Who stood out in first MotoGP practice at Le Mans

MotoGP 2025 championship favourite Marc Marquez was quickest by far to start the premier-class French Grand Prix weekend at Le Mans.

Key moments:

• Marquez dominates first session
• Binder among Ducatis but on fresher tyres
• Crashes for Morbidelli, Rins, Fernandez

Marquez's 1m31.263s from the early going in the 45-minute session proved out of reach for everyone but the man himself, as Marquez closed out his session with an emphatic 1m30.764s on 21-lap-old tyres.

His championship-leading brother Alex likewise set his best time on very used tyres but was six tenths back - with the Marquez brothers set for a 1-2 until Brad Binder moved up to second at the final moment.

But KTM rider Binder did use a fresh pair of tyres, as did Trackhouse Aprilia rookie Ai Ogura in fifth, 0.007s behind Marquez's team-mate Pecco Bagnaia.

Home hero Fabio Quartararo was sixth on used rubber, albeit seven tenths off the elder Marquez.

His former Yamaha team-mate Franco Morbidelli, now at VR46, ran new tyres late on to move up to seventh - having earlied crashed on the outside kerb at Garage Vert.