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.[2]

Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso, spraying the champagne on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the MotoGP race.

  2010 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 May 2010
Official name	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[1]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:33.408 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:34.545 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Valentino Rossi Third Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Pole position Rider Kenny Noyes Time 1:39.234 Fastest lap Rider Jules Cluzel Time 1:39.169 Podium First Toni Elías Second Julián Simón Third Simone Corsi
125 cc
Pole position Rider Nicolás Terol Time 1:43.719 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:43.787 Podium First Pol Espargaró Second Nicolás Terol Third Marc Márquez

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:[3][4][5]

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.[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 70 2 Valentino Rossi 61 3 Andrea Dovizioso 42 4 Dani Pedrosa 40 5 Nicky Hayden 39

Constructors' Championship standings 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.

References

1. "2010 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "Jorge Lorenzo triumphs in French MotoGP at Le Mans". BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-05-23. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
3. "2010 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "motogp.com · MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.
5. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

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