Johann Zarco, Win, Rider of the Race
Zarco took his second MotoGP win – and on his 150th MotoGP start – along with Australia
in 2023, when he was racing with Ducati. He becomes only the fifth rider on the grid to win with two (or more) different MotoGP machines, joining Maverick Viñales (Suzuki, Yamaha, Aprilia), Alex Rins (Suzuki, Honda), Jack Miller (Honda, Ducati) and Marc Marquez (Honda, Ducati).
Zarco took the first MotoGP win for a French rider at the French GP since Pierre Monneret won in Reims in 1954. This France’s 100th GP win, and their 16th in MotoGP.
Honda, Win
Honda took their first win since Alex Rins at the 2023 Americas GP. This is the first non Ducati win since Viñales (Aprilia) in Austin last year, ending a sequence of 22 MotoGP race wins by Ducati. That means Honda and Ducati remain tied on a longest winning streak of 22 Grands Prix wins in a row.
Marc Marquez, P2
Marquez finished P2 for his 115th MotoGP podium. He is now alone in second on the list of riders with the most MotoGP podiums behind MotoGP Legend Valentino Rossi, who has 199. He is leading the World Championship with 171 points, 22 ahead of his brother Alex who crashed twice and retired.
Fermin Aldeguer, P3
Aldeguer finished P3 for his maiden podium in MotoGP. Aged 20 years 36 days old, he becomes the fifth youngest MotoGP podium finisher after Norick Abe (20 years and 10 days old – Brazil 1995).
311,797 Attendance
For the first time in history, MotoGP has welcomed more than 300,000 fans across a Grand Prix weekend as Le Mans set a new all-time attendance record.
