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1987 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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France  1987 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the
1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 July 1987
Official nameGrand Prix de France[1][2][3]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.240 km (2.635 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider France Christian Sarron Yamaha
Time 1:42.380
Fastest lap
Rider United States Randy Mamola Yamaha
Time 1:59.290
Podium
First United States Randy Mamola
Second Italy Pierfrancesco Chili
Third France Christian Sarron
250cc
Pole position
Rider France Dominique Sarron
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First West Germany Reinhold Roth
Second France Dominique Sarron
Third Spain Carlos Cardús
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Fausto Gresini
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First Italy Fausto Gresini
Second Italy Ezio Gianola
Third Italy Bruno Casanova

The 1987 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–19 July 1987 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.

Classification

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500 cc

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Randy Mamola Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 58'43.500 15
2 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +34.180 12
3 France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain Yamaha +40.640 10
4 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +44.190 8
5 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Honda +50.250 6
6 United Kingdom Kenny Irons Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki +1'06.020 5
7 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +1'33.530 4
8 Japan Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'38.850 3
9 United States Kevin Schwantz Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki +1'39.390 2
10 United Kingdom Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'57.870 1
11 Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior Fior +1 lap
12 West Germany Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda +1 lap
13 United Kingdom Simon Buckmaster Honda +1 lap
14 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvo Habat Honda +1 lap
15 Netherlands Maarten Duyzers Honda +2 laps
16 Italy Vittorio Scatola Team Paton Paton +2 laps
17 Spain Daniel Vila Amatriain Honda +2 laps
18 France Daniel Pauget Suzuki +2 laps
19 France Rachel Nicotte Suzuki +2 laps
20 United Kingdom Ian Pratt Suzuki +2 laps
21 United Kingdom Alan Jeffery Suzuki +3 laps
22 France Louis-Luc Maisto Honda +3 laps
Ret San Marino Fabio Barchitta Honda Retired
Ret Netherlands Kees van der Endt Honda Accident
Ret France Hervé Guilleux Fior Retired
Ret Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Honda Retired
Ret United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Accident
Ret Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Honda Retired
Ret United Kingdom Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Accident
Ret Switzerland Wolfgang Von Muralt Suzuki Accident
Ret Belgium Didier de Radiguès Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retired
Ret West Germany Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Retired
Ret Finland Ari Rämö Honda Retired
Ret France Raymond Roche Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retired
Ret New Zealand Richard Scott Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retired
Ret Italy Alessandro Valesi Honda Retired
DNS United Kingdom Ray Swann Honda Did not start
DNS West Germany Rolf Aljes Suzuki Did not start
DNS Japan Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Did not start
DNQ Greece Stelio Marmaras Suzuki Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1987 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "1987 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". www.motogp.com.


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