1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1979 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 September 1979
Official name	Grand Prix de France[citation needed]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.240 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:38.130 Fastest lap Rider Virginio Ferrari Time 1:37.900 Podium First Barry Sheene Second Randy Mamola Third Kenny Roberts
350 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Patrick Fernandez Second Roland Freymond Third Walter Villa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Kork Ballington Second Gregg Hansford Third Patrick Fernandez
125 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Time Unknown Podium First Guy Bertin Second Ricardo Tormo Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
50 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Stefan Dörflinger Third Rolf Blatter

The 1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 31–2 September 1979 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

Classification[]

500 cc[]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	48'06.800	15
2	Randy Mamola	Serge Zago	Suzuki	+2.400	12
3	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+13.890	10
4	Franco Uncini	Team Zago International	Suzuki	+19.710	8
5	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+20.020	6
6	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+20.660	5
7	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+56.320	4
8	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+45.200	3
9			Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10		Ava MC Stockholm	Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11		Kouv MK	Suzuki	+1 lap
12		Team 77	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Hervé Guilleux			+1 lap
14		Scuderia Naldoni	Suzuki	+2 laps
15			Suzuki	+2 laps
16	Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+2 laps
17			Suzuki	+3 laps
18	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+7 laps
19		Stimorol Racing	Suzuki	+7 laps
20		Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	+8 laps
Ret	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Boet Van Dulmen		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Dennis Ireland	Derry's Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Franck Gross		Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Gianni Pelletier		Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli		Suzuki	Retired
DNQ	Mick Grant	Honda International Racing	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Takazumi Katayama	Honda International Racing	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ			Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ			Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Bo Granath		Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ		Honda International Racing	Honda	Did not qualify
Sources: [1][2]

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