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MotoGP French GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

Dani Holgado Moto2 (Organization) Honda Kalex David Alonso D Alonso D Holgado Alonso Lopez Collin Veijer Sergio Garcia

A tense 20-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off Sunday’s race action at Le Mans, with poleman David Alonso narrowing Dani Holgado’s championship lead with his third win of the season.

Tech3 GasGas rider Holgado leaped Alonso off the line at the start and ran in the lead for the opening eight laps, before Intact GP’s Collin Veijer came through at the Turn 6 right-hander on the ninth tour.

Veijer’s stint at the front didn’t last long, as Holgado came through again at Turn 2 on the run up to the Dunlop chicane on lap 11.

An enraged David Munoz (BOE Motorsports) demoted Holgado briefly at the Turn 7 left on the same lap, but the Spaniard had been hit with a double long lap penalty for an earlier collision with Ricardo Rossi.

Munoz instantly served the first of those penalties and would later crash out of the race.

Holgado retook the lead when Munoz peeled off into the penalty lane, though a mistake at Turn 6 on lap 13 allowed Veijer back through again.

The pair would trade the lead twice more on lap 15 – when they touched going through Turn 1 – and lap 18, before Aspar’s Alonso jumped the pair of them at Turn 9 on the same tour.

Alonso resisted a retaliation from Holgado across the final few laps and got to the chequered flag 0.105 seconds clear of the Tech3 rider to reduce his championship lead to one point.

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

Veijer completed the podium from the sister Aspar bike of Joel Esteban and MT Helmets – MSI’s Ivan Ortola.

Adrian Fernandez (Leopard) was sixth despite two long lap penalties for irresponsible riding in practice, while Ryuesei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI), Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo KTM), Tatsuki Suzuki (Intact GP) and Angel Piqueras (Leopard) rounded out the top 10.

Moto3 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	80	CF MOTO	20	34'00.058		147.7		25
2	D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	96	GASGAS	20	+0.105 34'00.163	0.105	147.6		20
3	C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	95	Husqvarna	20	+0.242 34'00.300	0.137	147.6		16
4	J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	78	CF MOTO	20	+0.476 34'00.534	0.234	147.6		13
5	I. Ortola MT Helmets - MSI	48	KTM	20	+0.612 34'00.670	0.136	147.6		11
6	A. Fernandez Leopard Racing	31	Honda	20	+0.797 34'00.855	0.185	147.6		10
7	R. Yamanaka MT Helmets - MSI	6	KTM	20	+0.958 34'01.016	0.161	147.6		9
8	J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	99	KTM	20	+1.035 34'01.093	0.077	147.6		8
9	T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	24	Husqvarna	20	+1.101 34'01.159	0.066	147.6		7
10	Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing	36	Honda	20	+2.163 34'02.221	1.062	147.5		6
11	L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse	58	Honda	20	+6.715 34'06.773	4.552	147.2		5
12	J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	12	GASGAS	20	+6.903 34'06.961	0.188	147.2		4
13	J. Kelso BOE Motorsports	66	KTM	20	+7.217 34'07.275	0.314	147.1		3
14	T. Furusato Honda Team Asia	72	Honda	20	+10.776 34'10.834	3.559	146.9		2
15	D. Almansa Rivacold Snipers Team	22	Honda	20	+11.350 34'11.408	0.574	146.8		1
16	X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	85	KTM	20	+13.275 34'13.333	1.925	146.7
17	S. Nepa LEVELUP - MTA	82	KTM	20	+16.200 34'16.258	2.925	146.5
18	N. Dettwiler CIP	55	KTM	20	+27.941 34'27.999	11.741	145.7
19	N. Fabio LEVELUP - MTA	10	KTM	20	+28.799 34'28.857	0.858	145.6
20	T. Buasri Honda Team Asia	5	Honda	20	+34.168 34'34.226	5.369	145.2
21	J. Whatley MLav Racing	70	Honda	20	+47.787 34'47.845	13.619	144.3
dnf	D. Muñoz BOE Motorsports	64	KTM	16	+4 Laps 28'10.638	4 Laps	142.5	Retirement
dnf	M. Bertelle Rivacold Snipers Team	18	Honda	15	+5 Laps 25'34.661	1 Lap	147.2	Retirement
dnf	S. Ogden MLav Racing	19	Honda	10	+10 Laps 17'05.281	5 Laps	146.9	Accident
dnf	R. Rossi CIP	54	KTM	7	+13 Laps 11'56.993	3 Laps	147.0	Accident
dnf	F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse	7	Honda	1	+19 Laps 1'57.417	6 Laps	128.3	Retirement
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Garcia triumphs in Moto2

In the 22-lap Moto2 grand prix, Sergio Garcia scored a second win of the 2024 season after dominating from the off at Le Mans.

