French motorcycle Grand Prix

French motorcycle Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Le Mans (1969–1970, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989–1990, 1994–1995, 2000–present) Paul Ricard (1973, 1975, 1977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996–1999) Magny-Cours (1992) Nogaro (1978, 1982) Clermont-Ferrand (1959–1964, 1966–1967, 1972, 1974) Rouen-Les-Essarts (1953, 1965) Reims-Gueux (1954–1955) d'Albi (1951)
First race	1951
Most wins (rider)	Giacomo Agostini (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (52)

The French motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the World Motorcycle Racing season.

The Grand Prix was held on different circuits in its history: on the Charade Circuit (Puy-de-Dôme) between 1959 and 1967, Le Mans circuit on numerous occasions since 1969, alternating with the Paul Ricard Circuit at Le Castellet, used it for the first time in 1973, the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro in 1978 and 1982 and the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours once in 1992. Since 2000 the race has been held at Le Mans on the Bugatti Circuit.

Official names and sponsors[]

• 1959–1960: Grand Prix de France de Vitesse (no official sponsor)^[1]
• 1962–1964, 1966–1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1985–1992, 1995–1996, 2009: Grand Prix de France (no official sponsor)^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}
• 1970: Grand Prix de France Motocyclistes (no official sponsor)^[10]
• 1975–1977, 1980–1982, 1984, 1994, 1997–1999: Grand Prix de France Moto (no official sponsor)^{[11][12][13][14][15]}
• 2000–2001, 2003–2004: Grand Prix Polini de France (listed without a sponsor on the cover until 2001)^[16][17][18]
• 2002: Polini Grand Prix de France (listed without a sponsor on the cover)
• 2005: Grand Prix Alice de France
• 2006–2008: Alice Grand Prix de France^[19][20]
• 2010–2016: Monster Energy Grand Prix de France^[21][22]
• 2017–2018: Grand Prix de France
• 2019–2020, 2022: Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France
• 2021: Shark Grand Prix de France

Formerly used circuits and layouts[]

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  Original short GP layout of Paul Ricard, used in 1991, 1996-1999

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  Older layout of Le Mans Bugatti, used in 1989-1990, 1994-1995

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  Magny-Cours, used in 1992

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  Original long GP layout of Paul Ricard, used in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1986, 1988

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  Original layout of Le Mans Bugatti, used in 1969–1970, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987

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  Clermont-Ferrand, used in 1959–1964, 1966–1967, 1972, 1974

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  Second layout of Rouen, used in 1965

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  Reims, used in 1954-1955

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  Original layout of Rouen, used in 1953

Winners of the French motorcycle Grand Prix[]

Multiple winners (riders)[]

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
7	Giacomo Agostini	500 cc	1969, 1970, 1972, 1975
		350 cc	1972, 1973, 1974
6	Jorge Lorenzo	MotoGP	2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
		250 cc	2007
5	Ángel Nieto	125 cc	1980, 1981, 1984
		80 cc	1985
		50 cc	1970
4	Phil Read	500 cc	1974
		250 cc	1964, 1965, 1972
	Freddie Spencer	500 cc	1983, 1984, 1985
		250 cc	1985
	Michael Doohan	500 cc	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2002, 2005, 2008
		125 cc	1997
	Dani Pedrosa	MotoGP	2013
		250 cc	2004, 2005
		125 cc	2003
	Thomas Lüthi	Moto2	2012, 2015
		125 cc	2005, 2006
	Marc Márquez	MotoGP	2014, 2018, 2019
		Moto2	2011
3	Geoff Duke	500 cc	1953, 1955
		350 cc	1951
	John Surtees	500 cc	1959, 1960
		350 cc	1959
	Hugh Anderson	125 cc	1963, 1965
		50 cc	1964
	Kent Andersson	125 cc	1973, 1974, 1975
	Barry Sheene	500 cc	1976, 1977, 1979
	Eddie Lawson	500 cc	1986, 1988, 1989
	Àlex Crivillé	500 cc	1998, 1999, 2000
	Maverick Viñales	MotoGP	2017
		Moto3	2013
		125 cc	2011
2	Pierre Monneret	500 cc	1954
		350 cc	1954
	Gary Hocking	500 cc	1961
		350 cc	1960
	Tom Phillis	250 cc	1961
		125 cc	1961
	Mike Hailwood	350 cc	1966
		250 cc	1966
	Bill Ivy	250 cc	1967
		125 cc	1967
	Jarno Saarinen	500 cc	1973
		250 cc	1973
	Johnny Cecotto	350 cc	1975
		250 cc	1975
	Walter Villa	350 cc	1976
		250 cc	1976
	Gregg Hansford	350 cc	1978
		250 cc	1978
	Pier Paolo Bianchi	125 cc	1977, 1978
	Jon Ekerold	350 cc	1980
		250 cc	1977
	Kenny Roberts	500 cc	1978, 1980
	Kork Ballington	250 cc	1979, 1980
	Anton Mang	250 cc	1981, 1984
	Jorge Martínez	125 cc	1988, 1989
	Carlos Cardús	250 cc	1989, 1990
	Ezio Gianola	125 cc	1985, 1992
	Loris Reggiani	250 cc	1991, 1992
	Wayne Rainey	500 cc	1991, 1992
	Loris Capirossi	250 cc	1994
		125 cc	1991
	Tetsuya Harada	250 cc	1997, 1998
	Tohru Ukawa	250 cc	1999, 2000
	Max Biaggi	500 cc	2001
		250 cc	1996
	Sete Gibernau	MotoGP	2003, 2004
	Toni Elías	Moto2	2010
		250 cc	2003
	Jack Miller	Moto3	2014
		MotoGP	2021

