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Race 1 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 25 April 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1976 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 7 | ![]() | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 51'45.330 | 15 | ||
2 | 55 | ![]() | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | +3.840 | 12 | ||
3 | 33 | ![]() | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +19.290 | 10 | ||
4 | 4 | ![]() | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +49.850 | 8 | ||
5 | 1 | ![]() | Team API Marlboro | MV Agusta | +55.650 | 6 | ||
6 | 43 | ![]() | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | +1'27.660 | 5 | ||
7 | 56 | ![]() | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'28.240 | 4 | ||
8 | 13 | ![]() | Suzuki | +1'47.880 | 3 | |||
9 | 12 | ![]() | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 | ||
10 | 51 | ![]() | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 19 | ![]() | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
12 | 45 | ![]() | Dave More | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
13 | 11 | ![]() | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
14 | 25 | ![]() | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
15 | 6 | ![]() | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
16 | 44 | ![]() | Goias Swaep Motor | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
17 | 48 | ![]() | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
18 | 30 | ![]() | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
19 | 41 | ![]() | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
20 | 36 | ![]() | Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Team Life International | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Ecurie Jean Murit | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Colemans | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | ![]() | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | Retired | |||
DNS | ![]() | Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
Sources: [4] [5] [6] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 73 | ![]() | Harley-Davidson | 30 | 52:45.01 | 4 | 15 |
2 | 1 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +17.91 | 3 | 12 |
3 | 24 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +30.07 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 70 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +37.05 | 2 | 8 |
5 | 44 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +42.33 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 49 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +44.73 | 6 | 5 |
7 | 42 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +57.12 | 5 | 4 |
8 | 3 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:04.88 | 3 | |
9 | 9 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:09.72 | 2 | |
10 | 65 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:16.94 | 1 | |
11 | 52 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:40.94 | ||
12 | 28 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:42.52 | ||
13 | 81 | ![]() | Yamaha | 30 | +1:56.00 | ||
14 | 46 | ![]() | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 32 | ![]() | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 47 | ![]() | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 62 | ![]() | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 60 | ![]() | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps [N 1] | ||
19 | 61 | ![]() | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps [N 1] | ||
20 | 22 | ![]() | Yamaha | 24 | +6 laps [N 1] | ||
21 | 13 | ![]() | Yamaha | 23 | +7 laps [N 1] | ||
Ret | ![]() | MV Agusta | 1 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | Yamaha | 9 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | Yamaha | 10 | ||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
[6] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | 34:04.21 | 6 | 15 |
2 | 4 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +0.19 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 6 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +3.57 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 25 | ![]() | ABF | 15 | +4.88 | 2 | 8 |
5 | 12 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +1:07.39 | 6 | |
6 | 11 | ![]() | Yamathi | 15 | +1:17.45 | 5 | |
7 | 28 | ![]() | Scrab-Ty | 15 | +1:21.14 | 4 | |
8 | 2 | ![]() | Morbidelli | 15 | +1:22.42 | 5 | 3 |
9 | 23 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +1:52.42 | 2 | |
10 | 14 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +1:54.27 | 1 | |
11 | 38 | ![]() | Scrab | 15 | +2:07.53 | ||
12 | 24 | ![]() | Kreidler | 15 | +2:13.68 | ||
13 | 42 | ![]() | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 33 | ![]() | Derbi | 14 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 36 | ![]() | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 44 | ![]() | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | ||
17 | 26 | ![]() | Kreidler | 13 | +2 laps | ||
18 | 16 | ![]() | Morbidelli | 12 | +3 laps [N 1] | 8 | |
19 | 29 | ![]() | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | ||
Ret | ![]() | Bultaco | 1 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | ABF | 3 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | Morbidelli | 9 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | Kreidler | 10 | ||||
32 starters in total | |||||||
[6] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | Yamaha | 25 | 47:53.53 | 4 | 15 |
2 | 32 | ![]() | ![]() | Yamaha | 25 | +4.13 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 11 | ![]() | ![]() | Aro-Fath | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | 10 |
4 | 21 | ![]() | ![]() | LCR-Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | 8 |
5 | 9 | ![]() | ![]() | König | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | |
6 | 34 | ![]() | ![]() | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 5 | |
7 | 27 | ![]() | ![]() | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 4 | |
8 | 22 | ![]() | ![]() | Aro-Fath | 23 | +2 laps | 3 | |
9 | 15 | ![]() | ![]() | Chell Yamaha | 23 | +2 laps | 2 | |
10 | 14 | ![]() | ![]() | BMW | 23 | +2 laps | 1 | |
11 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | König | 22 | +3 laps [N 1] | 1 | |
12 | 25 | ![]() | ![]() | König | 22 | +3 laps | ||
Ret | ![]() | ![]() | Heukerot | 3 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | ![]() | König | 7 | ||||
Ret | ![]() | ![]() | Yamaha | 7 | ||||
24 starters in total | ||||||||
[6] |
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