Despite the weather conditions which quickly became difficult, the sky was blue on Sunday at the end of the French Grand Prix.
At home, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Johann Zarco (Ducati) finished on the podium of the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans (Sarthe), won by Australian Jack Miller (Ducati).
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A superb performance by the duo, which gave the French motorcycle a new double, a month and a half after the one snatched in Qatar (Quartararo then first, Zarco second).
The six-time Spanish world champion Marc Marquez (Honda), who led the Grand Prix for a time, slipped on a vibrator and fell 20 laps from the end, then again at 10 laps.
The French on the podium of the world championship
The show was amazing during this race, which started out on a dry track, then wet with a nice downpour, forcing the riders to change motorcycles (white flag waved 24 laps from the end).
And the feat all the more important for Quartararo, when we know that the Yamaha rider, thirteenth in the last race in Jerez, underwent surgery on May 4 for compartment syndrome and the cubital artery of the right arm. who had handicapped him during the Spanish GP.
Back in shape after an express recovery, starting from pole position this Sunday, Quartararo is back at the top of the world championship standings.
Zarco signs his tenth podium in the premier class, and climbs to third place in a decidedly grand cru championship for French motorcycles.