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.
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| Race 8 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 July 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification
edit500 cc
edit| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Randy Mamola
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 58'43.500 | 15 | ||
| 2 |  Pierfrancesco Chili
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +34.180 | 12 | ||
| 3 |  Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain | Yamaha | +40.640 | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +44.190 | 8 | ||
| 5 |  Ron Haslam
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +50.250 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Kenny Irons
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Heron Suzuki GB | Suzuki | +1'06.020 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Niall Mackenzie
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Team HRC | Honda | +1'33.530 | 4 | ||
| 8 |  Shunji Yatsushiro
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1'38.850 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Kevin Schwantz
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Heron Suzuki GB | Suzuki | +1'39.390 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Roger Burnett
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1'57.870 | 1 | ||
| 11 |  Marco Gentile
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Fior | Fior | +1 lap | |||
| 12 |  Manfred Fischer
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Team Hein Gericke | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 13 | Simon Buckmaster
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Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 14 |  Silvo Habat
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Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 15 |  Maarten Duyzers
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Honda | +2 laps | ||||
| 16 | Vittorio Scatola
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Team Paton | Paton | +2 laps | |||
| 17 |  Daniel Vila Amatriain
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Honda | +2 laps | ||||
| 18 | Daniel Pauget
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 19 | Rachel Nicotte
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 20 | Ian Pratt
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 21 | Alan Jeffery
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Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
| 22 | Louis-Luc Maisto
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Honda | +3 laps | ||||
| Ret |  Fabio Barchitta
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Kees van der Endt
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Honda | Accident | ||||
| Ret | Hervé Guilleux
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Fior | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Bruno Kneubühler
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Accident | |||
| Ret |  Andreas Leuthe
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Rob McElnea
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Accident | |||
| Ret | Wolfgang Von Muralt
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Suzuki | Accident | ||||
| Ret |  Didier de Radiguès
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Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | Retired | |||
| Ret | Gustav Reiner
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Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Ari Rämö
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Raymond Roche
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Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Richard Scott
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retired | |||
| Ret | Alessandro Valesi
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| DNS | Ray Swann
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Honda | Did not start | ||||
| DNS | Rolf Aljes
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Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
| DNS | Tadahiko Taira
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| DNQ |  Stelio Marmaras
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| Sources: [4][5] | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1987 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "1987 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". www.motogp.com.