The 2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2017 MotoGP season.

Yamaha riders clean swept the front row of the grid for the first time since the 2008 Qatar Grand Prix.

Teammates Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi fought for the victory throughout, with the Italian crashing out for the final lap, and Viñales taking his third win for Yamaha in five races.

Johann Zarco scored his first podium finish and became the first French rider in the MotoGP class to stand on the podium since Randy de Puniet in the 2009 British Grand Prix.

The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was red-flagged due to oil being spilled onto the track resulting to a multiple rider crash in turn 4.