# 1970 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1970 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1970 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 May 1970 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 35 | 1:09:11.3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 16 | Ginger Molloy | Kawasaki | 35 | +48.2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 22 | Alberto Pagani | Linto | 35 | +1:00.3 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 44 | Angelo Bergamonti | Aermacchi | 35 | +1:13.8 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 8 | Brian Steenson | Seeley | 35 | +1:37.2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Gyula Marsovsky | Kawasaki | 34 | +1 lap | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | Alan Barnett | Seeley | 34 | +1 lap | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 32 | Christian Ravel | Kawasaki | 34 | +1 lap | 27 | 3 |
| 9 | | Eric Offenstadt | Kawasaki | 34 | +1 lap | 23 | 2 |
| 10 | 38 | André-Luc Appietto | Paton | 34 | +1 lap | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | Tommy Robb | Seeley | 34 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 12 | 19 | Dave Simmonds | Kawasaki | 33 | +2 laps | 8 | |
| 13 | | Pierre-Louis Tebec | Kawasaki | 33 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| 14 | | Werner Bergold | Linto | 33 | +2 laps | 32 | |
| 15 | 35 | Hervé Lansac | Kawasaki | 33 | +2 laps | 26 | |
| 16 | 15 | Karl Hoppe | Münch-URS | 32 | +3 laps | 18 | |
| 17 | | Jean-Claude Costeux | Aermacchi | 31 | +4 laps | 36 | |
| | | Theo Louwes | Kawasaki | | | 10 | |
| | | René Guili | Matchless | | | 11 | |
| | | Bo Granath | Husqvarna | | | 12 | |
| | 11 | Jack Findlay | Seeley | | | 13 | |
| | | Terry Dennehy | Drixton-Honda | | | 14 | |
| | | Jacques Roca | Suzuki-Métisse | | | 15 | |
| | | Roberto Gallina | Paton | | | 17 | |
| | | Billie Nelson | Paton | | | 19 | |
| | 41 | Karl Auer | Matchless | | | 20 | |
| | | Didier Dumesnil | Linto | | | 21 | |
| | 3 | Godfrey Nash | Tickle Manx | | | 22 | |
| | | John Blanchard | Seeley | | | 24 | |
| | | Lewis Young | Drixton-Honda | | | 28 | |
| | | Marty Lunde | Crescent | | | 29 | |
| | | John Burgess | Norton | | | 30 | |
| | | Keith Turner | Linto | | | 31 | |
| | | Walter Rungg | Aermacchi | | | 33 | |
| | | Jean-Pierre Naudon | Matchless | | | 34 | |
| | | Thierry Tchernine | Velocette | | | 35 | |
| | | Ali Moulay | Paton | | | 37 | |
| | | Steve Ellis | Linto | | | 38 | |

## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Rodney Gould | Yamaha | 30 | 1:00:11.0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Santiago Herrero | Ossa | 30 | +1:00.0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 14 | László Szabó | MZ | 30 | +1:00.9 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | | Jarno Saarinen | Yamaha | 30 | +1:18.3 | 10 | 8 |
| 5 | | Angelo Bergamonti | Aermacchi | 30 | +1:30.8 | 32 | 6 |
| 6 | | Bo Granath | Yamaha | 30 | +1:53.2 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | | Gyula Marsovsky | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | | Cees van Dongen | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 15 | 3 |
| 9 | 52 | Seppo Kangasniemi | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 34 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Christian Bourgeois | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | | Ingemar Larsson | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | 20 | |
| 12 | | Tepi Länsivuori | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| 13 | | Jean-Claude Costeux | Aermacchi | 28 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| 14 | | Larbi Habbiche | Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | 38 | |
| 15 | | Gérard Rolland | Ossa | 27 | +3 laps | 23 | |
| 16 | | Christian Ravel | Kawasaki | 25 | +5 laps | 30 | |
| 17 | | Jean Auréal | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps | 18 | |
| | 5 | Kel Carruthers | Yamaha | | | 1 | |
| | 6 | Kent Andersson | Yamaha | | | 2 | |
| | | Börje Jansson | Yamaha | | | 5 | |
| | 15 | Dieter Braun | MZ | | | 7 | |
| | | Matti Salonen | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
| | | Ginger Molloy | Bultaco | | | 11 | |
| | 10 | Günter Bartusch | MZ | | | 13 | |
| | | Tommy Robb | Shepherd | | | 14 | |
| | | Eric Offenstadt | Kawasaki | | | 16 | |
| | | José Medrano | Bultaco | | | 17 | |
| | | Klaus Huber | Yamaha | | | 21 | |
| | | Walter Villa | Villa | | | 22 | |
| | | Brian Steenson | Aermacchi | | | 24 | |
| | | Theo Louwes | Aermacchi | | | 26 | |
| | | Heinz Kriwanek | Honda | | | 27 | |
| | | Jean-Louis Pasquier | Yamaha | | | 28 | |
| | | Michel Rougerie | Honda | | | 29 | |
| | | Heinrich Rosenbusch | Yamaha | | | 33 | |
| | | René Hordelalay | Yamaha | | | 35 | |
| | | Marty Lunde | Yamaha | | | 36 | |
| | | Tony Gruber | Yamaha | | | 37 | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Dieter Braun | Suzuki | 25 | 54:00.0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 5 | Börje Jansson | Maico | 25 | +29.3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | Günter Bartusch | MZ | 25 | +29.4 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 12 | Heinz Kriwanek | Rotax | 25 | +3:00.5 | 14 | 8 |
| 5 | | Tony Gruber | Maico | 24 | +1 lap | 16 | 6 |
| 6 | 48 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 24 | +1 lap | 17 | 5 |
| 7 | | László Szabó | MZ | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | 32 | Pierre Viura | Maico | 24 | +1 lap | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | | Jean Auréal | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | | Tepi Länsivuori | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 24 | 1 |
| 11 | | Pierre Audry | Aermacchi | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 12 | | Klaus Huber | Maico | 24 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 13 | | Herbert Mann | MZ | 24 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 14 | | Matti Salonen | Yamaha | 23 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| 15 | | Hans Greub | Maico | 23 | +2 laps | 36 | |
| 16 | | Ryszard Mankiewicz | MZ | 23 | +2 laps | 28 | |
| 17 | | Pierre Blosser | Aermacchi | 23 | +2 laps | 35 | |
| 18 | | Walter Villa | Villa | 22 | +3 laps | 13 | |
| 19 | | Jan de Vries | MZ | 22 | +3 laps | 8 | |
| 20 | | Daniel Crivello | Nougier-Maico | 19 | +6 laps | 22 | |
| | 19 | Ángel Nieto | Derbi | | | 1 | |
| | | Angelo Bergamonti | Aermacchi | | | 4 | |
| | | Dave Simmonds | Kawasaki | | | 6 | |
| | | Cees van Dongen | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
| | 1 | John Dodds | Aermacchi | | | 11 | |
| | | Otello Buscherini | Villa | | | 12 | |
| | | Manfred Bernsee | Maico | | | 20 | |
| | | Jarno Saarinen | Puch | | | 21 | |
| | | Ginger Molloy | Bultaco | | | 23 | |
| | | Günter Fischer | Maico | | | 26 | |
| | | José Medrano | Bultaco | | | 27 | |
| | | Jacques Roca | Derbi | | | 30 | |
| | | Thierry Tchernine | Maico | | | 31 | |
| | | Etienne Delamarre | Nougier-Maico | | | 32 | |
| | | Georges Fougeray | Villa | | | 33 | |
| | | Jan Huberts | MZ | | | 34 | |
| | | Claude Benelhadj | Maico | | | 37 | |
| | | Michel Rougerie | Maico | | | 38 | |

