1970 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1970 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 12 races in the 1970 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 May 1970
Official name	Grand Prix de France
Location	Circuit Bugatti Le Mans
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.422 km (2.748 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Fastest lap Rider Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Time 1:54.8 Podium First Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Second Ginger Molloy Kawasaki Third Alberto Pagani Linto
250 cc
Pole position Rider Kel Carruthers Yamaha Fastest lap Rider Santiago Herrero Ossa Time 1:58.1 Podium First Rodney Gould Yamaha Second Santiago Herrero Ossa Third László Szabó MZ
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Time 2:06.5 Podium First Dieter Braun Suzuki Second Börje Jansson Maico Third Günter Bartusch MZ
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Time 2:17.4 Podium First Ángel Nieto Derbi Second Aalt Toersen Jamathi Third Rudolf Kunz Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Klaus Enders BMW Fastest lap Rider Klaus Enders BMW Time 2:04.9 Podium First Klaus Enders BMW Second BMW Third BMW

The 1970 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1970 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 May 1970 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.

500 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	35	1:09:11.3	1	15
2	16	Ginger Molloy	Kawasaki	35	+48.2	3	12
3	22	Alberto Pagani	Linto	35	+1:00.3	6	10
4	44	Angelo Bergamonti	Aermacchi	35	+1:13.8	2	8
5	8	Brian Steenson	Seeley	35	+1:37.2	5	6
6	2	Gyula Marsovsky	Kawasaki	34	+1 lap	9	5
7	5	Alan Barnett	Seeley	34	+1 lap	7	4
8	32		Kawasaki	34	+1 lap	27	3
9			Kawasaki	34	+1 lap	23	2
10	38		Paton	34	+1 lap	4	1
11	21	Tommy Robb	Seeley	34	+1 lap	16
12	19	Dave Simmonds	Kawasaki	33	+2 laps	8
13			Kawasaki	33	+2 laps	25
14			Linto	33	+2 laps	32
15	35		Kawasaki	33	+2 laps	26
16	15		Münch-URS	32	+3 laps	18
17			Aermacchi	31	+4 laps	36
			Kawasaki			10
			Matchless			11
		Bo Granath	Husqvarna			12
	11	Jack Findlay	Seeley			13
			Drixton-Honda			14
			Suzuki-Métisse			15
		Roberto Gallina	Paton			17
		Billie Nelson	Paton			19
	41		Matchless			20
			Linto			21
	3	Godfrey Nash	Tickle Manx			22
			Seeley			24
			Drixton-Honda			28
			Crescent			29
			Norton			30
		Keith Turner	Linto			31
			Aermacchi			33
			Matchless			34
			Velocette			35
			Paton			37
			Linto			38
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250 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	9	Rodney Gould	Yamaha	30	1:00:11.0	4	15
2	7	Santiago Herrero	Ossa	30	+1:00.0	3	12
3	14	László Szabó	MZ	30	+1:00.9	6	10
4		Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	30	+1:18.3	10	8
5		Angelo Bergamonti	Aermacchi	30	+1:30.8	32	6
6		Bo Granath	Yamaha	30	+1:53.2	12	5
7		Gyula Marsovsky	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	8	4
8		Cees van Dongen	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	15	3
9	52		Yamaha	29	+1 lap	34	2
10	33		Yamaha	29	+1 lap	19	1
11			Yamaha	28	+2 laps	20
12		Tepi Länsivuori	Yamaha	28	+2 laps	31
13			Aermacchi	28	+2 laps	25
14			Yamaha	27	+3 laps	38
15			Ossa	27	+3 laps	23
16			Kawasaki	25	+5 laps	30
17			Yamaha	23	+7 laps	18
	5	Kel Carruthers	Yamaha			1
	6	Kent Andersson	Yamaha			2
