Quartararo Le Mans MotoGP
Quartararo Le Mans MotoGP

French MotoGP at Le Mans: Sprint race as it happened

Recap Saturday's MotoGP action at Le Mans.

14:23
Top nine

Martin, Marquez,🐼 Vinales, Bastianini, Espargaro, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Miller, Raul Fernandez.

14:23
Martin wins another sprint, his second at Le Mans

Martin has done iౠt once again. The Spaniard is the sprint king agai✃n at Le Mans as he wins from Marc Marquez and Vinales. 

14:21

Big save from Acosta at the penult♔imate corner as he loses ground to Espargaro. 

14:21
Lap 12 of13

Martin leads Marquez by over two seconds follo🎃wi💟ng Bezzecchi's crash. Bastianini is catching Vinales for third. 

14:18
Lap 10 of 13

Coming und🅷er big pressure from Marquez, Bezzecchi has crashed out!

14:15
Lap 8 of 13

Martin is ♛now well clear of ဣBezzecchi who is now losing time to Marquez.

14:13
Lap 7 of 13

Alex Rins is down after contact we believe with KTM's Braꦅd Binder. 

14:11
Bagnaia update

The world champion is out and retired on lap 3 of💛 the rac♔e. 

14:10
Lap 5 of 13

Bezzecchi is closing in on Martin and Marquez is not that faܫr behind in third spot. 

14:09
Lap 4 of 13

Espargaꦬro takes his first Lo꧂ng Lap and Marquez is now up to third behind Martin and Bezzecchi. 

14:07
Lap 3 of 13

Aleix Espargaro had a double L🌊ong Lap penalty due to jumping the start.

14:07
Lap 3 of 13

Bagnaia i🍒s last!!. The world champions has a problem. 

14:04

This is quite incredible from Marꦐc Marquez. He's through on Vinales for P4.

14:03
Lap 1 of 13

Francesco Bagnaia has made a dreadful start he is 14th!! Marc Marquez has moved up from P13 to⛄ sixth. 

14:02

And it's lights out in the Le❀ Mans MotoGP sprint race.&nꦦbsp;

14:00

Riders are off on their formation lap!

13:57

We're five minutes away from lights out!

13:43

Good afternoon and welcome back to the French♐ MotoGP at Le Mans. Coming up in just over 15 minutes is the sprint race. 

10:43

The MotoGP sprint race a♒t Le Mans will get underway at꧂ 14:00pm UK time.

10:33
Martin on pole!

So that's it for Q2 in Le Mans and it's Martin who secures pole ahead of Bagnaia and Vinales🦩. Di Giannantonio heads the second row ahead of Bezzecchi and Espargaro. 

10:30

Alei⛎x Espargaro and Jack Miller have also crashed out o📖f qualifying. The order won't change.