The 1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 May 1977 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

500cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 48'00.730 15
2 8 Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Yamaha +3.340 12
3 32 United States Steve Baker Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +15.640 10
4 17 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +18.170 8
5 6 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +19.740 6
6 12 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +23.770 5
7 2 Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +30.480 4
8 16 Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +30.680 3
9 19 Italy Armando Toracca MC della Robbia Suzuki +40.890 2
10 3 United States Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +55.550 1
11 15 France Christian Estrosi Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +1'00.250
12 18 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Pullshaw Suzuki +1'10.770
13 11 Australia Warren Willing Yamaha +1'12.950
14 20 New Zealand John Woodley Suzuki +1'55.220
15 68 Italy Giovanni Rolando Suzuki +2'07.590
16 77 Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
17 43 West Germany Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
18 35 Finland Markku Matikainen Länsivuori Team Suzuki +1 lap
19 73 Spain Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki +1 lap
Ret 23 United Kingdom Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki Retired
Ret 9 United Kingdom John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki Retired
Ret 36 Italy Graziano Rossi Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Hervé Moineau Suzuki Retired
Ret 42 New Zealand Stuart Avant Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Bernard Fau Suzuki Retired
Ret 4 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Claude Ben El Hadj Suzuki Retired
Ret 45 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret 26 West Germany Anton Mang Valvoline Racing Hamburg Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Austria Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Suzuki Retired
Ret 28 Austria Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Suzuki Retired
Ret 28 France André Pogolotti Suzuki Retired
Ret 5 United Kingdom John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki Retired
DNS 5 France Daniel Rouge Maurice Newbold Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [2][3][4]

350 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 22 49:23.00 2 15
2 23 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 22 +24.77 1 12
3 7 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 22 +44.44 6 10
4 36 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 22 +48.49 3 8
5 24 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 22 +48.78 9 6
6 5 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 22 +49.80 7 5
7 4 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 22 +54.68 10 4
8 9 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 22 +1:04.55 11 3
9 32 Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 22 +1:04.97 2
10 United Kingdom John Newbold Yamaha 22 +1:13.71 1
11 11 Italy Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 22 +1:38.90
12 124 France Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 22 +2:04.15
13 100 Denmark Børge Nielsen Yamaha 22 +2:09.55
14 125 France Thierry Espié Yamaha 22 +2:20.82
15 71 Germany Helmut Kassner Yamaha 22 +3:05.02 13
16 France Bernard Fau Yamaha 21 +1 lap 12
17 120 Japan Ken Nemoto Yamaha 21 +1 lap 15
18 25 France Pierre Soulas Yamaha 21 +1 lap
19 44 France Roland Faesser Yamaha 21 +1 lap
20 126 France Pierre Tocco Yamaha 21 +1 lap
France Patrick Pons Yamaha 4
South Africa Alan North Yamaha 5
France Eric Saul Yamaha 8
Italy Vanes Francini Yamaha 14
38 starters in total
[2]

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 30 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 20 46:29.19 17 15
2 148 South Africa Alan North Yamaha 20 +6.05 11 12
3 33 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 20 +6.70 8 10
4 167 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 20 +7.12 21 8
5 27 France Guy Bertin Yamaha 20 +16.86 10 6
6 8 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 20 +19.78 25 5
7 5 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 20 +22.99 6 4
8 2 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 20 +24.63 2 3
9 112 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 20 +34.16 9 2
10 31 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 20 +38.71 12 1
11 28 France Eric Saul Yamaha 20 +39.75
12 9 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 20 +40.17 14
13 32 Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 +46.99
14 21 France Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 20 +1:10.46
15 100 United Kingdom Clive Horton Yamaha 20 +1:10.76
16 113 France Alain Beraud Yamaha 20 +1:11.43
17 107 France Pascal Renaudet Harley-Davidson 20 +1:31.37
18 70 France Roland Faesser Yamaha 20 +1:31.66
19 164 Italy Franco Solaroli Harley-Davidson 20 +1:33.04
20 106 Japan Ken Nemoto Yamaha 20 +1:42.74
United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki 1
Japan Akihiko Kiyohara Kawasaki 3
France Christian Sarron Yamaha 4
Venezuela Aldo Nannini Yamaha 5
Switzerland Michel Frutschi Yamaha 7
Italy Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson 13
United Kingdom Mick Grant Kawasaki 15
36 starters in total, 24 finishers
[2]

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 18 43:08.68 1 15
2 8 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 18 +17.34 2 12
3 63 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 18 +1:16.57 3 10
4 7 Germany Gert Bender Bender 18 +1:47.51 13 8
5 6 France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 18 +1:48.88 8 6
6 19 Italy Giovanni Ziggiotto Morbidelli 18 +1:50.81 7 5
7 65 Italy Sauro Pazzaglia Morbidelli 18 +1:51.35 14 4
8 10 Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 18 +2:03.09 9 3
9 Italy Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 18 +2:03.72 17 2
10 52 Italy Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 18 +2:07.34 6 1
11 49 Germany Walter Koschine Morbidelli 18 +2:23.58
12 58 France Yves Dupont Morbidelli 18 +2:27.29 10
13 43 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 17 +1 lap 4
14 48 France Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
15 24 France François Granon Maico 17 +1 lap
16 17 Italy Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
17 56 France Patrick Herouard Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
18 78 Germany Horst Seel Seel 17 +1 lap
19 70 Austria Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
20 45 France Laurent Gomis Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli 5
Italy Pieraldo Cipriani Morbidelli 11
Sweden Per-Edward Carlsson Morbidelli 12
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 15
38 starters in total, 27 finishers
[2]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 9 France Alain Michel France Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 18 42:35.36 2 15
2 8 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Seymaz-Yamaha 18 +35.56 3 12
3 6 Germany Helmut Schilling Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 18 +44.71 6 10
4 3 Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Petit Matille Schmid-Yamaha 18 +48.00 4 8
5 31 Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden Bengt Forsberg Windle-Yamaha 18 +48.31 8 6
6 5 Germany Siegfried Schauzu Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Yamaha 18 +2:07.59 5
7 20 Switzerland Jean-François Monnin Switzerland Edouard Weber Seymaz-Yamaha 18 +2:10.29 4
8 29 France Yvan Trolliet France Pierre Muller Yamaha 18 +2:14.78 10 3
9 7 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 18 +2:19.35 2
10 51 Germany Max Venus Germany Norman Bittermann König 18 +2:25.43 11 1
11 France Michel Chevassier France Max Gross Yamaha 17 +1 lap
12 18 Switzerland Hans-Peter Hubacher Switzerland Pudu Dubach Yamaha 17 +1 lap
13 14 Germany Ted Janssen Germany Erich Schmitz Colyam 17 +1 lap
14 52 Austria Herbert Prügl Austria Hans Kussberger Rotax 17 +1 lap
15 33 Belgium Marc Alexandre Belgium Paul Gerard Kova-König 17 +1 lap
Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 1
Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 5
Switzerland Ernst Trachsel Switzerland "Agner" Schmid-Yamaha 7
Germany Werner Schwärzel Germany Andreas Huber Aro 9
28 starters in total, 21 finishers
[2]

References

  1. ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  3. ^ "1977 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


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