Overview
- Toprak Razgatlioglu won Race 2 at Magny-Cours by more than eight seconds over Nicolo Bulega in round nine of the season.
- Alex Lowes finished third to complete a triple-podium weekend, his first as a Bimota by Kawasaki rider.
- Alvaro Bautista charged late to take fourth, with Michael van der Mark fifth and Jonathan Rea sixth.
- The sweep delivered Razgatlioglu a fourth consecutive weekend treble as his unbeaten run reached 12 races.
- Race 2 featured several retirements without crashes, including Sam Lowes, Tito Rabat, Ryan Vickers, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Yari Montella.