2023 MotoGP French GP: Start time, how to watch & more

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia will start the race from pole position but will be hoping to show pace better than he did in Saturday's sprint event, when he slipped to third place.

Bagnaia will be joined on the front row by Honda's Marc Marquez and the VR46 bike of Luca Marini.

What time does the MotoGP French Grand Prix start today?

The French GP will begin at 2pm local time (+2 GMT) at Le Mans Circuit Bugatti.

The race will run to 27 laps.

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023
Start time: 12:00 GMT / 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST / 14:00 SAST / 15:00 EAT / 08:00 ET / 05:00 PT / 22:00 AEST / 21:00 JST / 17:30 IST

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2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix session timings

Session	GMT	BST	CEST	ET	PT	AEST	JST	IST
FP1	08:45	09:45	10:45	04:45	01:45	18:45	17:45	14:15
FP2	13:00	14:00	15:00	09:00	06:00	23:00	22:00	18:30
FP3	08:10	09:10	10:10	04:10	01:10	18:10	17:10	13:40
Qualifying	08:50	09:50	10:50	04:50	01:50	18:50	17:50	14:20
Sprint	13:00	14:00	15:00	09:00	06:00	23:00	22:00	18:30
Warm up	08:45	09:45	10:45	04:45	01:45	18:45	17:45	14:15
Race	12:00	13:00	14:00	08:00	05:00	22:00	21:00	17:30

How can I watch the French MotoGP?

Europe:

Spain: DAZN
UK: BT Sport
France: Canal+
Germany and Austria: ServusTV/DAZN
Italy: Sky Sport
Hungary: Arena4
Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
Portugal: Sport TV

Asia:

Japan: G+/Hulu
Thailand: PPTV
India: Sport18
Indonesia: Trans7
Malaysia and Singapore: SPOTV
China: Guangdong Television / Zhibo.tv
South Korea: SPOTV

Americas

USA: CNBC
Canada: REV TV
Brazil: ESPN
Argentina: ESPN+

Oceania

Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: Spark Sport

Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa - SuperSport / Canal+

French MotoGP - Starting grid:

Cla	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'30.705
2	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'30.763	0.058
3	Luca Marini	Ducati	1'30.842	0.137
4	Jack Miller	KTM	1'30.984	0.279
5	Jorge Martin	Ducati	1'31.023	0.318
6	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1'31.120	0.415
7	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1'31.173	0.468
8	Alex Marquez	Ducati	1'31.275	0.570
9	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'31.298	0.593
10	Brad Binder	KTM	1'31.445	0.740
11	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'31.523	0.818
12	Augusto Fernandez	KTM	1'31.596	0.891
13	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'31.366	0.661
14	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'31.545	0.840
15	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1'31.718	1.013
16	Joan Mir	Honda	1'31.810	1.105
17	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'31.886	1.181
18	Alex Rins	Honda	1'31.959	1.254
19	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'32.092	1.387
20	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1'32.410	1.705
21	Jonas Folger	KTM	1'33.605	2.900
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