JAKARTA - The competition to be the best in the 2026 MotoGP will continue to France this weekend. This race is definitely hot, especially Ducati's effort as the defending champion to catch up.
The French MotoGP race will take place at the Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France, on May 8-10, 2026. This is the fifth series in this year's race calendar after the Spanish MotoGP, the United States MotoGP, the Brazilian MotoGP, and the Thai MotoGP.
So far Aprilia is still dominating and managed to top the rider standings. Their rider, Marco Bezzecchi, won three of the four races and then came out as runner-up in the latest series in Jerez.
In the race at Jerez, Gresini Racing rider Alex Marquez managed to climb to the highest podium to end Bezzecchi's dominance. Meanwhile, Marc Marquez (Ducati) had an accident so he failed to add points.
The sweet journey at the beginning of this season makes Bezzecchi temporarily sit at the top of the standings. The Italian racer has collected 101 points or 11 points ahead of his teammate Jorge Martin in second place.
Thus, Bezzecchi will certainly fight desperately at Le Mans to defend his position. He previously won the race there in the 2023 edition when he was still part of Valentino Rossi's VR46 Racing Team.
This positive track record is a very important capital for Bezzecchi to face the 4.1 kilometer long circuit. His opportunity to return to the top of the open highest podium in the midst of the Ducati riders' situation who still fail to show their best performance.
However, the French MotoGP has always featured different winners in the last six years after Marc Marquez won in a row in 2018-2019. The six names who won the race after that were Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini, Bezzecchi, Martin, and Johann Zarco.
In addition, another challenge that Bezzecchi must go through is the weather which is difficult to predict and the track temperature tends to be low. This condition makes racing there always challenging and very difficult to predict.
French MotoGP Schedule 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026
14:00-14:35 WIB: FP1 Moto3 14:50-15:30 WIB: FP1 Moto2 15:45-16:30 WIB: FP1 Moto GP 18:15-18:50 WIB: Practice Moto3 19:05-19:45 WIB: Practice Moto2 20:00-21:00 WIB: Practice MotoGPSaturday, May 9, 2026
13:40-14:10 WIB: FP2 Moto3 14:25-14:55 WIB: FP2 Moto2 15:10-15:40 WIB: FP2 Moto GP 15:50-16:05 WIB: Moto GP 1 Qualifying 16:15-16:30 WIB: Moto GP 2 Qualifying 17:45-18:00 WIB: Q1 Moto3 18:10-18:25 WIB: Q2 Moto3 18:40-18:55 WIB: Q1 Moto2 19:05-19:20 WIB: Q2 Moto2 20:00 WIB: French MotoGP Sprint Race (13 Laps)Sunday, May 10, 2026
16:00 WIB: Moto3 Race (20 Laps) 17:15 WIB: Moto2 Race (22 Laps) 19:00 WIB: MotoGP Race (27 Laps)The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