Multiple winners (manufacturers)[]

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
52	Honda	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
		500 cc	1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
		350 cc	1966
		250 cc	1961, 1962, 1966, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
		Moto3	2017, 2019
		125 cc	1961, 1962, 1964, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
		50 cc	1965
40	Yamaha	MotoGP	2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
		500 cc	1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2001
		350 cc	1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980
		250 cc	1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
		125 cc	1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975
17	Aprilia	250 cc	1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
		125 cc	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
12	MV Agusta	500 cc	1959, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974
		350 cc	1959, 1960, 1972, 1973
		125 cc	1955
11	Suzuki	500 cc	1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1990, 2007
		125 cc	1963, 1965, 1970
		50 cc	1964, 1967
9	Kalex	Moto2	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
7	Derbi	125 cc	1988, 1989, 2000, 2008, 2010
		80 cc	1985
		50 cc	1970
6	Kawasaki	350 cc	1978, 1982
		250 cc	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
	Gilera	500 cc	1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
		250 cc	2009
		125 cc	2001
	KTM	Moto3	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020
5	Kreidler	50 cc	1962, 1963, 1969, 1976, 1979
4	Morbidelli	125 cc	1972, 1977, 1982, 1983
	Garelli	125 cc	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
3	Moto Guzzi	350 cc	1953, 1955
		250 cc	1951
	Minarelli	125 cc	1978, 1980, 1981
	Energica	MotoE	2020 Race 1, 2020 Race 2, 2021
2	Suter	Moto2	2011, 2012
	Harley-Davidson	350 cc	1976
		250 cc	1976
	Ducati	MotoGP	2020, 2021

By year[]

A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

Year	Track	MotoE				Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Race 1		Race 2
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2022	Le Mans											Report
2021	Le Mans	Eric Granado	Energica	N/A	Sergio García	Gas Gas	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	Jack Miller	Ducati	Report
2020	Le Mans	Jordi Torres	Energica	Niki Tuuli	Energica	Celestino Vietti	KTM	Sam Lowes	Kalex	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	Report

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2019	Le Mans	John McPhee	Honda	Álex Márquez	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2018	Le Mans	Albert Arenas	KTM	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2017	Le Mans	Joan Mir	Honda	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Report
2016	Le Mans	Brad Binder	KTM	Álex Rins	Kalex	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2015	Le Mans	Romano Fenati	KTM	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2014	Le Mans	Jack Miller	KTM	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2013	Le Mans	Maverick Viñales	KTM	Scott Redding	Kalex	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2012	Le Mans	Louis Rossi	FTR Honda	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2011	Le Mans	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Marc Márquez	Suter	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
2010	Le Mans	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		250 cc		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2009	Le Mans	Julián Simón	Aprilia	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2008	Le Mans	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	Alex Debón	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2007	Le Mans	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Report
2006	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	Marco Melandri	Honda	Report
2005	Le Mans	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2004	Le Mans	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Report
2003	Le Mans	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Toni Elías	Aprilia	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Report
2002	Le Mans	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2001	Le Mans	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	Report
2000	Le Mans	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1999	Paul Ricard	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1998	Paul Ricard	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1997	Paul Ricard	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1996	Paul Ricard	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1995	Le Mans	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1994	Le Mans	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1992	Magny-Cours	Ezio Gianola	Honda	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1991	Paul Ricard	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1990	Le Mans	Hans Spaan	Honda	Carlos Cardús	Honda	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report

