Jorge Martin Wins French MotoGP and Ogura Ends Japan's Drought
Ai Ogura finished third for Trackhouse, becoming the first Japanese rider on a MotoGP podium since 2012.
- On Sunday, Aprilia rider Jorge Martin won the French Grand Prix, overtaking championship leader Marco Bezzecchi on the penultimate lap to secure his first victory of the season.
- Martin's performance cuts his Aprilia teammate Bezzecchi's MotoGP championship lead to a single point, building on points earned during the sprint race on Saturday.
- Trackhouse rider Ai Ogura finished third, securing Japan's first MotoGP podium finish in 14 years and moving the 25-year-old into fifth place in the riders' standings.
- Reigning champion Marc Marquez missed the race after fracturing his foot in Saturday's sprint crash and will sit out the Catalan Grand Prix for required surgery.
- With only five races completed in the season, the championship battle remains competitive; South Africa's Brad Binder did not finish the French Grand Prix.
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It was the big day for the bike enthusiasts with the Grand Prix de France, the 5th round of the MotoGP World Championship. Big card for Aprilia with the victory of Spaniard Jorge Martin in front of his Italian team-mate Marco Bezzecchi. On the French side, Fabio Quartararo finished 6th. More complicated race for Johann Zarco 11th.
The Madrid driver signs another ride and a round weekend at Le Mans on the day Aprilia first places three of his bikes on the podium
The Aprilia square a historic triplet in the French GP of MotoGp with Jorge Martin who triumphed in front of Marco Bezzecchi, in the lead from the first bend but reached in the final laps by the boxing partner, and the podium completed by Ai Ogura. Martin thus bissa the success obtained Saturday in the sprint race, marked by the fall with an injury of Marc Marquez. Bagnaia slips and goes out in the middle of the race It was instead a race to for…
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