## 50 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Ángel Nieto | Derbi | 15 | 35:00.6 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 35 | Aalt Toersen | Jamathi | 15 | +23.4 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 15 | +1:26.1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | | Jos Schurgers | Van Veen-Kreidler | 15 | +1:31.7 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | | Martin Mijwaart | Jamathi | 15 | +2:13.9 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | | Salvador Cañellas | Derbi | 15 | +2:18.6 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | | Juan Bordons | Derbi | 15 | +2:26.4 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 | 42 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 14 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | | Ludwig Faßbender | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | | Harald Bartol | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | Jacques Roca | Derbi | 14 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 12 | | André Millard | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 13 | | Adrijan Bernetic | Tomos | 14 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 14 | | Etienne Delamarre | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 15 | | Charly Dubois | Guazzoni | 14 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 16 | | Yves Le Tourmelin | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | 21 | |
| 17 | | Jacques Deneux | Kedesuho | 13 | +2 laps | 24 | |
| 18 | | Jean-Claude Cachou | Derbi | 13 | +2 laps | 23 | |
| 19 | | Bernard Hausel | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | 30 | |
| 20 | | Gerhard Thurow | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | 12 | |
| 21 | | Pierre Zurcher | Honda | 12 | +3 laps | 28 | |
| 22 | 5 | Jan de Vries | Van Veen-Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | 5 | |
| 23 | | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | 2 | |
| | | Gilberto Parlotti | Tomos | | | 6 | |
| | | Manfred Bernsee | Maico | | | 17 | |
| | | Mokhfi Layachi | Guazzoni | | | 18 | |
| | | Jean-Louis Pasquier | Derbi | | | 19 | |
| | | C. Moreau | Guazzoni | | | 25 | |
| | | Pierre Audry | Derbi | | | 26 | |
| | | Otello Buscherini | Itom | | | 27 | |
| | | Ben Layachi | Guazzoni | | | 31 | |

## Sidecar classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Klaus Enders | Wolfgang Kalauch | BMW | 25 | 52:59.9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 3 | Georg Auerbacher | Hermann Hahn | BMW | 25 | +40.3 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 | Siegfried Schauzu | Horst Schneider | BMW | 25 | +1:04.4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | | Arsenius Butscher | Josef Huber | BMW | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | | Helmut Lünemann | Michael Stockel | BMW | 24 | +1 lap | 12 | 6 |
| 6 | | Jean-Claude Castella | Albert Castella | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | | Joseph Duhem | Pierre Longet | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 15 | 4 |
| 8 | | Egon Schons | Karl Lauterbach | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | | Gerhard Müller | Willy Buchecker | BMW | 22 | +3 laps | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | | Gustav Pape | Franz Kallenberg | BMW | 22 | +3 laps | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | | André Cailletet | André Mauguier | BMW | 22 | +3 laps | 19 | |
| 12 | | Kenneth Calenius | Juhani Vesterinen | BMW | 22 | +3 laps | 16 | |
| 13 | | Claude Lambert | Francis Bourdon | BMW | 19 | +6 laps | 17 | |
| | | Heinz Luthringshauser | Hans-Jürgen Cusnik | BMW | | | 3 | |
| | 2 | Horst Owesle | Julius Kremer | Münch-URS | | | 5 | |
| | | Rudi Kurth | Dane Rowe | CAT-Crescent | | | 8 | |
| | | Hermann Binding | Helmut Fleck | BMW | | | 9 | |
| | | Tony Wakefield | John Flaxman | BMW | | | 11 | |
| | | Georges Dumont | Jean-Claude Bétemps | Honda | | | 18 | |