title: 2016 French motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2016 French motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2016 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 8 May 2016.
  
  ## Classification
  
  ### MotoGP
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 28 | 43:51.290 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 28 | +10.654 | 7 | 20 |
  | 3 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 28 | +14.177 | 8 | 16 |
  | 4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +18.719 | 11 | 13 |
  | 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +24.931 | 4 | 11 |
  | 6 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 28 | +32.921 | 12 | 10 |
  | 7 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 28 | +38.251 | 10 | 9 |
  | 8 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 28 | +38.504 | 13 | 8 |
  | 9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 28 | +48.536 | 19 | 7 |
  | 10 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 28 | +54.502 | 17 | 6 |
  | 11 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 28 | +1:02.677 | 16 | 5 |
  | 12 | 76 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:07.658 | 21 | 4 |
  | 13 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 2 | 3 |
  | Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | Accident | 6 | |
  | Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 17 | Accident | 18 | |
  | Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
  | Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 11 | Accident Damage | 3 | |
  | Ret | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 7 | Accident | 20 | |
  | Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 6 | Accident | 9 | |
  | Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 15 | |
  | Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 5 | Mechanical | 14 | |
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  ### Moto2
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 26 | 42:27.312 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 26 | +1.802 | 3 | 20 |
  | 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 26 | +4.608 | 1 | 16 |
  | 4 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 26 | +9.148 | 5 | 13 |
  | 5 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 26 | +9.828 | 6 | 11 |
  | 6 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 26 | +10.626 | 9 | 10 |
  | 7 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 26 | +25.477 | 11 | 9 |
  | 8 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 26 | +25.961 | 17 | 8 |
  | 9 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 26 | +29.481 | 14 | 7 |
  | 10 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 26 | +29.368 | 18 | 6 |
  | 11 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 26 | +29.573 | 20 | 5 |
  | 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 26 | +29.773 | 10 | 4 |
  | 13 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 26 | +30.183 | 13 | 3 |
  | 14 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 26 | +30.244 | 12 | 2 |
  | 15 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 26 | +36.538 | 22 | 1 |
  | 16 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 26 | +38.602 | 19 | |
  | 17 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 26 | +44.911 | 7 | |
  | 18 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 26 | +45.297 | 25 | |
  | 19 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 26 | +45.755 | 21 | |
  | 20 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 26 | +50.278 | 23 | |
  | 21 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 26 | +55.773 | 24 | |
  | 22 | 33 | Alessandro Tonucci | Kalex | 26 | +1:01.790 | 26 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 26 | +1:02.201 | 27 | |
  | 24 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 26 | +1:02.484 | 4 | |
  | 25 | 69 | Danny Eslick | Suter | 26 | +1:39.502 | 28 | |
  | Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 13 | Accident | 16 | |
  | Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 7 | Accident | 15 | |
  | Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
  | DNS | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | | Did not start (Knee Injury) | | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ### Moto3
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 24 | 41:31.041 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 24 | +0.099 | 5 | 20 |
  | 3 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 24 | +0.387 | 4 | 16 |
  | 4 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 24 | +1.354 | 3 | 13 |
  | 5 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 24 | +7.147 | 6 | 11 |
  | 6 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 24 | +7.616 | 8 | 10 |
  | 7 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 24 | +8.016 | 17 | 9 |
  | 8 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 24 | +8.457 | 1 | 8 |
  | 9 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 24 | +9.850 | 10 | 7 |
  | 10 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 24 | +9.926 | 14 | 6 |
  | 11 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 24 | +12.293 | 11 | 5 |
  | 12 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 24 | +13.738 | 19 | 4 |
  | 13 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 24 | +13.511 | 7 | 3 |
  | 14 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 24 | +13.907 | 9 | 2 |
  | 15 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 24 | +14.382 | 12 | 1 |
  | 16 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 24 | +20.915 | 21 | |
  | 17 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 24 | +21.229 | 13 | |
  | 18 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 24 | +24.091 | 23 | |
  | 19 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Peugeot | 24 | +38.782 | 15 | |
  | 20 | 17 | John McPhee | Peugeot | 24 | +38.852 | 25 | |
  | 21 | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 24 | +38.986 | 33 | |
  | 22 | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 24 | +54.550 | 27 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | 24 | +1:03.526 | 31 | |
  | 24 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 24 | +1:03.593 | 29 | |
  | 25 | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 24 | +1:05.491 | 24 | |
  | Ret | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 23 | Accident | 20 | |
  | Ret | 99 | Enzo Boulom | KTM | 16 | Accident | 32 | |
  | Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 15 | Accident | 16 | |
  | Ret | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 10 | Accident Damage | 22 | |
  | Ret | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 3 | Accident | 18 | |
  | Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 2 | Accident Damage | 26 | |
  | Ret | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 0 | Accident | 28 | |
  | Ret | 98 | Karel Hanika | Mahindra | 0 | Accident | 30 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 90 |
  | 2 | Marc Marquez | 85 |
  | 3 | Valentino Rossi | 78 |
  | 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 53 |
  | 5 | Maverick Vinales | 49 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Yamaha | 115 |
  | 2 | Honda | 95 |
  | 3 | Ducati | 67 |
  | 4 | Suzuki | 55 |
  | 5 | Aprilia | 27 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  