AMAZING HOME WIN! 🙌 ｜ MotoGP 2025 French Race Highlights

This is going to be a wild ride, ladies and gentlemen. It was box office on Saturday, and now we go again. But this time, it's Grand Prix Glory up for stake. Home hero on pole, Fabio Quartararo. My understanding is he's on the wet tyres. I'm not certain on that. Marquez, of course, alongside. We know he's definitely on the slick tyres. The threat of rain, more rain, hanging heavy. He has gone for the slick tyres, my apologies. So, he and Marquez alongside each other. Flag-to-flag rules in effect. Double long lap penalty for Marquez and Quartararo already. The air electric, but it's heavy with the threat of rain. We've got 26 laps ahead of us. Who knows what's going to happen? We're racing now as the lights go out. We are on the way and up towards Turn 1. They've got the ride-out devices as well. That's another thing to bear in mind. Firmino Alveguer takes to the inside line of his teammate. Marc Marquez has taken over from Quartararo. Quartararo on the inside line. Oh, that was tight there, wasn't it? Yeah, Binde nearly ran off the track. Oh, there's a rider down at the back. I think it's Peko. Is Peko down? It is! It is Peko Bagheera and the chicane again on his wet tyres. And he's with one of the... I think it might have been Marini, was it? With Joan Mir and Enea Bastinini, who's with them as well. Enea was trying to hang on to the bike. Oh, teammates! Wow! Firmino Alveguer over the top of Alex Marquez. Quartararo leads the way from Marc Marquez in second place. Alex Marquez in third. The three of them will have double long lap penalties to take because they came in and changed. Firmino Alveguer also changed tyres onto slicks. Yeah, at this point, definitely slicks on the tyre to be on. But if it starts raining... So it's Quartararo across the line from Marc Marquez, just as we saw yesterday. Then third for Alex Marquez. Firmino Alveguer is fourth. Pedro Costa up to fifth. Maverick Vinales sixth. Binde seventh. It's like the sprint at the moment. Already people coming in to change. Double long lap penalties. You can see for all those riders going across the top of your screens for leaving the grid. The new rules that were brought into place this weekend. Merini, Verzecchi and Rins have come in and they've had to change onto slick tyres. Here comes Alex. On his brother. Tell you what, we haven't seen that many times this year. No. Double long lap penalties are starting to come in now. Quartararo and co. can't take that penalty until it comes up on their dashboard. Just so you know. And so that's another... Challenge. Yeah, choice. Here we go. Quartararo's going already with one of them. So he's giving up the lead in the race. I'm going to have to get my calculator out. What a remarkable start to this race that we have had. Think about Fabio now. Obviously, he's at home. He's just going to throw everything at it. He's nowhere really in the championship. The man leading now... Oh, he's down! Fabio has gone! And it's raining! It's pouring! And that's it to White Line. We talked about that corner being the one to catch you out. You can do it even when you're upright. Oh, disaster for the French hero. Coming in to change, Acosta and Vinales. Coming down pit lane to change onto the wet tyres. Jack Miller, all of a sudden, could well be leading this race. Because he is the rider of the fastest who is out there on wet tyres. And he's nine seconds clear of Joan Zarco. Who's also on the wet tyres. And Miller actually has a medium rear. Zarco, a soft rear. Mark Marcus and Alex Marcus come down pit lane. They will now be on wet tyres. And Fabinho Alvegare is going to be leading the way. Across the line, no Jack Miller. Has he crashed? I think he must have. Joan Zarco is the rider, isn't he? Who's leading on the wet tyres. Ah, the final corner! He can't be. He's not going to lead it. He's leading the Grand Prix. This is unheard of, by a long way. This is remarkable. We could be about to witness history here. Keep it on two wheels, Joan. This crowd is going wild. They don't care that it's raining. They've got a French runner at the front. It's really raining now. Really heavy up towards Turn 1. It was coming, it was always there. That's wide. Acosta's done the right thing. This is the race start. This is Bagnaia mid-pack. Look at it in there. Who's on his inside there? Was that Acosta? No. Look, he goes through the gravel. Zarco goes through the gravel. He does. Good spot. Incredible. How did he not crash? He's almost down. This is Zarco's day. He should have gone down there. He was on pole here in 2018 and led the race. He didn't remember that. It ended in disaster. But this is the day. This is the moment. Look at all the gravel. He's down! Miguel Oliveira. Miguel Oliveira has crashed out. Marc Marquez has got through now on Bezeki. There is no warning, is there? He comes down again. He fancies a bit more. Up to fifth now for him. After a podium yesterday. A stunning weekend from the rookie. I've just heard a crash. It's not, I don't think, Joan Zarco. It's Alex Marquez! For third place in this race. Second in the championship. You don't have to do anything and you could be down. He's going to. He will get points. But look at that. Look at that. Off the throttle. Look at this. What a crash. Where is he now? He's going to rejoin. He's probably... Sixth. Yes, sixth. Alex Marquez has crashed again. I've just got a yellow banner crashed out with no name next to it. Well, it looks like it's Alex at turn 11. That's the end of his race. No points scored. We've got a race on, though. We've got a race for the podium. Aldergear is closing in fast. Two seconds quicker. Oh, my goodness. There you go. That's what we've talked about the whole time. That's what happens. Aldergear and Acosta don't like each other. They're both from Mercia. They grew up together. Here we go there. Oh, a slip from Acosta over the top. I don't know if he touched the white line there. He might have done. It looks like Aldergear has got so much more grip. He's just going to turn underneath him. Not what Acosta will want to see at all. And he's powerless here. Joan Silva, Pierre Zarco. There we have it. Pierre Monneret in 1954. The last French rider to win his home Grand Prix. And just listen to this crowd. All on their feet throughout. Umbrellas have gone. They just want to cheer on their hero. Zarco ringing out around the Le Mans circuit. Through the final corner. Zarco's weight is over. France's weight is over. A sensational home victory here at Le Mans for Joan Zarco. The tricolore will wave with pride over the top of the podium in MotoGP here in France. Marc Marcus has done his bit for the championship. And look at the tears rolling down in the Castrol LCR Honda garage. For me now, Aldergear makes it to double podium and almost loses it across the line. A brilliant weekend for the rookie. But we have witnessed history here. And the vigilant man himself waves a checkered flag for Zarco. Could he get any more French? No. Look at that. What it means to this athlete. A French hero already as a double world champion. The flipping Frenchman. He's going to give the crowd what they're asking for.