1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	French
Flag:	France
Official Name:	Grand Prix de France Moto^[1]
Location:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course Mi:	3.610
Course Km:	5.810
Race No:	6
Season No:	13
Date:	29 May
Year:	1977
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

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: ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

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

Notes and References

Web site: Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.. https://archive.today/20150725163733/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1977_heden.htm. dead. 25 July 2015. Archive.li. 18 December 2018.
Book: Motocourse 1977-1978 . Hazleton Securities Ltd . Carter . Chris . 85 . 0-905138-04-X.
Web site: 1977 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 3 April 2018. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 December 2018.
Web site: FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977. Motogp.com. 18 December 2018.