Year	Track	80 cc		125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1989	Le Mans			Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Carlos Cardús	Honda	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
1988	Paul Ricard			Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Jacques Cornu	Honda	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
1987	Le Mans			Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Reinhold Roth	Honda	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	Report
1986	Paul Ricard			Luca Cadalora	Garelli	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
1985	Le Mans	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	Ezio Gianola	Garelli	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Report
1984	Paul Ricard			Ángel Nieto	Garelli	Anton Mang	Yamaha	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Report
Year	Track	50 cc		125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1983	Le Mans	Stefan Dörflinger	Krauser	Ricardo Tormo	Morbidelli MBA	Alan Carter	Yamaha	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Report

Year	Track	50 cc		125 cc		250 cc		350 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1982	Nogaro				Morbidelli MBA	Jean-Louis Tournadre	Yamaha	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	Michel Frutschi		Report
1981	Paul Ricard			Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	Report
1980	Paul Ricard			Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	Report
1979	Le Mans	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1978	Nogaro			Pier Paolo Bianchi	Minarelli	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	Report
1977	Paul Ricard			Pier Paolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1976	Le Mans	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler			Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1975	Paul Ricard			Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
1974	Clermont-Ferrand	Henk van Kessel	Van Veen Kreidler	Kent Andersson	Yamaha			Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Phil Read	MV Agusta
1973	Paul Ricard			Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha
1972	Clermont-Ferrand			Gilberto Parlotti	Morbidelli	Phil Read	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
1970	Le Mans	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	Rodney Gould	Yamaha			Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
1969	Le Mans	Aalt Toersen	Kreidler		Yamaha	Santiago Herrero	Ossa			Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
1967	Clermont-Ferrand	Yoshimi Katayama	Suzuki	Bill Ivy	Yamaha	Bill Ivy	Yamaha
1966	Clermont-Ferrand					Mike Hailwood	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda
1965	Rouen	Ralph Bryans	Honda	Hugh Anderson	Suzuki	Phil Read	Yamaha
1964	Clermont-Ferrand	Hugh Anderson	Suzuki	Luigi Taveri	Honda	Phil Read	Yamaha
1963	Clermont-Ferrand	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Kreidler	Hugh Anderson	Suzuki
1962	Clermont-Ferrand	Jan Huberts	Kreidler	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	Jim Redman	Honda					Report
Year	Track			125 cc		250 cc		350 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1961	Clermont-Ferrand			Tom Phillis	Honda	Tom Phillis	Honda			Gary Hocking	MV Agusta
1960	Clermont-Ferrand							Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	John Surtees	MV Agusta	Report
1959	Clermont-Ferrand							John Surtees	MV Agusta	John Surtees	MV Agusta
1958	Pau
1955	Reims			Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta			Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	Geoff Duke	Gilera	Report
1954	Reims					Werner Haas	NSU	Pierre Monneret	AJS	Pierre Monneret	Gilera
1953	Rouen							Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	Geoff Duke	Gilera

Year	Track	175 cc		250 cc		350 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1952	Albi			Fergus Anderson		Jack Brett		Jack Brett
1951	Albi			Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	Geoff Duke	Norton	Alfredo Milani	Gilera
Year	Track	175 cc	250 cc	350 cc	500 cc	Report
1949	Saint-Gaudens		Fergus Anderson	David Whitworth	Leslie Graham
1939	Reims		Ewald Kluge	Heiner Fleischmann
1938	Reims		Ewald Kluge	Roger Loyer
1937	Montlhéry	"Dickwell"	Roger Loyer	Ted Mellors	Ted Mellors
1936	Saint-Gaudens			Ted Mellors
1935	Montlhéry
1933	Dieppe	Eric Fernihough		Jimmie Simpson
1932	Reims	Eric Fernihough		Jimmie Simpson	Stanley Woods
1931	Montlhéry	Eric Fernihough	Graham Walker
1930	Pau	Eric Fernihough	Ted Mellors		Stanley Woods
1929	Le Mans				Charlie Dodson
1928	Bordeaux				Stanley Woods
1927	Saint-Gaudens
1926	Strasbourg				Alec Bennett
1925	Montlhéry			J. Stevens	Jimmie Simpson
1924	Lyon				Alec Bennett
1923	Tours
1922	Strasbourg				Alec Bennett
1921	Le Mans		"Vernisse"		Alec Bennett
1920	Le Mans

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to French motorcycle Grand Prix at Wikimedia Commons