Jonas Folger made his first MotoGP race weekend appearance since 2023 at Le Mans, replacing the injured Maverick Vinales at Tech3 KTM and finishing 3.2 seconds off the pace in 22nd. More encouragingly for the Yamaha camp, Alex Rins delivered a surprise top-eight finish in FP1 as the only Yamaha inside the top 15 of the combined Friday session. Quartararo ended 17th in Practice and faces Q1 despite his home crowd hopes.
