1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 May 1977
Official name	Grand Prix de France
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.810 km (3.610 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Steve Baker	Yamaha
Time	2:09.06
Fastest lap
Rider	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha
Time	2:08.32
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha
Third	Steve Baker	Yamaha
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
Time	2:15.36
Fastest lap
Rider	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Time	2:13.39
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Second	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
Third	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki
Time	2:16.92
Fastest lap
Rider	Alan North	Yamaha
Time	2:17.27
Podium
First	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
Second	Alan North	Yamaha
Third	Vic Soussan	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:24.55
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:21.80
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
Passenger	Ken Williams
Time	2:17.55
Fastest lap
Rider	Alain Michel	Yamaha
Passenger	Gérard Lacorre
Time	2:19.92
Podium
First	Alain Michel	Yamaha
	Gérard Lacorre
Second	George O'Dell	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Kenny Arthur
Third	Helmut Schilling	Aro
	Rainer Gundel

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.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	22	48:00.73	2	15
2	8	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	22	+3.34	7	12
3	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha	22	+15.64	1	10
4	17	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki	22	+18.17	6	8
5	6	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	22	+19.74	5	6
6	12	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	22	+23.77	12	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	22	+30.48	9	4
8	16	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	22	+30.68	4	3
9	19	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	22	+40.89	8	2
10	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	22	+55.55	11	1
11	15	Christian Estrosi	Suzuki	22	+1:00.25	13
12	18	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	22	+1:10.77	14
13	11	Warren Willing	Yamaha	22	+1:12.95	18
14	20	John Woodley	Suzuki	22	+1:55.22	19
15	68	Giovanni Rolando	Suzuki	22	+2:07.59
16	77	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
17	43	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
18	35	Markku Matikainen	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
19	73	Carlos Delgado	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			3
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			10
		Nico Cereghini	Suzuki			15
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			16
		Anton Mang	Suzuki			17
		John Williams	Suzuki			20
36 starters in total
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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
36 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	30	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	46:29.19		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		8
5	27	Guy Bertin	Yamaha	20	+16.86	10	6
6	8	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+19.78		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
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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		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
36 starters in total, 27 finishers
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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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