		Börje Jansson	Yamaha			5
	15	Dieter Braun	MZ			7
			Yamaha			9
		Ginger Molloy	Bultaco			11
	10	Günter Bartusch	MZ			13
		Tommy Robb	Shepherd			14
			Kawasaki			16
		José Medrano	Bultaco			17
			Yamaha			21
		Walter Villa	Villa			22
		Brian Steenson	Aermacchi			24
			Aermacchi			26
			Honda			27
			Yamaha			28
		Michel Rougerie	Honda			29
			Yamaha			33
			Yamaha			35
			Yamaha			36
			Yamaha			37
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125 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	9	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	25	54:00.0	2	15
2	5	Börje Jansson	Maico	25	+29.3	3	12
3	6	Günter Bartusch	MZ	25	+29.4	10	10
4	12		Rotax	25	+3:00.5	14	8
5			Maico	24	+1 lap	16	6
6	48	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap	17	5
7		László Szabó	MZ	24	+1 lap	5	4
8	32		Maico	24	+1 lap	7	3
9			Yamaha	24	+1 lap	15	2
10		Tepi Länsivuori	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	24	1
11			Aermacchi	24	+1 lap	19
12			Maico	24	+1 lap	29
13			MZ	24	+1 lap	18
14			Yamaha	23	+2 laps	25
15			Maico	23	+2 laps	36
16			MZ	23	+2 laps	28
17			Aermacchi	23	+2 laps	35
18		Walter Villa	Villa	22	+3 laps	13
19		Jan de Vries	MZ	22	+3 laps	8
20			Nougier-Maico	19	+6 laps	22
	19	Ángel Nieto	Derbi			1
		Angelo Bergamonti	Aermacchi			4
		Dave Simmonds	Kawasaki			6
		Cees van Dongen	Yamaha			9
	1	John Dodds	Aermacchi			11
		Otello Buscherini	Villa			12
			Maico			20
		Jarno Saarinen	Puch			21
		Ginger Molloy	Bultaco			23
			Maico			26
		José Medrano	Bultaco			27
			Derbi			30
			Maico			31
			Nougier-Maico			32
			Villa			33
		Jan Huberts	MZ			34
			Maico			37
		Michel Rougerie	Maico			38
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50 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	15	35:00.6	1	15
2	35	Aalt Toersen	Jamathi	15	+23.4	7	12
3	7	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	15	+1:26.1	3	10
4		Jos Schurgers	Van Veen-Kreidler	15	+1:31.7	9	8
5			Jamathi	15	+2:13.9	8	6
6		Salvador Cañellas	Derbi	15	+2:18.6	4	5
7			Derbi	15	+2:26.4	10	4
8	42	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	14	+1 lap	11	3
9			Kreidler	14	+1 lap	15	2
10		Harald Bartol	Kreidler	14	+1 lap	13	1
11	15		Derbi	14	+1 lap	14
12			Kreidler	14	+1 lap	16
13			Tomos	14	+1 lap	20
14			Kreidler	14	+1 lap	29
15			Guazzoni	14	+1 lap	22
16			Kreidler	13	+2 laps	21
17			Kedesuho	13	+2 laps	24
18			Derbi	13	+2 laps	23
19			Kreidler	13	+2 laps	30
20		Gerhard Thurow	Kreidler	12	+3 laps	12
21			Honda	12	+3 laps	28
22	5	Jan de Vries	Van Veen-Kreidler	12	+3 laps	5
23		Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	12	+3 laps	2
		Gilberto Parlotti	Tomos			6
			Maico			17
			Guazzoni			18
			Derbi			19
		C. Moreau	Guazzoni			25
			Derbi			26
		Otello Buscherini	Itom			27
			Guazzoni			31
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Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Klaus Enders		BMW	25	52:59.9	1	15
2	3			BMW	25	+40.3	2	12
3	4		Horst Schneider	BMW	25	+1:04.4	4	10
4				BMW	24	+1 lap	6	8
5				BMW	24	+1 lap	12	6
6				BMW	23	+2 laps	7	5
7				BMW	23	+2 laps	15	4
8				BMW	23	+2 laps	13	3
9				BMW	22	+3 laps	14	2
10				BMW	22	+3 laps	10	1
11				BMW	22	+3 laps	19
12				BMW	22	+3 laps	16
13				BMW	19	+6 laps	17
				BMW			3
	2			Münch-URS			5
				CAT-Crescent			8
				BMW			9
				BMW			11
				Honda			18
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