Luca Marini set the fastest lap in Friday FP1 at the French GP in Le Mans, posting a 1:30.857 to put Honda on top in the dry, sunny 45-minute session. Pedro Acosta (KTM) moved into the leading positions in the final minutes after fitting new rubber, and Johann Zarco put a second Honda in the top three, the quickest of those on older tyres. Fabio Di Giannantonio led for much of FP1 before finishing fourth for VR46, while Enea Bastianini climbed to second late in the session, staying close to Di Giannantonio’s earlier benchmark.

Alex Rins finished sixth and Joan Mir showed competitive early pace. Ducati rider Marc Márquez ran on used tyres and was ninth, and championship leader Marco Bezzecchi ran on used rubber and ended FP1 14th. Tech3 called up Jonas Folger to replace the sidelined Maverick Viñales; Folger completed FP1 at the back. Pramac rookie Toprak Razgatlıoğlu struggled, Francesco Bagnaia showed brief speed before sliding down the order, Fabio Quartararo tested last year’s Inline4 tri-plane front wing, and Franco Morbidelli sat out the opening five minutes as a penalty.

Support-class FP1s supplied early benchmarks too. In Moto2 Manuel Gonzalez (Kalex) topped FP1 with a 1:34.740 ahead of Izan Guevara and Celestino Vietti, while in Moto3 Alvaro Carpe led with a 1:41.252 as very tight gaps underlined a competitive opening practice. The sessions featured mixed tyre strategies and equipment choices, and the forecast called for deteriorating conditions later in the weekend, raising the prospect of another rain-affected French GP.