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

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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

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the MotoGP schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

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