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Race 1 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 25 April 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the: first round of the——1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1976 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.
500cc classification※
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 51'45.330 | 15 | ||
2 | 55 | Johnny Cecotto | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | +3.840 | 12 | ||
3 | 33 | Marco Lucchinelli | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +19.290 | 10 | ||
4 | 4 | Tepi Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +49.850 | 8 | ||
5 | 1 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | MV Agusta | +55.650 | 6 | ||
6 | 43 | Victor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | +1'27.660 | 5 | ||
7 | 56 | Stuart Avant | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'28.240 | 4 | ||
8 | 13 | Dieter Braun | Suzuki | +1'47.880 | 3 | |||
9 | 12 | Karl Auer | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 | ||
10 | 51 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 19 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
12 | 45 | Steve Parrish | Dave More | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
13 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
14 | 25 | Gilles Husson | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
15 | 6 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
16 | 44 | Edmar Ferreira | Goias Swaep Motor | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
17 | 48 | René Guili | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
18 | 30 | Johnny Bengtsson | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
19 | 41 | Helmut Kassner | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
20 | 36 | Jules Nies | Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
Ret | ?? | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Phil Read | Team Life International | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Thierry Tchernine | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Jean-Paul Boinet | Ecurie Jean Murit | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Marcel Ankoné | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Risto Makinen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Roberto Gallina | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Adu Celso-Santos | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Nico Cereghini | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | John Williams | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | ?? | Eddie Roberts | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Max Wiener | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | Retired | |||
DNS | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
Sources: |
350 cc classification※
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 73 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 30 | 52:45.01 | 4 | 15 |
2 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 30 | +17.91 | 3 | 12 |
3 | 24 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 30 | +30.07 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 70 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 30 | +37.05 | 2 | 8 |
5 | 44 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 30 | +42.33 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 49 | Paolo Tordi | Yamaha | 30 | +44.73 | 6 | 5 |
7 | 42 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 30 | +57.12 | 5 | 4 |
8 | 3 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 30 | +1:04.88 | 3 | |
9 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.72 | 2 | |
10 | 65 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 30 | +1:16.94 | 1 | |
11 | 52 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 30 | +1:40.94 | ||
12 | 28 | Alain Vial | Yamaha | 30 | +1:42.52 | ||
13 | 81 | Claude Benelhadj | Yamaha | 30 | +1:56.00 | ||
14 | 46 | Jean-Louis Olivier | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 32 | Christian Bourgeois | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 47 | Hervé Moineau | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 62 | John Weeden | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 60 | Alan North | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | ||
19 | 61 | Steve Parrish | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | ||
20 | 22 | Franz Kunz | Yamaha | 24 | +6 laps | ||
21 | 13 | Philippe Coulon | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps | ||
Ret | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 1 | ||||
Ret | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 9 | ||||
Ret | Christian Huguet | Yamaha | 10 | ||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
- Footnotes
250 cc classification※
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley Davidson | 30 | 54:41.62 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 90 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley Davidson | 30 | +42.14 | 6 | 12 |
3 | 19 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 30 | +48.71 | 5 | 10 |
4 | 49 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 30 | +49.92 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 18 | Gérard Choukron | Yamaha | 30 | +1:03.05 | 6 | |
6 | 59 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.01 | 5 | |
7 | 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.18 | 4 | |
8 | 36 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.42 | 3 | |
9 | 21 | Jean-Claude Hogrel | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.57 | 2 | |
10 | 46 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 30 | +1:11.52 | 9 | 1 |
11 | 65 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 30 | +1:24.28 | ||
12 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 30 | +1:29.55 | ||
13 | 32 | Denis Boulom | Yamaha | 30 | +1:29.80 | ||
14 | 74 | Paolo Tordi | Yamaha | 30 | +1:35.87 | ||
15 | 63 | Jaime Samaranch | Yamaha | 30 | +1:36.17 | ||
16 | 34 | Gilbert Lavelle | Yamaha | 30 | +1:36.84 | ||
17 | 53 | Christian Huguet | Yamaha | 30 | +1:45.48 | ||
18 | 48 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | |
19 | 54 | Thiérry Noblesse | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
20 | 8 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
21 | 13 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | ||
22 | 23 | Hervé Moineau | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps | ||
Ret | Pat Evans | Yamaha | 2 | ||||
Ret | Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 3 | ||||
Ret | Tapio Virtanen | MZ | 4 | ||||
Ret | Franz Kunz | Yamaha | 7 | ||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
- Footnotes
50 cc classification※
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 15 | 34:04.21 | 6 | 15 |
2 | 4 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 15 | +0.19 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 15 | +3.57 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 25 | Pierre Audry | ABF | 15 | +4.88 | 2 | 8 |
5 | 12 | Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 15 | +1:07.39 | 6 | |
6 | 11 | Theo Timmer | Yamathi | 15 | +1:17.45 | 5 | |
7 | 28 | Yves le Tourmelin | Scrab-Ty | 15 | +1:21.14 | 4 | |
8 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 15 | +1:22.42 | 5 | 3 |
9 | 23 | Benjamin Laurent | Kreidler | 15 | +1:52.42 | 2 | |
10 | 14 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 15 | +1:54.27 | 1 | |
11 | 38 | Jacques Hutteau | Scrab | 15 | +2:07.53 | ||
12 | 24 | Raymond Duriez | Kreidler | 15 | +2:13.68 | ||
13 | 42 | J. Zweisldo | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 33 | Joaquin Gali | Derbi | 14 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 36 | Günter Schirnhöfer | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 44 | Giuido Delys | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | ||
17 | 26 | Pierre Harlay | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | ||
18 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 12 | +3 laps | 8 | |
19 | 29 | Patrick de Wulf | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | ||
Ret | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 1 | ||||
Ret | Jean-Paul Fargues | ABF | 3 | ||||
Ret | Nico Polane | Morbidelli | 9 | ||||
Ret | Julien van Zeebroeck | Kreidler | 10 | ||||
32 starters in total | |||||||
- Footnotes
- ^ van Dongen retired but was classified as a finisher.
Sidecar classification※
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Rolf Biland | Ken Williams | Yamaha | 25 | 47:53.53 | 4 | 15 |
2 | 32 | Alain Michel | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha | 25 | +4.13 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 11 | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | Aro-Fath | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | 10 |
4 | 21 | Bruno Holzer | Charly Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | 8 |
5 | 9 | Amedeo Zini | Andrea Fornaro | König | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | |
6 | 34 | Hanspeter Hubacher | Kurt Huber | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | |
7 | 27 | Ted Janssen | Eric Schmitz | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 4 | |
8 | 22 | Siegfried Schauzu | Clifton Lorentz | Aro-Fath | 23 | +2 laps | 3 | |
9 | 15 | Dick Greasley | Cliff Holland | Chell Yamaha | 23 | +2 laps | 2 | |
10 | 14 | Heinz Luthringhauser | Lorenzo Puzo | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 1 | |
11 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | König | 22 | +3 laps | 1 | |
12 | 25 | Yves Trolliet | P. Muller | König | 22 | +3 laps | ||
Ret | Klaus Enders | Wolfgang Kalauch | Heukerot | 3 | ||||
Ret | Hans Prugl | Horst Kussberger | König | 7 | ||||
Ret | Hermann Schmid | Jean Petit | Yamaha | 7 | ||||
24 starters in total | ||||||||
- Footnotes
- ^ Schwärzel and Huber retired but were classified as finishers.
References※
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Le Mans | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1976 French MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
- ^ Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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