Winner: Fermin Aldeguer
Rookie Fermin Aldeguer is recently more and more becoming the rookie of the season. And since he found his rhythm in Texas, he has been better every race.
And the perfect example of it is the French Grand Prix, where he finished third in both the sprint and main race, making it his first MotoGP podiums. And his Sunday performance is especially impressive, as he stayed calm and fast in tricky conditions.

Loser: Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia had a weekend that he wants to forget really fast. And even so far this season, he is not what was expected of him, and he is barely keeping up in the title fight. And in France, it was all a disaster.
So after a decent Friday, he qualified 6th and crashed out early in the sprint race. Yet on Sunday, things got much worse—he was knocked off by Enea Bastianini. And even though he got back on track, due to the damaged bike he had to switch. And even after that, he finished the race last.

Winner: Honda
Honda is slowly improving so far, and it could be said that Le Mans gave them the breakthrough they needed. And that is all thanks to Johann Zarco, who won the race. And it is a big deal, since Ducati was close to breaking Honda’s long-time record for most wins in a row.
And that’s not it—Takaaki Nakagami, who made his appearance as a wildcard, had a decent run. Even though he started last, he finished in 6th place.

Loser: Enea Bastianini
Enea Bastianini had a bad Sunday. Not only did he have to serve a double long-lap penalty during the race, but he didn’t even have a chance to do so, as he had crashed into Bagnaia at the first corner, sending both down.
And even though he got back on the bike and continued the race, he crashed again when the rain came back. So he decided to switch bikes back to his wet bike, but he went too fast in the pit lane, earning him another penalty.

Winner: Raul Fernandez
Raul Fernandez had his best weekend so far this season, and he managed to prove why he deserves his seat.
It started when he surprised by making it to Q2 session and qualifying in 10th place, beating Zarco and Pedro Acosta. In the sprint race and main race, he kept a solid pace and finished 7th on Sunday, finishing ahead of his teammate Ai Ogura as well.

Loser: VR46
The team who normally had great results had the complete opposite in France.
Franco Morbidelli crashed again and even had his worst starting position of the season. To add things on top, his sprint race ended soon due to a crash, and on Sunday he crashed again. And even though he finished the race, he finished it in 15th place.
Fabio di Giannantonio also had problems during the weekend, as he qualified 17th. Yet he managed to recover and get an 8th-place finish during Sunday. But overall the team looked out of form at Le Mans.

Winner: Johann Zarco
And the best for last—the obvious winner here is Johann Zarco. His season started to go downhill, but in France he pulled off one of the most impressive wins in recent MotoGP history. He started in 11th place in tricky race conditions, and with his experience, he took the victory.
And in a situation like this, where he hopes for a promotion into the factory team, it couldn’t have come at a better time.