1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 1 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 25 April 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1976 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.
500cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 51'45.330 | 15 | ||
2 | 55 | Johnny Cecotto | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | +3.840 | 12 | ||
3 | 33 | Marco Lucchinelli | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +19.290 | 10 | ||
4 | 4 | Tepi Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +49.850 | 8 | ||
5 | 1 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | MV Agusta | +55.650 | 6 | ||
6 | 43 | Victor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | +1'27.660 | 5 | ||
7 | 56 | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'28.240 | 4 | |||
8 | 13 | Dieter Braun | Suzuki | +1'47.880 | 3 | |||
9 | 12 | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | 51 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 19 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
12 | 45 | Steve Parrish | Dave More | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
13 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
14 | 25 | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||||
15 | 6 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
16 | 44 | Goias Swaep Motor | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
17 | 48 | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
18 | 30 | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
19 | 41 | Helmut Kassner | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
20 | 36 | Suzuki | +3 laps | |||||
Ret | ?? | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Phil Read | Team Life International | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Ecurie Jean Murit | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Roberto Gallina | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Adu Celso-Santos | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | John Williams | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
DNS | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
350 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 73 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 30 | 52:45.01 | 4 | 15 |
2 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 30 | +17.91 | 3 | 12 |
3 | 24 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 30 | +30.07 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 70 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 30 | +37.05 | 2 | 8 |
5 | 44 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 30 | +42.33 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 49 | Yamaha | 30 | +44.73 | 6 | 5 | |
7 | 42 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 30 | +57.12 | 5 | 4 |
8 | 3 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 30 | +1:04.88 | 3 | |
9 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.72 | 2 | |
10 | 65 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 30 | +1:16.94 | 1 | |
11 | 52 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:40.94 | |||
12 | 28 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:42.52 | |||
13 | 81 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:56.00 | |||
14 | 46 | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | |||
15 | 32 | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | |||
16 | 47 | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | |||
17 | 62 | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | |||
18 | 60 | Alan North | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps [N 1] | ||
19 | 61 | Steve Parrish | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps [N 1] | ||
20 | 22 | Franz Kunz | Yamaha | 24 | +6 laps [N 1] | ||
21 | 13 | Philippe Coulon | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps [N 1] | ||
Ret | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 1 | ||||
Ret | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 9 | ||||
Ret | Yamaha | 10 | |||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
[6] |
- Footnotes
250 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley Davidson | 30 | 54:41.62 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 90 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley Davidson | 30 | +42.14 | 6 | 12 |
3 | 19 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 30 | +48.71 | 5 | 10 |
4 | 49 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 30 | +49.92 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 18 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:03.05 | 6 | ||
6 | 59 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.01 | 5 | ||
7 | 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.18 | 4 | |
8 | 36 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.42 | 3 | ||
9 | 21 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.57 | 2 | ||
10 | 46 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 30 | +1:11.52 | 9 | 1 |
11 | 65 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 30 | +1:24.28 | ||
12 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 30 | +1:29.55 | ||
13 | 32 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:29.80 | |||
14 | 74 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:35.87 | |||
15 | 63 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:36.17 | |||
16 | 34 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:36.84 | |||
17 | 53 | Yamaha | 30 | +1:45.48 | |||
18 | 48 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | |
19 | 54 | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | |||
20 | 8 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps [N 1] | ||
21 | 13 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps [N 1] | ||
22 | 23 | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps [N 1] | |||
Ret | Pat Evans | Yamaha | 2 | ||||
Ret | Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 3 | ||||
Ret | MZ | 4 | |||||
Ret | Franz Kunz | Yamaha | 7 | ||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
[6] |
- Footnotes
50 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 15 | 34:04.21 | 6 | 15 |
2 | 4 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 15 | +0.19 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 15 | +3.57 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 25 | ABF | 15 | +4.88 | 2 | 8 | |
5 | 12 | Kreidler | 15 | +1:07.39 | 6 | ||
6 | 11 | Theo Timmer | Yamathi | 15 | +1:17.45 | 5 | |
7 | 28 | Scrab-Ty | 15 | +1:21.14 | 4 | ||
8 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 15 | +1:22.42 | 5 | 3 |
9 | 23 | Kreidler | 15 | +1:52.42 | 2 | ||
10 | 14 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 15 | +1:54.27 | 1 | |
11 | 38 | Scrab | 15 | +2:07.53 | |||
12 | 24 | Kreidler | 15 | +2:13.68 | |||
13 | 42 | J. Zweisldo | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 33 | Derbi | 14 | +1 lap | |||
15 | 36 | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | |||
16 | 44 | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | |||
17 | 26 | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | |||
18 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 12 | +3 laps [N 1] | 8 | |
19 | 29 | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | |||
Ret | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 1 | ||||
Ret | ABF | 3 | |||||
Ret | Morbidelli | 9 | |||||
Ret | Julien van Zeebroeck | Kreidler | 10 | ||||
32 starters in total | |||||||
[6] |
- Footnotes
- ^ van Dongen retired but was classified as a finisher.
Sidecar classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Rolf Biland | Yamaha | 25 | 47:53.53 | 4 | 15 | |
2 | 32 | Alain Michel | Yamaha | 25 | +4.13 | 2 | 12 | |
3 | 11 | Aro | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | 10 | ||
4 | 21 | LCR-Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | 8 | ||
5 | 9 | König | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | |||
6 | 34 | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | |||
7 | 27 | Ted Janssen | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 4 | ||
8 | 22 | A. Lorentz | Aro | 23 | +2 laps | 3 | ||
9 | 15 | Chell Yamaha | 23 | +2 laps | 2 | |||
10 | 14 | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 1 | |||
11 | 2 | König | 22 | +3 laps [N 1] | 1 | |||
12 | 25 | P. Muller | König | 22 | +3 laps | |||
Ret | Klaus Enders | Heukerot | 3 | |||||
Ret | König | 7 | ||||||
Ret | Yamaha | 7 | ||||||
24 starters in total | ||||||||
[6] |
- Footnotes
- ^ Schwärzel and Huber retired but were classified as finishers.
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Le Mans | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1976 French MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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