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.
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Race 6 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 29 May 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sidecar (B2A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500cc classification
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 48'00.730 | 15 | ||
2 | 8 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Yamaha | +3.340 | 12 | ||
3 | 32 | Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +15.640 | 10 | ||
4 | 17 | Gianfranco Bonera | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +18.170 | 8 | ||
5 | 6 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +19.740 | 6 | ||
6 | 12 | Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +23.770 | 5 | ||
7 | 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +30.480 | 4 | ||
8 | 16 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +30.680 | 3 | ||
9 | 19 | Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | +40.890 | 2 | ||
10 | 3 | Pat Hennen | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +55.550 | 1 | ||
11 | 15 | Christian Estrosi | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +1'00.250 | |||
12 | 18 | Boet van Dulmen | Pullshaw | Suzuki | +1'10.770 | |||
13 | 11 | Warren Willing | Yamaha | +1'12.950 | ||||
14 | 20 | John Woodley | Suzuki | +1'55.220 | ||||
15 | 68 | Giovanni Rolando | Suzuki | +2'07.590 | ||||
16 | 77 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
17 | 43 | Helmut Kassner | Boeri Giudici Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
18 | 35 | Markku Matikainen | Länsivuori Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
19 | 73 | Carlos Delgado de San Antonio | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
Ret | 23 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 9 | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 36 | Graziano Rossi | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Hervé Moineau | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 42 | Stuart Avant | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Nico Cereghini | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Bernard Fau | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Claude Ben El Hadj | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 45 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 26 | Anton Mang | Valvoline Racing Hamburg | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Karl Auer | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 28 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 28 | André Pogolotti | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 5 | John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | Retired | |||
DNS | 5 | Daniel Rouge | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
Sources: [2][3][4] |
350 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 8 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 22 | 49:23.00 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 23 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 22 | +24.77 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 7 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 22 | +44.44 | 6 | 10 |
4 | 36 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 22 | +48.49 | 3 | 8 |
5 | 24 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | 22 | +48.78 | 9 | 6 |
6 | 5 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 22 | +49.80 | 7 | 5 |
7 | 4 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 22 | +54.68 | 10 | 4 |
8 | 9 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 22 | +1:04.55 | 11 | 3 |
9 | 32 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 22 | +1:04.97 | 2 | |
10 | John Newbold | Yamaha | 22 | +1:13.71 | 1 | ||
11 | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Yamaha | 22 | +1:38.90 | ||
12 | 124 | Jean-Claude Hogrel | Yamaha | 22 | +2:04.15 | ||
13 | 100 | Børge Nielsen | Yamaha | 22 | +2:09.55 | ||
14 | 125 | Thierry Espié | Yamaha | 22 | +2:20.82 | ||
15 | 71 | Helmut Kassner | Yamaha | 22 | +3:05.02 | 13 | |
16 | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 12 | ||
17 | 120 | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 15 | |
18 | 25 | Pierre Soulas | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | ||
19 | 44 | Roland Faesser | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | ||
20 | 126 | Pierre Tocco | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | ||
Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Alan North | Yamaha | 5 | |||||
Eric Saul | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Vanes Francini | Yamaha | 14 | |||||
38 starters in total | |||||||
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250 cc classification
edit125 cc classification
editSidecar classification
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
- ^ "1977 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.