Obliterating the lap document to take pole in qualifying earlier on Saturday, Martin seized the holeshot effortlessly off the road and led all 13 laps of the dash race at Le Mans.
Celebrating his twelfth profession dash victory, Martin is now 28 factors clear within the standings.
He headed Gresini Racing rider and chief rival for the second manufacturing facility Ducati seat in 2025 Marc Marquez, who leaped from thirteenth on the grid and completed second after a late crash for VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi.
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales accomplished the rostrum, heading off a late cost from manufacturing facility Ducati rider Enea Bastianini to safe third – the Italian shifting as much as second within the championship.
As Martin blasted off the road to take the lead into the primary sequence of corners at first, second-placed Bagnaia went backwards as his manufacturing facility Ducati pawed the air when he dumped the clutch and led to him being swallowed up by the pack.
The reigning world champion discovered himself in 14th after the opening melee and continued to go backwards as all tempo abandoned him.
On lap three, Bagnaia had a giant snap underneath breaking for Flip 7 and bumped into the gravel, earlier than parking up in his Ducati storage on the finish of that tour for his third DNF of the 12 months.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Staff
Photograph by: Marc Fleury
After crashing his primary bike in qualifying, Bagnaia took the beginning on his quantity two Desmosedici and was reported to have instructed his crew he had no feeling on it.
Martin got here underneath transient risk from Bezzecchi, who’d moved as much as second forward of Aprilia duo Aleix Espargaro and Vinales plus Marquez on the primary lap, because the hole got here down to only underneath six tenths on the finish of the third tour.
However this push didn’t final lengthy as Martin responded to rebuild his buffer to eight tenths subsequent time round, eking it as much as a second come the top of lap seven.
Behind, Marquez had carved his approach into fourth forward of Vinales into Flip 11 on lap one and was promoted to 3rd quickly after when Espargaro was handed a double lengthy lap penalty for leaping the beginning.
As soon as in third, Marquez chipped away at Bezzecchi’s hole over him and was placing some strain on when the VR46 rider crashed at Flip 9 on lap 10.
Bezzecchi’s crash gifted Martin a 2.280s lead come the chequered flag, with Marquez a cushty second have eased away from Vinales.
Within the closing levels, Vinales got here underneath strain from a charging Bastianini on the remaining manufacturing facility crew Ducati, who began tenth.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
However he held on by 0.624s, with Bastianini fourth forward of Espargaro following his penalties.
Pedro Acosta survived an enormous scare on the entrance finish on the penultimate nook late on to complete as high KTM runner in sixth on his Tech3 GasGas-branded RC16.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46), Jack Miller (KTM) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) took the ultimate dash factors all the way down to ninth.
House hero Fabio Quartararo might do not more than tenth on the struggling manufacturing facility Yamaha, whereas compatriot Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) was thirteenth.
Yamaha’s Alex Rins crashed out on lap seven, with Honda’s Joan Mir struggling a tumble on the similar nook earlier within the race when he ran huge onto the kerbs.