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.

  1970 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 12 races in the 1970 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 May 1970
Official name	Grand Prix de France
Location	Circuit Bugatti Le Mans
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.422 km (2.748 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Fastest lap Rider Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Time 1:54.8 Podium First Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Second Ginger Molloy Kawasaki Third Alberto Pagani Linto
250cc
Pole position Rider Kel Carruthers Yamaha Fastest lap Rider Santiago Herrero Ossa Time 1:58.1 Podium First Rodney Gould Yamaha Second Santiago Herrero Ossa Third László Szabó MZ
125cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Time 2:06.5 Podium First Dieter Braun Suzuki Second Börje Jansson Maico Third Günter Bartusch MZ
50cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Derbi Time 2:17.4 Podium First Ángel Nieto Derbi Second Aalt Toersen Jamathi Third Rudolf Kunz Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Klaus Enders BMW Fastest lap Rider Klaus Enders BMW Time 2:04.9 Podium First Klaus Enders BMW Second Georg Auerbacher BMW Third Siegfried Schauzu BMW

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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