MotoGP French GP: Full starting grid after Marc Marquez's withdrawal

Check out the full starting grid for Sunday's MotoGP race at Le Mans

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia will start the French Grand Prix from pole position after topping Saturday's qualifying session at Le Mans.

It was the Italian's first pole position since last year's Malaysian Grand Prix, as well as the second for Ducati in 2026 following Marc Marquez's impressive lap at the Spanish Grand Prix last month.

Marquez was due to join his team-mate on the front row but suffered a huge high-side in the sprint race and damaged his foot, leaving him out of both Sunday's race and next weekend's Catalan GP. He will undergo surgery on his broken foot as well as another operation on his right shoulder, which he had already planned after a screw had become dislodged.

With Marquez absent, the rest of the riders will move up a position. That means Aprilia rider and championship leader Marco Bezzecchi will start second, with Fabio di Giannantonio lining up third on the grid on the VR46 Ducati.

Pedro Acosta (KTM), Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Joan Mir (Honda) will represent their respective manufacturers on the second row, while sprint winner Jorge Martin (Aprilia) will take the start in seventh place.

Last year's French GP winner Johann Zarco (LCR) moves up a place to 10th, with rain forecast on Sunday.

Grid

All Stats

Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Time	km/h
1	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	1'29.634	178.405
2	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	+0.023 1'29.657	178.359
3	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	+0.065 1'29.699	178.276
4	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	+0.183 1'29.817	178.042
5	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	+0.197 1'29.831	178.014
6	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	+0.203 1'29.837	178.002
7	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89	Aprilia	+0.213 1'29.847	177.982
8	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	+0.254 1'29.888	177.901
9	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	+0.297 1'29.931	177.816
10	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	+0.737 1'30.371	176.950
11	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	+0.982 1'30.616	176.472
12	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	+0.251 1'29.885	177.907
13	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	+0.726 1'30.360	176.972
14	L. Marini Honda HRC	10	Honda	+0.762 1'30.396	176.901
15	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	+0.779 1'30.413	176.868
16	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7	Yamaha	+0.785 1'30.419	176.856
17	D. Moreira Team LCR	11	Honda	+0.794 1'30.428	176.839
18	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	+0.805 1'30.439	176.817
19	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	+1.135 1'30.769	176.174
20	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	+1.191 1'30.825	176.066
21	J. Folger Tech 3	94	KTM	+2.192 1'31.826	174.146
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