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1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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France  1975 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 12 races in the
1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date30 March 1975
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.810 km (3.610 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Finland Teuvo Länsivuori
Time 2:12.300
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Hideo Kanaya
Time 2:13.800
Podium
First Italy Giacomo Agostini
Second Japan Hideo Kanaya
Third United Kingdom Phil Read
350cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Fastest lap
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Podium
First Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Second Italy Giacomo Agostini
Third France Gerard Choukroun
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Ikujiro Takai
Time 2:19.600
Fastest lap
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Time 2:18.000
Podium
First Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Second Japan Ikujiro Takai
Third France Michel Rougerie
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Paolo Pileri
Time 2:29.000
Podium
First Sweden Kent Andersson
Second Sweden Leif Gustafsson
Third Italy Paolo Pileri
50cc
Pole position
Rider None
Time None
Fastest lap
Rider None
Time None
Podium
First None
Second None
Third None

The 1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 1975 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.

500cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Giacomo Agostini Yamaha Motor NV Yamaha 50'09.800 15
2 Japan Hideo Kanaya Yamaha Motor NV Yamaha +0.500 12
3 United Kingdom Phil Read MV Agusta MV Agusta +29.200 10
4 Italy Armando Toracca MV Agusta +30.600 8
5 France Patrick Pons Equipe Sonauto BP Gauloises Yamaha +1'36.300 6
6 United Kingdom Peter McKinley Yamaha +1'49.800 5
7 France Michel Rougerie AMF Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson +1'54.100 4
8 Austria Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha +1'55.200 3
9 United Kingdom Alex George Yamaha +1'55.400 2
10 Norway Kjell Solberg Yamaha +2'02.800 1
11 Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Marcel Ankoné Suzuki +1 lap
12 Brazil Adu Celso-Santos Carvalho Racing Yamaha +1 lap
13 West Germany Helmut Kassner Yamaha +1 lap
14 United Kingdom Steve Ellis Yamaha +1 lap
15 France Christian Bourgeois Yamaha +1 lap
16 France Florian Burki Jacques Berlioz Yamaha +1 lap
17 Australia Les Kenny Yamaha +1 lap
18 Switzerland Felix Harzenmoser Munot Racing Team Yamaha +1 lap
19 Italy Nico Cereghini Suzuki +1 lap
20 West Germany Walter Kaletsch Yamaha +1 lap
Ret Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki Motor Company Suzuki Retired
Ret West Germany Horst Lahfeld König Retired
Ret Switzerland Pierre Longet Yamaha Retired
Ret Austria Gernot Maas Rotax Retired
Ret United Kingdom Paul Cott Yamaha Retired
Ret West Germany Bernd Tungethal Yamaha Retired
Ret France Roger Ruiz Yamaha Retired
Ret Australia Jack Findlay Yamaha Retired
Ret France Didier Ravel Yamaha Retired
Ret West Germany Reinhard Hiller König Retired
Ret Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha Retired
Ret Italy Guido Mandracci Yamaha Retired
Ret Spain Jaime Samaranch Harley-Davidson Retired
Ret United Kingdom John Williams Yamaha Retired
Ret France Jean-Paul Boinet Yamaha Retired
Ret West Germany Dieter Braun Mitsui Maschinen Yamaha Retired
DNS France Gerard Debrock Yamaha Did not start
DNS West Germany Ernst Hiller König Did not start
DNS United Kingdom Robert Keller Yamaha Did not start
Sources: [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1975 - heden". www.jumpingjack.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25.
  2. ^ "1975 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
  3. ^ "Paul Ricard". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
  4. ^ "1975 French MotoGP". Motor Sport Magazine Database. May 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1975". www.motogp.com.


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