MotoGP | Here are the Sky and TV8 TV times of the French GP

After the great show offered in Jerez de la Frontera, with the extraordinary duel between Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez which gave the reigning world champion the second success of the season, MotoGP continues its European campaign with the French Grand Prix.

For a few years now, Le Mans has been the circuit that attracts the most spectators throughout the season and has often provided thrilling races. What is certain is that after the Spanish Grand Prix we have a very open situation thanks to Jorge Martin’s first zero of the season, which allowed the standings to shorten significantly.

Now the Prima Pramac Racing rider only has a 17-point margin over Bagnaia, but Enea Bastianini, Pedro Acosta, Maverick Vinales, Marc Marquez and Brad Binder are also quite close, with a picture that sees the top seven in the world standings enclosed in just 33 points. And watch out for the eight-time world champion, who fought for victory in both races in Andalusia, so he finally seems ready to do great things with Ducati.

In Spain, however, protagonists who had been missing for a while were also seen again, such as Marco Bezzecchi, who conquered the front row and finished on the podium, demonstrating that he is slowly finding the feeling even with a Ducati GP23 which for the moment he was finding it more difficult than the GP22.

It wasn’t an easy weekend for Aprilia, which after the excellent things shown in Portimao and Austin, will certainly want to try to make up for it on French soil. We will then need to understand if the work carried out in the tests by Honda and Yamaha will allow the two Japanese manufacturers to take a step forward and recover from a very complicated start to the season.

Below, you will find the complete weekend programme, the television and LIVE programming from Motorsport.com.

MotoGP 2024: the times of the French Grand Prix

The French Grand Prix once again follows the typical format of European MotoGP weekends, but this time the MotoE is also back on track, which will take place in free practice and qualifying on Friday and the two races on Saturday. As for MotoGP, traditional times with the Sprint on Saturday at 3pm and the long race on Sunday at 2pm.

Friday 10 May

FP1 MotoE: 8:30-8:45
FP1 Moto3: 9:00-9:35
FP1 Moto2: 9:50-10:30
FP1 MotoGP: 10.45am-11.30am
FP2 MotoE: 12.25-12.40
FP2 Moto3: 1.15pm-1.50pm
FP2 Moto2: 2.05pm-2.45pm
FP2 MotoGP: 3pm-4pm
MotoE Qualifying: 4.15pm-4.45pm

Saturday 11 May

FP3 Moto3: 8:40-9:10
FP3 Moto2: 9:25-9:55
P MotoGP: 10.10am-10.40am
MotoGP Qualifying: 10.50am-11.30am
MotoE Race 1: 12.15pm
Moto3 Qualifying: 12.50-13.30
Moto2 Qualifying: 1.45pm-2.25pm
Sprint MotoGP: 3pm
MotoE Race 2: 4.10pm

Sunday 12 May

MotoGP Warm-Up: 9.40-9.50
Moto3 race: 11:00 am
Moto2 race: 12.15pm
MotoGP race: 2pm

MotoGP 2024: how can I watch the French Grand Prix

Sky Sport MotoGP HD (Sky channel 208) and Now: complete live broadcast of all the weekend sessions and MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 races. Also live coverage of the two MotoE races on Saturday.

TV8 HD (channel 8 of digital terrestrial): live coverage of qualifying, the MotoGP Sprint and the two MotoE races on Saturday. Live coverage of the races of the three classes on Sunday.

MotoGP 2024: Motorsport.com’s LIVE coverage of the French Grand Prix

Saturday 11 May

MotoGP Qualifying: from 10.20am
Sprint MotoGP: from 2.30pm

Sunday 12 May

MotoGP race: from 1.30pm

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

MotoGP 2024: let’s discover the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit

The Le Mans Bugatti Circuit is one of the configurations of the legendary French circuit, where the 24 Hours of the World Endurance Championship will be held in a few weeks. The French Grand Prix has taken place continuously since 2000 and is one of the busiest circuits on the calendar, so much so that the attendance record for MotoGP was reached for the 2023 edition.

Le Mans is an even shorter track than Jerez, so the MotoGP French Grand Prix races will have even more laps than in Spain. The long race in the premier class will be 27 laps, while Saturday’s Sprint will be completed with a maximum of 13 laps. Additionally, Moto2 will have a 22-lap race and Moto3 a 20-lap race.