2022 MotoGP French Grand Prix: Full race results

Jack Miller got the holeshot from second on the grid at the start of the race, but soon dropped behind polesitter Bagnaia on the sister factory Ducati and the fast-starting Gresini bike of Bastianini in third, paving the way for a two-horse race for victory.

Bastianini started piling pressure on the Spanish GP winner in the second half of the race, with the two circulating just a few tenths away from each other on the 4.1km circuit.

With seven laps to go, Bastianini made a move going into the Dunlop chicane, only for Bagnaia to reclaim the position a few corners later.

However, Bagnaia would throw away all his hard work by running wide at Turn 8, before falling off his bike at Turn 14 at the end of the lap.

With Bagnaia out of the picture, Bastiania cruised to a 2.7s victory over the sole remaining factory Ducati of Miller, adding to his victories in the Qatar season opener and the Americas GP at Austin.

Aprilia star Aleix Espargaro hung on to his fourth podium finish of the season after resisting the advances of reigning champion Fabio Quartararo during the second part of the race.

Yamaha rider Quartararo initially slipped to the lower reaches of the top 10 with a poor getaway from fourth on the grid, but was able to recoup some of the lost places - although was denied a home podium finish by just over a tenth of a second by title rival Espargaro.

Countryman Johann Zarco finished fifth on the Pramac Ducati after recovering from a three-place grid penalty, repassing the top Honda of Marc Marquez towards the end of the race.

LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami equalled his best result of the season so far in seventh, finishing ahead of Brad Binder on the sole surviving KTM. Binder’s teammate Miguel Oliveira and Tech 3 duo Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner all failed to finish the race.

The top 10 was completed by VR46’s Luca Marini and Maverick Vinales on the second Aprilia, as Pol Espargaro had to settle for 11th after having to slow down his Honda to avoid hitting the stricken KTM of Oliveira.

Suzuki endured a nightmare outing with both Alex Rins and Joan Mir crashing out of the race while running inside the top 10, just days after the Japanese manufacturer announced it plans to quit MotoGP after 2022.

2022 MotoGP French Grand Prix: Full race results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	41'34.613
2	Jack Miller		Ducati	41'37.331	2.718	2.718
3	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	41'38.795	4.182	1.464
4	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	41'38.901	4.288	0.106
5	Johann Zarco		Ducati	41'45.752	11.139	6.851
6	Marc Marquez		Honda	41'49.768	15.155	4.016
7	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	41'51.293	16.680	1.525
8	Brad Binder		KTM	41'53.072	18.459	1.779
9	Luca Marini		Ducati	41'55.154	20.541	2.082
10	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	41'56.099	21.486	0.945
11	Pol Espargaro		Honda	41'57.320	22.707	1.221
12	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	41'58.021	23.408	0.701
13	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	42'01.045	26.432	3.024
14	Alex Marquez		Honda	42'03.323	28.710	2.278
15	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	42'04.046	29.433	0.723
16	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	42'12.762	38.149	8.716
17	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	42'34.361	59.748	21.599
	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	37'14.762	3 Laps	3 Laps
	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	30'48.398	7 Laps	4 Laps
	Jorge Martin		Ducati	24'52.128	11 Laps	4 Laps
	Joan Mir		Suzuki	20'04.968	14 Laps	3 Laps
	Raúl Fernández		KTM	9'29.930	21 Laps	7 Laps
	Alex Rins		Suzuki	8'40.952	22 Laps	1 Lap
	Remy Gardner		KTM	4'47.629	24 Laps	2 Laps
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2022 MotoGP French Grand Prix: Fastest laps

Cla	Rider		Bike	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	4	1'31.778
2	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	4	1'31.885	0.107
3	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	7	1'31.946	0.168
4	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	5	1'31.947	0.169
5	Joan Mir		Suzuki	4	1'32.000	0.222
6	Alex Rins		Suzuki	2	1'32.052	0.274
7	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	15	1'32.076	0.298
8	Johann Zarco		Ducati	20	1'32.145	0.367
9	Jack Miller		Ducati	20	1'32.163	0.385
10	Jorge Martin		Ducati	7	1'32.294	0.516
11	Marc Marquez		Honda	13	1'32.349	0.571
12	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	5	1'32.394	0.616
13	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	18	1'32.397	0.619
14	Brad Binder		KTM	25	1'32.404	0.626
15	Luca Marini		Ducati	15	1'32.409	0.631
16	Pol Espargaro		Honda	6	1'32.461	0.683
17	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	5	1'32.484	0.706
18	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	6	1'32.636	0.858
19	Alex Marquez		Honda	11	1'32.729	0.951
20	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	21	1'32.760	0.982
21	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	18	1'32.870	1.092
22	Remy Gardner		KTM	3	1'33.272	1.494
23	Raúl Fernández		KTM	5	1'33.445	1.667
24	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	5	1'33.528	1.750
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