GP France 2026, the Sprint report

Martin makes a magic start and dominates

That’s all for the Sprint report, thank you for being with us. We say goodbye with the finishing order and the updated World Championship standings. Enjoy the rest of your day with FormulaPassion.it.

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15.35 – Marc Marquez is heading to the medical center to check the condition of his right foot.

15.30 – Jorge Martin in the Riders’ standings is now 6 points behind Bezzecchi, also this is Martin’s 18th Sprint win and he returns to being the record holder for Saturday races ahead of Marc Marquez who has 17.

15.25 – Applause for Diogo Moreira’s ninth place.

15.20 – The final picture of the Sprint.

Checkered flag

Lap 13/13 – The last lap begins, crash for Marc Marquez, he lost the rear entering the last corner.

Lap 12/13 – Ogura passes Alex Marquez and moves up to eighth position. Crash for Raul Fernandez, he was tenth.

Lap 11/13 – Recapping the top-9: Martin, Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, Acosta, Quartararo, Mir, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez and Ogura.

Lap 10/13 – We enter the final stages of this Sprint, Martin is in control of the race and at the same time Bagnaia also has a safe advantage over Bezzecchi. Acosta is one second behind the World Championship leader.

Lap 9/13 – Mir is very threatening in Quartararo’s slipstream in the fight for fifth position.

Lap 8/13 – Martin continues to extend, now he has a 1.3″ margin over Bagnaia. Look at the masterpiece the 2024 world champion made at the start.

Lap 7/13 – The soft front tire is taking its toll on Zarco who has dropped to 12th position behind even Moreira, Ogura has entered the points zone.

Lap 6/13 – Martin extends the margin to one second over Bagnaia, crash for Bastianini.

Lap 5/13 – Crash at the Dunlop chicane for Fabio Di Giannantonio, Acosta passed Quartararo and took fourth position. Bagnaia has recovered two tenths on Martin, now the two are separated by nine tenths.

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Lap 4/13 – The new top-9: Martin, Bagnaia, Bezzecchi, Quartararo, Acosta, Mir, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez and Zarco.

Lap 3/13 – Bezzecchi’s mistake opens the door for Bagnaia who moves up to second position.

Lap 3/13 – Acosta passed Marc Marquez and took fifth position. Mir also passed Marc Marquez, the defending champion dropped to seventh position.

Lap 2/13 – Here is the top-9: Martin, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, Quartararo, Marc Marquez, Acosta, Mir, Alex Marquez and Zarco. Crash for Marini and Folger.

Lap 1/13 – Jorge Martin rockets off and takes the lead, then Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, Quartararo and Marc Marquez, Di Giannantonio collapsed to 14th position.

Started

15.02 – The starting grid is reforming, the start of the Sprint is soon, the Dunlop chicane bottleneck is always critical.

15.00 – The riders leave the starting grid to do the formation lap.

14.57 – Actually, there is another rider who puts the soft front tire, it’s Johann Zarco, so the two home heroes try to play this joker.

14.55 – No last-minute news on tires.

14.50 – 24°C air temperature, 38°C asphalt temperature.

14.45 – Regarding tires, almost all riders chose the hard front and soft rear. Fabio Quartararo, who starts in the second row, instead mounts the soft also on the front.

Good afternoon dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the live text coverage of the French GP Sprint Race of the MotoGP class. Below the starting grid.

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