Pagājušā gada pasaules čempions Horhe Lorenco izcīnījis uzvaru Lemānā notiekošajā MotoGP posmā, kas ļāvis viņam iegūt vadību arī šī gada čempionāta kopvērtējumā. Otro vietu izcīnīja viņa komandas biedrs “Yamaha” sastāvā Valentino Rosi, bet par dienas varoni kļuva Maveriks Vinjaless, kurš ne tikai pirmo reizi karjerā finišēja labāko trijniekā, bet arī atnesa “Suzuki” komandai tās pirmo goda pjedestāla finišu.
Starts lielisks padevās pole position ieguvējam Lorenco, kam aizmugurē nonāca abi “Ducati” braucējio Doviciozo un Janone, bet Pols Espergaro atradās priekšā Markesam un Rosi, kuri gan drīz spāņu braucēju apdzina. Lielisku ātrumu demonstrēja Janone, kurš tika garām savam komandas biedram, bet drīz vien piedzīvoja kritienu.
Valentino Rosi pamazām spēja atgūties pēc vājās kvalifikācijas un blāvā starta, apdzenot Markesu un Doviciozo. Drīz vien ļoti īpatnēja situācija ļāva iepriecināt “Yamaha” līdzjutējus – 3. un 4. vietā braucošie Doviciozo un Markess vienlaicīgi piedzīvoja kritienu, ļaujot uz 3. vietu pakāpties Vinjalesam.
Incredible turn of events as @marcmarquez93 and @AndreaDovizioso suffer identical crashes, #MV25 is 3rd! #FrenchGP https://t.co/4BqIknKCqB
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) May 8, 2016
Uz sava motocikla nespēja noturēties arī Millers, Hernandess, Rabats, Smits un Kračlovs, bet Danilo Petruči, kurš izlaida pirmos posmus auztas rokas dēļ, spēja nosargāt 7. pozīciju, neraugoties uz acīm redzamām sāpēm, ko sportists izjuta pēdējo apļu laikā. Markess pēc sava kritiena turpināja braucienu un finiša līniju sasniedza pēdējā vietā, taču tā kā finišēja tikai 13 sportisti, tad ieguva 3 punktus.
| V. | Braucējs | Komanda | Motocikls | Rezultāts | Apļi |
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| 1 |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 43:51.290 | 28 |
| 2 |  Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha YZR-M1 | +10.654 | 28 |
| 3 | Maverick Viñales |
Team Suzuki ECSTAR | Suzuki GSX-RR | +14.177 | 28 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | +18.719 | 28 |
| 5 | Pol Espargaro |
Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR-M1 | +24.931 | 28 |
| 6 | Aleix Espargaro |
Team Suzuki ECSTAR | Suzuki GSX-RR | +32.921 | 28 |
| 7 | Danilo Petrucci |
Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati Desmosedici GP15 | +38.251 | 28 |
| 8 | Hector Barbera |
Avintia Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | +38.504 | 28 |
| 9 | Alvaro Bautista |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia RS-GP | +48.536 | 28 |
| 10 |  Stefan Bradl |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia RS-GP | +54.502 | 28 |
| 11 |  Eugene Laverty |
Aspar Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | +1:02.677 | 28 |
| 12 |  Loris Baz |
Avintia Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | +1:07.658 | 28 |
| 13 | Marc Marquez |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | +1 aplis | 27 |
| NF |  Bradley Smith |
Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 19 | |
| NF |  Jack Miller |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda RC213V | 17 | |
| NF | Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | 15 | |
| NF | Andrea Iannone |
Ducati Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | 11 | |
| NF | Tito Rabat |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda RC213V | 7 | |
| NF | Cal Crutchlow |
Team LCR | Honda RC213V | 6 | |
| NF |  Yonny Hernandez |
Aspar Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | 6 | |
| NF | Scott Redding |
Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati Desmosedici GP15 | 5 |
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| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo |
90 | 25 | – | 20 | 20 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Marc Marquez |
85 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi |
78 | 13 | 20 | – | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa |
53 | 11 | 16 | – | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Maverick Viñales |
49 | 10 | – | 13 | 10 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Pol Espargaro |
47 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Aleix Espargaro |
42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Hector Barbera |
39 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Eugene Laverty |
33 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Andrea Iannone |
25 | – | – | 16 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Andrea Dovizioso |
23 | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Stefan Bradl |
23 | – | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Alvaro Bautista |
21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Bradley Smith |
20 | 8 | 8 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Scott Redding |
16 | 6 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Michele Pirro |
12 | – | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Tito Rabat |
11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Danilo Petrucci |
9 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Loris Baz |
8 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow |
5 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Yonny Hernandez |
3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Jack Miller |
2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
