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1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course_mi	3.610
Course_km	5.810
Race_No	6
Season_No	13
Date	29 May
Year	1977
Image	Paul Ricard 1970.png
Pole_Rider_500	Steve Baker
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	2:09.060
Fast_Rider_500	Giacomo Agostini
Fast_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_500	2:08.320
First_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
Second_Rider_500	Giacomo Agostini
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_500	Steve Baker
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_350	Jon Ekerold
Pole_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_350	2:15.360
Fast_Rider_350	Takazumi Katayama
Fast_Rider_350_Country	JPN
Fast_Time_350	2:13.390
First_Rider_350	Takazumi Katayama
First_Rider_350_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_350	Jon Ekerold
Second_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Second_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Third_Rider_350	Bruno Kneubühler
Third_Rider_350_Country	SUI
Pole_Rider_250	Barry Ditchburn
Pole_Rider_250_Country	UK
Pole_Time_250	2:16.920
Fast_Rider_250	Alan North
Fast_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Fast_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Fast_Time_250	2:17.270
First_Rider_250	Jon Ekerold
First_Rider_250_Country	RSA
First_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_250	Alan North
Second_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Second_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Third_Rider_250	Vic Soussan
Third_Rider_250_Country	AUS
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	2:24.550
Fast_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	2:21.800
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_125	Harald Bartol
Third_Rider_125_Country	AUT
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Ken Williams
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Pole_Time_Sidecar	2:17.550
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Gérard Lacorre
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Fast_Time_Sidecar	2:19.920
First_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Gérard Lacorre
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Second_Rider_Sidecar	George O'Dell
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	UK
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Arthur
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Helmut Schilling
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Rainer Gundel
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD

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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
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	48'00.730	15
8	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+3.340	12
32	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+15.640	10
17	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+18.170	8
6	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+19.740	6
12	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+23.770	5
2	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+30.480	4
16	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+30.680	3
19	ITA Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+40.890	2
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+55.550	1
15	FRA Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+1'00.250
18	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	+1'10.770
11	AUS Warren Willing		Yamaha	+1'12.950
20	NZL John Woodley		Suzuki	+1'55.220
68	ITA Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	+2'07.590
77	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
43	BRD Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
35	FIN Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
73	ESP Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	+1 lap
23	GBR Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
9	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
36	ITA Graziano Rossi		Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Hervé Moineau		Suzuki	Retired
42	NZL Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Bernard Fau		Suzuki	Retired
4	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Claude Ben El Hadj		Suzuki	Retired
45	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
??	DEN Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
26	BRD Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	Retired
??	AUT Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
28	AUT Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
28	FRA André Pogolotti		Suzuki	Retired
5	GBR John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
5	FRA Daniel Rouge	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Did not start

