title: 2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, was the third round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 May 2010 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. From second on the grid, Jorge Lorenzo overhauled Valentino Rossi who was runner-up, to take the first back-to-back wins of his career.
  
  ## MotoGP classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 44:29.114 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +5.672 | 1 | 20 |
  | 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +7.872 | 7 | 16 |
  | 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +9.346 | 5 | 13 |
  | 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +12.613 | 3 | 11 |
  | 6 | 33 | Marco Melandri | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +21.918 | 11 | 10 |
  | 7 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +29.288 | 6 | 9 |
  | 8 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Páginas Amarillas Aspar | Ducati | 28 | +33.128 | 15 | 8 |
  | 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +33.493 | 10 | 7 |
  | 10 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +33.805 | 13 | 6 |
  | 11 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Interwetten Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +34.346 | 14 | 5 |
  | 12 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +37.123 | 8 | 4 |
  | 13 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +55.061 | 16 | 3 |
  | Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 6 | Retirement | 9 | |
  | Ret | 11 | Ben Spies | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 12 | |
  | Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 4 | |
  | DNS | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | | Did not start | | |
  | Sources: |||||||||
  
  ## Moto2 classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Moriwaki | 26 | 43:29.277 | 7 | 25 |
  | 2 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 26 | +1.336 | 9 | 20 |
  | 3 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Motobi | 26 | +2.831 | 8 | 16 |
  | 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 26 | +4.880 | 14 | 13 |
  | 5 | 2 | Gábor Talmácsi | Speed Up | 26 | +13.293 | 19 | 11 |
  | 6 | 40 | Sergio Gadea | Pons Kalex | 26 | +13.415 | 6 | 10 |
  | 7 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Bimota | 26 | +14.294 | 12 | 9 |
  | 8 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Moriwaki | 26 | +14.554 | 5 | 8 |
  | 9 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Suter | 26 | +23.503 | 35 | 7 |
  | 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 26 | +23.687 | 10 | 6 |
  | 11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 26 | +23.959 | 21 | 5 |
  | 12 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | BQR-Moto2 | 26 | +24.955 | 24 | 4 |
  | 13 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Moriwaki | 26 | +25.068 | 22 | 3 |
  | 14 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | I.C.P. | 26 | +26.023 | 28 | 2 |
  | 15 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 26 | +28.765 | 13 | 1 |
  | 16 | 6 | Alex Debón | FTR | 26 | +32.240 | 3 | |
  | 17 | 59 | Niccolò Canepa | Force GP210 | 26 | +33.607 | 18 | |
  | 18 | 41 | Arne Tode | Suter | 26 | +34.789 | 26 | |
  | 19 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Moriwaki | 26 | +43.180 | 17 | |
  | 20 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Suter | 26 | +43.522 | 29 | |
  | 21 | 61 | Vladimir Ivanov | Moriwaki | 26 | +47.761 | 34 | |
  | 22 | 53 | Valentin Debise | ADV | 26 | +51.571 | 38 | |
  | 23 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 26 | +59.692 | 33 | |
  | 24 | 5 | Joan Olivé | Promoharris | 26 | +59.939 | 37 | |
  | 25 | 88 | Yannick Guerra | Moriwaki | 26 | +1:07.377 | 40 | |
  | 26 | 8 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +1:16.171 | 32 | |
  | 27 | 21 | Vladimir Leonov | Suter | 26 | +1:16.528 | 41 | |
  | 28 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | BQR-Moto2 | 26 | +1:20.977 | 39 | |
  | 29 | 76 | Bernat Martínez | Bimota | 26 | +1:22.982 | 36 | |
  | 30 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 24 | +2 laps | 30 | |
  | Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Suter | 16 | Retirement | 27 | |
  | Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Motobi | 7 | Collision | 31 | |
  | Ret | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Suter | 7 | Collision | 15 | |
  | Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 6 | Accident | 4 | |
  | Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Moriwaki | 6 | Accident | 11 | |
  | Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Force GP210 | 6 | Collision | 16 | |
  | Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Tech 3 | 5 | Accident | 20 | |
  | Ret | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 5 | Mechanical | 23 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Kenny Noyes | Promoharris | 4 | Accident | 1 | |
  | Ret | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Tech 3 | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
  | Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | FTR | 1 | Collision | 25 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 24 | 41:52.280 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 40 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 24 | +0.957 | 1 | 20 |
  | 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Derbi | 24 | +4.428 | 4 | 16 |
  | 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 24 | +4.736 | 12 | 13 |
  | 5 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 24 | +5.143 | 5 | 11 |
  | 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 24 | +5.847 | 3 | 10 |
  | 7 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 24 | +11.047 | 10 | 9 |
  | 8 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Aprilia | 24 | +11.165 | 6 | 8 |
  | 9 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 24 | +37.808 | 8 | 7 |
  | 10 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 24 | +39.585 | 11 | 6 |
  | 11 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 24 | +40.519 | 9 | 5 |
  | 12 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 24 | +40.817 | 15 | 4 |
  | 13 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 24 | +42.149 | 13 | 3 |
  | 14 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 24 | +44.741 | 7 | 2 |
  | 15 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 24 | +46.320 | 16 | 1 |
  | 16 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Aprilia | 24 | +46.503 | 18 | |
  | 17 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 24 | +46.979 | 17 | |
  | 18 | 78 | Marcel Schrötter | Honda | 24 | +59.626 | 20 | |
  | 19 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 24 | +59.770 | 23 | |
  | 20 | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | Aprilia | 24 | +1:04.405 | 21 | |
  | 21 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.731 | 22 | |
  | 22 | 60 | Michael van der Mark | Lambretta | 24 | +1:28.928 | 25 | |
  | 23 | 82 | Kévin Szalaï | Honda | 24 | +1:47.143 | 28 | |
  | 24 | 81 | Grégory Di Carlo | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 27 | |
  | 25 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 24 | |
  | 26 | 83 | Morgan Berchet | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 26 | |
  | Ret | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Lambretta | 18 | Retirement | 29 | |
  | Ret | 51 | Riccardo Moretti | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 14 | |
  | Ret | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
  | OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 70 |
  | 2 | Valentino Rossi | 61 |
  | 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | 42 |
  | 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 40 |
  | 5 | Nicky Hayden | 39 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Yamaha | 75 |
  | 2 | Honda | 52 |
  | 3 | Ducati | 39 |
  | 4 | Suzuki | 13 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  