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 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:
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 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
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 Akihiko 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
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 Seel 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
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
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