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
8	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	22	49:23.00	2	15
23	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	22	+24.77	1	12
7	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	22	+44.44	6	10
36	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	22	+48.49	3	8
24	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	22	+48.78	9	6
5	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	22	+49.80	7	5
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	22	+54.68	10	4
9	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	22	+1:04.55	11	3
32	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	22	+1:04.97		2
	GBR John Newbold	Yamaha	22	+1:13.71		1
11	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	22	+1:38.90
124	FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel	Yamaha	22	+2:04.15
100	DNK Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	22	+2:09.55
125	FRA Thierry Espié	Yamaha	22	+2:20.82
71	DEU Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	22	+3:05.02	13
	FRA Bernard Fau	Yamaha	21	+1 lap	12
120	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	21	+1 lap	15
25	FRA Pierre Soulas	Yamaha	21	+1 lap
44	FRA Roland Faesser	Yamaha	21	+1 lap
126	FRA Pierre Tocco	Yamaha	21	+1 lap
	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			5
	FRA Eric Saul	Yamaha			8
	ITA Vanes Francini	Yamaha			14
38 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
30	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	46:29.19	17	15
148	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha	20	+6.05	11	12
33	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	20	+6.70	8	10
167	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli	20	+7.12	21	8
27	FRA Guy Bertin	Yamaha	20	+16.86	10	6
8	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+19.78	25	5
5	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+22.99	6	4
2	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	20	+24.63	2	3
112	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	20	+34.16	9	2
31	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	20	+38.71	12	1
28	FRA Eric Saul	Yamaha	20	+39.75
9	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+40.17	14
32	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	20	+46.99
21	FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel	Yamaha	20	+1:10.46
100	GBR Clive Horton	Yamaha	20	+1:10.76
113	FRA Alain Beraud	Yamaha	20	+1:11.43
107	FRA Pascal Renaudet	Harley-Davidson	20	+1:31.37
70	FRA Roland Faesser	Yamaha	20	+1:31.66
164	ITA Franco Solaroli	Harley-Davidson	20	+1:33.04
106	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	20	+1:42.74
	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			1
	JPN Akihiko Kiyohara	Kawasaki			3
	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha			4
	VEN Aldo Nannini	Yamaha			5
	CHE Michel Frutschi	Yamaha			7
	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			13
	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki			15
36 starters in total, 24 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	18	43:08.68	1	15
8	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	18	+17.34	2	12
63	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	18	+1:16.57	3	10
7	DEU Gert Bender	Bender	18	+1:47.51	13	8
6	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	18	+1:48.88	8	6
19	ITA Giovanni Ziggiotto	Morbidelli	18	+1:50.81	7	5
65	ITA Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli	18	+1:51.35	14	4
10	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	18	+2:03.09	9	3
	ITA Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	18	+2:03.72	17	2
52	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	18	+2:07.34	6	1
49	DEU Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	18	+2:23.58
58	FRA Yves Dupont	Morbidelli	18	+2:27.29	10
43	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap	4
48	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
24	FRA François Granon	Maico	17	+1 lap
17	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
56	FRA Patrick Herouard	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
78	DEU Horst Seel	Seel	17	+1 lap
70	AUT Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
45	FRA Laurent Gomis	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli			5
	ITA Pieraldo Cipriani	Morbidelli			11
	SWE Per-Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli			12
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			15
38 starters in total, 27 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
9	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	18	42:35.36	2	15
8	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Kenny Arthur	Seymaz-Yamaha	18	+35.56	3	12
6	DEU Helmut Schilling	DEU Rainer Gundel	Aro	18	+44.71	6	10
3	CHE Hermann Schmid	CHE Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha	18	+48.00	4	8
31	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	18	+48.31	8	6
5	DEU Siegfried Schauzu	DEU Wolfgang Kalauch	Yamaha	18	+2:07.59		5
20	CHE Jean-François Monnin	CHE Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	18	+2:10.29		4
29	FRA Yvan Trolliet	FRA Pierre Muller	Yamaha	18	+2:14.78	10	3
7	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	18	+2:19.35		2
51	DEU Max Venus	DEU Norman Bittermann	König	18	+2:25.43	11	1
	FRA Michel Chevassier	FRA Max Gross	Yamaha	17	+1 lap
18	CHE Hans-Peter Hubacher	CHE Pudu Dubach	Yamaha	17	+1 lap
14	DEU Ted Janssen	DEU Erich Schmitz	Colyam	17	+1 lap
52	AUT Herbert Prügl	AUT Hans Kussberger	Rotax	17	+1 lap
33	BEL Marc Alexandre	BEL Paul Gerard	Kova-König	17	+1 lap
	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha			1
	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha			5
	CHE Ernst Trachsel	CHE "Agner"	Schmid-Yamaha			7
	DEU Werner Schwärzel	DEU Andreas Huber	Aro			9
28 starters in total, 21 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1976 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1978 French Grand Prix

References

"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
"Motocourse 1977-1978". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(3 April 2018). "1977 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977".

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