1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 1975 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.

  1975 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 12 races in the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 March 1975
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.810 km (3.610 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Teuvo Länsivuori Time 2:12.300 Fastest lap Rider Hideo Kanaya Time 2:13.800 Podium First Giacomo Agostini Second Hideo Kanaya Third Phil Read
350 cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Fastest lap Rider Johnny Cecotto Podium First Johnny Cecotto Second Giacomo Agostini Third Gerard Choukroun
250 cc
Pole position Rider Ikujiro Takai Time 2:19.600 Fastest lap Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 2:18.000 Podium First Johnny Cecotto Second Ikujiro Takai Third Michel Rougerie
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Fastest lap Rider Paolo Pileri Time 2:29.000 Podium First Kent Andersson Second Leif Gustafsson Third Paolo Pileri
50 cc
Pole position Rider None Time None Fastest lap Rider None Time None Podium First None Second None Third None

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	50'09.800	15
2	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	+0.500	12
3	Phil Read	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	+29.200	10
4	Armando Toracca		MV Agusta	+30.600	8
5	Patrick Pons	Equipe Sonauto BP Gauloises	Yamaha	+1'36.300	6
6	Peter McKinley		Yamaha	+1'49.800	5
7	Michel Rougerie	AMF Harley-Davidson	Harley-Davidson	+1'54.100	4
8	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+1'55.200	3
9	Alex George		Yamaha	+1'55.400	2
10	Kjell Solberg		Yamaha	+2'02.800	1
11	Marcel Ankoné	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Adu Celso-Santos	Carvalho Racing	Yamaha	+1 lap
13	Helmut Kassner		Yamaha	+1 lap
14	Steve Ellis		Yamaha	+1 lap
15	Christian Bourgeois		Yamaha	+1 lap
16	Florian Burki	Jacques Berlioz	Yamaha	+1 lap
17	Les Kenny		Yamaha	+1 lap
18	Felix Harzenmoser	Munot Racing Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
19	Nico Cereghini		Suzuki	+1 lap
20	Walter Kaletsch		Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Horst Lahfeld		König	Retired
Ret	Pierre Longet		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Gernot Maas		Rotax	Retired
Ret	Paul Cott		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Bernd Tungethal		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Roger Ruiz		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jack Findlay		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Didier Ravel		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Reinhard Hiller		König	Retired
Ret	Pentti Korhonen		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Guido Mandracci		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jaime Samaranch		Harley-Davidson	Retired
Ret	John Williams		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jean-Paul Boinet		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Dieter Braun	Mitsui Maschinen	Yamaha	Retired
DNS	Gerard Debrock		Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Ernst Hiller		König	Did not start
DNS	Robert Keller		Yamaha	Did not start
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