Alex Marquez makes his "Marc" at the MotoGP French Grand Prix

What a race of Marc Alex Marquez at the 2020 French Grand Prix! The reigning Moto2 world champion finally fulfills the hopes placed on him with a splendid second place ripped off in the rain at Le Mans, giving Honda their best result this season. Debriefing and analysis.

Alex Marquez, Honda-Repsol (18th in qualifying and 2nd in race): "It’s a great day. It was not easy to start 18th, but I felt really good on the bike even in the dry during the warm-up. We lost time fighting with Cal Pol and Dovi, but I had a good race and it’s a great result for the Repsol Honda Team ".

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"I want to say thank you to them for always believing in me, and for working so hard. The team and I have never given up, even in the difficult times. I think we have managed really well this weekend. end and that we had the potential and the bike to win. It was a great weekend. Now to Aragon for two races: all I have to do is get this result in the dry! ".

MNC analysis : While Fabio Quartararo cautiously managed his first MotoGP race in the wet, a beginner played his game on the contrary in the tricky conditions of the French GP: Alex Marquez, author of an incredible comeback from 18th to 2nd square !

"I made the jump to MotoGP at the right time, we are doing things right with the team: don’t worry Marc, I’m here!" He said, getting off the bike, aware of not not having lived up to his status as a factory rider on the world champion machine. Until Sunday at Le Mans, much to the relief of his older brother !

Honda can breathe too: his rookie finally places an RC213V on the podium, taking the HRC out of last place in the team standings. The official Honda team has climbed to the penultimate position ahead of Aprilia, tied on points with Ducati-Avintia. Note that Alex Marquez also has the same number of points as Johann Zarco in the driver classification, where they follow each other respectively in 14th and 15th places with 47 pts.

Happiness never comes alone, Stefan Bradl also signs an excellent result on the second official Honda: Marc Marquez’s replacement takes 8th place in this French GP, a result which corroborates the ease of RCVs in this type of conditions. Something to comfort – a little – the HRC, which is having its worst season since 1982 !

"It’s a great relief to get this result today, I’m really happy with it," said Bradl. "A big congratulations also to Alex for his podium: it’s an excellent result for him and for the team".

The hardest part remains for the youngest of the Marquez siblings, who must now validate his ascent on a dry track to prove that his performance at Le Mans owes nothing to chance. The n ° 73 must come out of the shadow of his brother to make a name !

The next MotoGP race will take place in Spain with the Aragon Grand Prix scheduled for next Sunday. It will be followed the following week by the unprecedented Grand Prix of Teruel on the same circuit.

MotoGP results of the French GP 2020

1. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 45’54.736
2. Alex MARQUEZ Honda +1.273
3. Pol ESPARGARO KTM +1.711
4. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +3.911
5. Johann ZARCO Ducati +4.310
6. Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM +4.466
7. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda +5.921
8. Stefan BRADL Honda +15.597
9. Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha +16.687
10. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +16.895
11. Joan MIR Suzuki +16.980
12. Brad BINDER KTM +27.321
13. Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati +33.351
14. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia +39.176
15. Iker LECUONA KTM +51.087
16. Alex RINS Suzuki + 1’14.190

Not classified 

• Jack MILLER Ducati 7 Tours
• Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha 8 Tours
• Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 9 Tours
• Tito RABAT Ducati 12 Laps
• Bradley SMITH Aprilia 18 Tours
• Valentino ROSSI Yamaha

Provisional MotoGP classification at Le Mans

1.   Yamaha 115
2. Suzuki 105
3. Ducati 97
4. Yamaha 96
5. Honda 81
6. Yamaha 77
7. Ducati 75
8. KTM 73
9. KTM 69
10. Ducati 64
11. KTM 62
12. Suzuki 60
13. Yamaha 58
14. Honda 47
15. Ducati 47
16. Ducati 42
17. Aprilia 24
18. KTM 18
19. Honda 13
20. Aprilia 11
21. Honda 8
22. Ducati 8
23. Ducati 4

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