1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1977 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 May 1977
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.810 km (3.610 mi)
500 cc
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
Pole position
Rider Jon Ekerold
Time 2:15.360
Fastest lap
Rider Isao Harimoto
Time 2:13.390
Podium
First Isao Harimoto
Second Jon Ekerold
Third Bruno Kneubühler
250 cc
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
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)
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 Helmut Schilling

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 Armando Toracca 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 Warren Willing Yamaha +1'12.950
14 20 John Woodley Suzuki +1'55.220
15 68 Giovanni Rolando Suzuki +2'07.590
16 77 Jean Philippe Orban Jean Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
17 43 Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
18 35 Markku Matikainen Länsivuori Team Suzuki +1 lap
19 73 Carlos Delgado De San Antonio 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 ?? Hervé Moineau Suzuki Retired
Ret 42 Stuart Avant Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Bernard Fau Suzuki Retired
Ret 4 Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Claude Ben El Hadj Suzuki Retired
Ret 45 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret 26 Anton Mang Valvoline Racing Hamburg Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Suzuki Retired
Ret 28 Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Suzuki Retired
Ret 28 André Pogolotti Suzuki Retired
Ret 5 John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki Retired
DNS 5 Daniel Rouge Maurice Newbold Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [2][3][4]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Isao Harimoto 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 Eero Hyvärinen 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 Pekka Nurmi 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 Jean Claude Hogrel Yamaha 22 +2:04.15
13 100 Børge Nielsen 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 Bernard Fau Yamaha 21 +1 lap 12
17 120 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 21 +1 lap 15
18 25 Pierre Soulas Yamaha 21 +1 lap
19 44 Roland Faesser Yamaha 21 +1 lap
20 126 Pierre Tocco Yamaha 21 +1 lap
Patrick Pons Yamaha 4
Alan North Yamaha 5
Eric Saul Yamaha 8
Vanes Francini 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 Eero Hyvärinen 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 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 +46.99
14 21 Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 20 +1:10.46
15 100 Clive Horton Yamaha 20 +1:10.76
16 113 Alain Beraud Yamaha 20 +1:11.43
17 107 Pascal Renaudet Harley Davidson 20 +1:31.37
18 70 Roland Faesser Yamaha 20 +1:31.66
19 164 Franco Solaroli Harley Davidson 20 +1:33.04
20 106 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 20 +1:42.74
Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki 1
Akihiro Kiyohara 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 Giovanni Ziggiotto Morbidelli 18 +1:50.81 7 5
7 65 Sauro Pazzaglia 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 Walter Koschine Morbidelli 18 +2:23.58
12 58 Yves Dupont Morbidelli 18 +2:27.29 10
13 43 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 17 +1 lap 4
14 48 Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
15 24 François Granon Maico 17 +1 lap
16 17 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
17 56 Patrick Herouard Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
18 78 Horst Seel Hyundai 17 +1 lap
19 70 Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
20 45 Laurent Gomis Morbidelli 17 +1 lap
Anton Mang Morbidelli 5
Pieraldo Cipriani 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 Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 18 42:35.36 2 15
2 8 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Seymaz-Yamaha 18 +35.56 3 12
3 6 Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 18 +44.71 6 10
4 3 Hermann Schmid Jean-Petit Matille Schmid-Yamaha 18 +48.00 4 8
5 31 Göte Brodin Bengt Forsberg Windle-Yamaha 18 +48.31 8 6
6 5 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Yamaha 18 +2:07.59 5
7 20 Jean-François Monnin Edouard Weber Seymaz-Yamaha 18 +2:10.29 4
8 29 Yvan Trolliet Pierre Muller Yamaha 18 +2:14.78 10 3
9 7 Dick Greasley Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 18 +2:19.35 2
10 51 Max Venus Norman Bittermann König 18 +2:25.43 11 1
11 Michel Chevassier Max Gross Yamaha 17 +1 lap
12 18 Hans-Peter Hubacher Pudu Dubach Yamaha 17 +1 lap
13 14 Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz Colyam 17 +1 lap
14 52 Herbert Prügl Hans Kussberger Rotax 17 +1 lap
15 33 Marc Alexandre Paul Gerard Kova-König 17 +1 lap
Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 1
Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 5
Ernst Trachsel "Agner" Schmid-Yamaha 7
Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Aro 9
28 starters in total, 21 finishers
[2]

References
  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.
  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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