Wikipedia

1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

France  1977 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 May 1977
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.810 km (3.610 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Steve Baker
Time 2:09.060
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Giacomo Agostini
Time 2:08.320
Podium
First United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Second Italy Giacomo Agostini
Third United States Steve Baker
350 cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Jon Ekerold
Time 2:15.360
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Takazumi Katayama
Time 2:13.390
Podium
First Japan Takazumi Katayama
Second South Africa Jon Ekerold
Third Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler
250 cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn
Time 2:16.920
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Alan North
Time 2:17.270
Podium
First South Africa Jon Ekerold
Second South Africa Alan North
Third Australia Vic Soussan
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 2:24.550
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 2:21.800
Podium
First Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Third Austria Harald Bartol
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 2:17.550
Fastest lap
Rider France Alain Michel
Time 2:19.920
Podium
First France Alain Michel
Second United Kingdom George O'Dell
Third West Germany Helmut Schilling

500cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
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 edit

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[2]

250 cc classification edit

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

125 cc classification edit

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

Sidecar classification edit

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

References edit

  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.


Previous race:
1977 Spanish Grand Prix 		FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1977 season 		Next race:
1977 Yugoslavian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1976 French Grand Prix 		French Grand Prix Next race:
1978 French Grand Prix
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1977_French_motorcycle_Grand_Prix&oldid=1160981056"