On a day when “it was easy to make a mistake”, Marc Marquez’s damage limitation paid off as he left Le Mans with a 22-point lead in the championship

Marc Marquez says “the only small mistake” he made during the chaotic flag-to-flag MotoGP French Grand Prix was when he served his double long lap penalty.

Ducati's Marc Marquez became the first MotoGP rider to win six straight sprints as the Spaniard maintained his perfect record in the shorter format at the French Grand Prix on Saturday to retake the championship lead from his brother Alex.