MotoGP French GP Sprint Results: Jorge Martin dominates as Marquez suffers injury
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Jorge Martin made a statement in the French GP sprint with a dominant display, claiming the 18th Sprint victory of his career and his second of the season so far.
Aprilia continued their impressive start to 2026 with both riders making the podium, Jorge Martin finished ahead of Francesco Bagnaia, while Marco Bezzecchi finished 3rd.
It was a mixed day for Ducati as Bagnaia made the podium after taking pole position in qualifying. Marc Marquez, starting from the front row, spent most of the race in 7th place behind Joan Mir and Quartararo, however he suffered a huge crash on the entry to the final corner and appeared to land on his previously injured right shoulder. He was taken to the medical center after the race but no official updates have been announced as of yet.
Home hero Fabio Quartararo had a very good showing and managed to fight off the superior bikes around him to finish in P5. Johann Zarco had a decent enough run, but his poor qualifying meant that he was largely bogged down in the mid-pack.
There were seven crashers in total including Luca Marini, Raul Fernandez and both VR45 riders Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.
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MotoGP French Grand Prix Sprint Race Results
| Position | Rider (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1. | Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) | - |
| 2. | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) | +1.107 |
| 3. | Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) | +2.786 |
| 4. | Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing) | +3.808 |
| 5. | Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +4.402 |
| 6. | Joan Mir (Honda HRC) | +4.630 |
| 7. | Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Racing) | +5.670 |
| 8. | Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) | +6.608 |
| 9. | Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) | +10.368 |
| 10. | Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda) | +11.771 |
| 11. | Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing) | +13.435 |
| 12. | Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing) | +14.708 |
| 13. | Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +15.413 |
| 14. | Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) | +16.968 |
| 15. | Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) | +17.603 |
| 16. | Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46) | +1 Lap |
| OUT | Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo) | TBA |
| OUT | Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) | TBA |
| OUT | Franco Morbidelli (VR46) | TBA |
| OUT | Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3) | TBA |
| OUT | Jonas Folger (KTM Tech3) | TBA |
| OUT | Luca Marini (Honda HRC) | TBA |
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