equal Casey Stoner’s 38 premier class wins - and surpass Mike Hailwood's win record. Alma Pramac Racing’s Danilo Petrucci was a superb second to take his first podium of the season - and from the front row - with Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) returning to rostrum in third place after a more difficult run of races for the 'Doctor'.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos./Rider/Nation/Team/Bike/Gap/Points

1/Marc MARQUEZ/SPA/Repsol Honda Team/Honda/41'49.773/25
2/Danilo PETRUCCI/ITA/Alma Pramac Racing/Ducati/+2.310/20
3/Valentino ROSSI/ITA/Movistar Yamaha MotoGP/Yamaha/+5.350/16
4/Jack MILLER/AUS Alma/Pramac Racing/Ducati/+6.314/13
5/Dani PEDROSA/SPA/Repsol Honda Team/Honda/+7.419/11
6/Jorge LORENZO/SPA/Ducati Team/Ducati/+10.355/10
7/Maverick VIÑALES/SPA/Movistar Yamaha MotoGP/Yamaha /+23.758/9
8/Cal CRUTCHLOW /GBR/LCR Honda CASTROL/Honda/+25.795/8
9/Aleix ESPARGARO/SPA/Aprilia Racing Team Gresini/Aprilia/+26.206/7
10/Alex RINS/SPA/Team SUZUKI ECSTAR/Suzuki/+27.937/6
11/Pol ESPARGARO/SPA/Red Bull KTM Factory Racing/KTM/+32.304/5
12/Hafizh SYAHRIN/MAL/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha/+34.962/4
13/Franco MORBIDELLI/ITA/EG 0,0 Marc VDS/Honda/+37.881/3
14/Bradley SMITH/GBR/Red Bull KTM Factory Racing/KTM/+38.299/2
15/Takaaki NAKAGAMI/JPN/LCR Honda IDEMITSU/Honda/+41.986/1
16/Thomas LUTHI/SWI/EG 0,0 Marc VDS/Honda/+45.260
17/Karel ABRAHAM /CZE/Angel Nieto Team/Ducati/+56.872
18/Xavier SIMEON/BEL/Reale Avintia Racing/Ducati/+1'12.117
Not Classified
Scott REDDING/GBR/Aprilia Racing Team Gresini/Aprilia/17 Laps
Tito RABAT/SPA/Reale Avintia Racing/Ducati/17 Laps
Johann ZARCO/FRA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha/19 Laps
Andrea DOVIZIOSO/ITA/Ducati Team/Ducati/23 Laps
Alvaro BAUTISTA/SPA/Angel Nieto Team/Ducati/26 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
Andrea IANNONE/ITA/Team SUZUKI ECSTAR/Suzuki/0 Lap

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