Maverick Vinales Wins MotoGP Grand Prix of France After Valentino Rossi Crash

Maverick Vinales won the thrilling MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans on Sunday ahead of Johann Zarco and Dani Pedrosa.

Valentino Rossi led in the final lap only to crash out, while Marc Marquez came off his bike with 10 laps remaining.

Vinales was delighted with the result, per Crash MotoGP:

Here are the results, per the sport's official website, and the latest standings:

Rider	Time/Gap
1. Maverick Vinales	43'29.793
2. Johann Zarco	+3.134
3. Dani Pedrosa	+7.717
4. Andrea Dovizioso	+11.223
5. Cal Crutchlow	+13.519
6. Jorge Lorenzo	+24.002
7. Jonas Folger	+25.733
8. Jack Miller	+32.603
9. Loris Baz	+45.784
10. Andrea Iannone	+48.332
11. Tito Rabat	+50.036
12. Pol Espargaro	+52.661
13. Bradley Smith	+53.179
14. Sam Lowes	+55.432
15. Sylvain Guintoli	+1'06.878

Rider	Points
1. Maverick Vinales	85
2. Dani Pedrosa	68
3. Valentino Rossi	62
4. Marc Marquez	58
5. Johann Zarco	55
6. Andrea Dovizioso	54
7. Cal Crutchlow	40
8. Jorge Lorenzo	38
9. Jonas Folger	38
10. Jack Miller	29
11. Danilo Petrucci	26
12. Scott Redding	26
13. Loris Baz	19
14. Aleix Espargaro	17
15. Andrea Iannone	15
16. Alvaro Bautista	14
17. Tito Rabat	13
18. Hector Barbera	12
19. Karel Abraham	9
20. Alex Rins	7

Sunday Recap

Zarco enjoyed an excellent start at his home Grand Prix as he took the lead from Vinales heading into the first chicane, per BT Sport MotoGP:

Just behind, Valentino Rossi swept past Marquez in Turn 8 to give Yahama a lockout on the podium places early on, while Zarco continued to set the pace out front.

Meanwhile, an outstanding effort from Pedrosa saw him climb eight places in the first two laps to reach seventh.

Cal Crutchlow valiantly held off Andrea Dovizioso and Pedrosa in fifth before eventually succumbing, having a particularly fierce duel with the latter as the Spaniard overtook them both:

The Brit would contest the remainder of the race with Dovizioso as the pair repeatedly traded places, but it was the Italian who would ultimately come out on top.

At the head of the race, Marquez was hot on the heels of the three Yamahas as he set the fastest lap in a bid to close the gap, but his afternoon came to an end at Turn 3 in Lap 18 when he lost the front whilst braking:

A lovely move at Turn 3 saw Rossi pass Zarco into second with five laps to go, and the Doctor quickly set his sights on Vinales.

Rossi took his team-mate in the 25th lap:

However, an error from the Italian saw him run wide at Turn 8 in the final lap to allow Vinales through, and in his efforts to make amends, he crashed out three turns later:

Vinales returned to the top of the standings with his third win of the season, and he has a 17-point gap ahead of Pedrosa in second.

Rossi sits in third after staying on 62 points, but he'll be at home next time out when the riders face off in Italy.