1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 May 1977
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.810 km (3.610 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Steve Baker
Time	2:09.060
Fastest lap
Rider	Giacomo Agostini
Time	2:08.320
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Giacomo Agostini
Third	Steve Baker
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jon Ekerold
Time	2:15.360
Fastest lap
Rider	Takazumi Katayama
Time	2:13.390
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Jon Ekerold
Third	Bruno Kneubühler
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Ditchburn
Time	2:16.920
Fastest lap
Rider	Alan North
Time	2:17.270
Podium
First	Jon Ekerold
Second	Alan North
Third	Vic Soussan
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:24.550
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:21.800
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Harald Bartol
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:17.550
Fastest lap
Rider	Alain Michel
Time	2:19.920
Podium
First	Alain Michel
Second	George O'Dell
Third

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.

500cc classification[]

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		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			Yamaha	+1'12.950
14	20			Suzuki	+1'55.220
15	68			Suzuki	+2'07.590
16	77		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
18	35		Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
19	73			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	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	42		Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??		Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	45	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	26	Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	28		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	28			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	5	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	5		Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

350 cc classification[]

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		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		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		Yamaha	22	+2:04.15
13	100		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			Yamaha	21	+1 lap	12
17	120		Yamaha	21	+1 lap	15
18	25		Yamaha	21	+1 lap
19	44		Yamaha	21	+1 lap
20	126		Yamaha	21	+1 lap
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
		Alan North	Yamaha			5
		Eric Saul	Yamaha			8
			Yamaha			14
38 starters in total
^[2]

250 cc classification[]

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		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		Yamaha	20	+46.99
14	21		Yamaha	20	+1:10.46
15	100		Yamaha	20	+1:10.76
16	113		Yamaha	20	+1:11.43
17	107		Harley-Davidson	20	+1:31.37
18	70		Yamaha	20	+1:31.66
19	164		Harley-Davidson	20	+1:33.04
20	106		Yamaha	20	+1:42.74
		Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			1
			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[]

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		Morbidelli	18	+1:50.81	7	5
7	65		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		Morbidelli	18	+2:23.58
12	58		Morbidelli	18	+2:27.29	10
13	43		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap	4
14	48		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
15	24		Maico	17	+1 lap
16	17		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
17	56		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
18	78		Seel	17	+1 lap
19	70		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
20	45		Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			5
			Morbidelli			11
		Per-Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli			12
		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			15
38 starters in total, 27 finishers
^[2]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	9	Alain Michel		Yamaha	18	42:35.36	2	15
2	8	George O'Dell		Seymaz-Yamaha	18	+35.56	3	12
3	6			Aro	18	+44.71	6	10
4	3			Schmid-Yamaha	18	+48.00	4	8
5	31			Windle-Yamaha	18	+48.31	8	6
6	5			Yamaha	18	+2:07.59		5
7	20			Seymaz-Yamaha	18	+2:10.29		4
8	29			Yamaha	18	+2:14.78	10	3
9	7			Chell-Yamaha	18	+2:19.35		2
10	51			König	18	+2:25.43	11	1
11				Yamaha	17	+1 lap
12	18			Yamaha	17	+1 lap
13	14	Ted Janssen		Colyam	17	+1 lap
14	52			Rotax	17	+1 lap
15	33	Marc Alexandre		Kova-König	17	+1 lap
		Rolf Biland		Schmid-Yamaha			1
				LCR-Yamaha			5
			"Agner"	Schmid-Yamaha			7
				Aro			9
28 starters in total, 21 finishers
^[2]

References[]

^ "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.

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[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.

[motocourse-2] 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.

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