The MT Helmets – MSI rider leaped into first off the line after poleman Aron Canet plummeted down the order when he botched the start.

Garcia instantly pulled a seven-tenth lead over American Racing’s Joe Roberts and would continue to extend his advantage to 3.174s come the chequered flag.

The battle for the final podium spots raged to the end, with Ai Ogura coming from 17th on the grid to complete an MT Helmets – MSI 1-2 ahead of Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez.

Lopez had been in second coming into the final lap before being passed by Ogura at Turn 9, and fended off Roberts by 0.060s on the run to the line.

It marked the first non-Kalex podium since the 2012 Valencia Moto2 GP, when Suter chassis occupied all three rostrum spots.

Honda Team Asia’s Somkiat Chantra was fifth from Canet, the Fantic Racing rider – carrying a fractured left ankle from a crash at Jerez – denied a heroic podium late on.

Fermin Aldeguer was seventh on the second Speed Up team bike from Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino, Gresini’s Albert Arenas and Aspar’s Izan Guevara.

Gresini’s Manuel Gonzalez had been an early podium contender but crashed out of that battle on lap six.

Garcia now leads the championship by seven points from Roberts, with Aldeguer 26 adrift in third.

Moto2 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	S. García MT Helmets - MSI	3	Boscoscuro B-21	22	-				25
2	A. Ogura MT Helmets - MSI	79	Boscoscuro B-21	22	+3.174 3.174	3.174			20
3	A. López Folladore SpeedUp	21	Boscoscuro B-21	22	+3.704 3.704	0.530			16
4	J. Roberts OnlyFans American Racing Team	16	Kalex	22	+3.764 3.764	0.060			13
5	S. Chantra Honda Team Asia	35	Kalex	22	+3.935 3.935	0.171			11
6	A. Canet Fantic Racing	44	Kalex	22	+4.511 4.511	0.576			10
7	F. Aldeguer Folladore SpeedUp	54	Boscoscuro B-21	22	+4.811 4.811	0.300			9
8	T. Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	Kalex	22	+6.811 6.811	2.000			8
9	A. Arenas QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	75	Kalex	22	+8.831 8.831	2.020			7
10	I. Guevara CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	28	Kalex	22	+14.215 14.215	5.384			6
11	J. Alcoba Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	52	Kalex	22	+17.795 17.795	3.580			5
12	F. Salač Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	12	Kalex	22	+18.044 18.044	0.249			4
13	S. Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	81	Kalex	22	+18.191 18.191	0.147			3
14	D. Binder Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	15	Kalex	22	+18.349 18.349	0.158			2
15	M. Ramirez OnlyFans American Racing Team	24	Kalex	22	+19.686 19.686	1.337			1
16	J. Masia Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team	5	Kalex	22	+21.460 21.460	1.774
17	J. Dixon CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	96	Kalex	22	+26.939 26.939	5.479
18	D. Öncü Ajo Motorsport	53	Kalex	22	+30.633 30.633	3.694
19	D. Foggia Italtrans Racing Team	71	Kalex	22	+30.804 30.804	0.171
20	J. Navarro KLINT Forward Factory Team	9	Forward F2	22	+37.741 37.741	6.937
21	X. Cardelús Fantic Racing	20	Kalex	22	+37.994 37.994	0.253
22	A. Sasaki Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	22	Kalex	22	+38.968 38.968	0.974
23	D. Muñoz Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team	17	Kalex	21	1 lap
24	M. Gonzalez QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	18	Kalex	20	2 laps
25	Z. van den Goorbergh RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	84	Kalex	20	2 laps
26	D. Moreira Italtrans Racing Team	10	Kalex	19	3 laps
dnf	X. Artigas KLINT Forward Factory Team	43	Forward F2	15	7 laps			Retirement
dnf	B. Baltus RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	7	Kalex	2	20 laps			Retirement
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