# 1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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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 | |
| 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 |||||||||