MotoGP™ – Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) pounces to take French glory.

Bastinaini’s tyre conservation is renowned within the paddock, and coming up to the midway point, it was a matter of when rather than if he would overtake Miller, who was using a soft-soft combination. Eventually, it came on Lap 12, with the Gresini rider going through on the Aussie at Garage Vert.

Soon after, there was some change just behind them, with Mir hitting the deck and tumbling through the gravel at Turn 14 and allowing Espargaro and Quartararo to gain a position each. However, the Aprilia rider still had work to do as he was still 1.1s away from Miller in third. There was also disappointment for Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) as he recorded a fourth DNF of the year after a Turn 9 fall.

After a settled number of laps, the victory fight sparked into life as Bastianini began to swarm all over the rear end of Bagnaia out front. The pressure began on the 17^th lap and continued for five more before The Beast made his first move at the Dunlop Chicane. The two went wheel-to-wheel up until Turn 6, with Bagnaia posting a classy response. The fight wasn’t over though, with Bastianini forcing an error from his Ducati counterpart at Garage Vert, with Pecco running it wide and dropping to P2. That blunder left a second between them and in an effort to reel in the satellite rider, Bagnaia pushed it too hard around the final corner and slid into the gravel and out of the race.

From there, Bastianini just had to keep it steady to bring home his third victory of the year, while Miller was comfortable in second. Attentions switched the remaining podium place, with home fans willing on World Champion Quartararo in the closing laps, but he could never quite get close enough to Espargaro, who put in a calm and composed performance to secure third.

Coming in fifth was Zarco, who displayed some excellent pace throughout, and it looks to be a case of what could have been for the man from Cannes. Marquez rounds out the top six while Nakagami can be pleased with another seventh place finish. Despite missing a wing from the early stages, Binder claimed P8, while his factory teammate Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) recorded a DNF.

1. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™)
2. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 2.718
3. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 4.182
4. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 4.288
5. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 11.139
6. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 15.155
7. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) + 16.680
8. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 18.459
9. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 20.541
10. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 21.486.

Shark Grand Prix de France

MotoGP™ RAC Classification 2022

Le Mans

, May 15th 2022

28º C

Partly-Cloudy

Track condition: Dry

Humidity: 41%

Ground: 36º

1	25	23 EneaBastianini Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	163	41’34.6130
2	20	43 JackMiller Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	162.8	+2.718
3	16	41 AleixEspargaro Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	162.7	+4.182
4	13	20 FabioQuartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	162.7	+4.288
5	11	5 JohannZarco Pramac Racing	Ducati	162.3	+11.139
6	10	93 MarcMarquez Repsol Honda Team	Honda	162	+15.155
7	9	30 TakaakiNakagami LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	161.9	+16.680
8	8	33 BradBinder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	161.8	+18.459
9	7	10 LucaMarini Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	161.7	+20.541
10	6	12 MaverickViñales Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	161.6	+21.486
11	5	44 PolEspargaro Repsol Honda Team	Honda	161.5	+22.707
12	4	72 MarcoBezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	161.5	+23.408
13	3	49 FabioDi Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	161.3	+26.432
14	2	73 AlexMarquez LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	161.2	+28.710
15	1	21 FrancoMorbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	161.1	+29.433
16		4 AndreaDovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	160.6	+38.149
17		40 DarrynBinder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	159.2	+59.748

Non-classified riders

		63 FrancescoBagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	163	20 Laps
		25 RaulFernandez Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	158.6	6 Laps
		88 MiguelOliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	161.7	24 Laps
		87 RemyGardner Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	157.1	3 Laps
		36 JoanMir Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	162.5	13 Laps
		42 AlexRins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	144.6	5 Laps
		89 JorgeMartin Pramac Racing	Ducati	161.5	16 Laps

Championship Standings MotoGP™ 2022

MotoGP™ Championship 2022

1	20 Fabio Quartararo		Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	102
2	41 Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	98
3	23 Enea Bastianini		Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	94
4	42 Alex Rins		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	69
5	43 Jack Miller		Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	62
6	5 Johann Zarco		Pramac Racing	Ducati	62
7	63 Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	56
8	33 Brad Binder		Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	56
9	36 Joan Mir		Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	56
10	93 Marc Marquez		Repsol Honda Team	Honda	54
11	88 Miguel Oliveira		Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	43
12	44 Pol Espargaro		Repsol Honda Team	Honda	40
13	12 Maverick Viñales		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	33
14	30 Takaaki Nakagami		LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	30
15	89 Jorge Martin		Pramac Racing	Ducati	28
16	10 Luca Marini		Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	21
17	21 Franco Morbidelli		Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™	Yamaha	19
18	72 Marco Bezzecchi		Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	19
19	73 Alex Marquez		LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	18
20	4 Andrea Dovizioso		WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	8
21	40 Darryn Binder		WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team	Yamaha	6
22	49 Fabio Di Giannantonio		Gresini Racing MotoGP™	Ducati	3
23	87 Remy Gardner		Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	3
24	25 Raul Fernandez		Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0
25	6 Stefan Bradl		Team HRC	Honda	0
26	32 Lorenzo Savadori		Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0