1982 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1982 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 May 1982 at the Circuit de Nogaro.

  1982 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 14 races in the 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 May 1982
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto[1]
Location	Circuit de Nogaro
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.636 km (2.259 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Jean Lafond Time 1:24.830 Fastest lap Rider Michel Frutschi Time 1:24.960 Podium First Michel Frutschi Second Franck Gross Third Steve Parrish
350cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Igoa Time 1:25.310 Fastest lap Rider Didier de Radiguès Podium First Jean-François Baldé Second Didier de Radiguès Third Jeff Sayle
250cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Igoa Time 1:25.310 Fastest lap Rider Jean-François Baldé Time 1:25.000 Podium First Jean-Louis Tournadre Second Jean-François Baldé Third Jeff Sayle
125cc
Pole position Rider Jean-Claude Selini Time 1:31.130 Fastest lap Rider Jean-Claude Selini Time 1:30.060 Podium First Jean-Claude Selini Second Johnny Wickström Third Hugo-Jorge Vignetti
50cc
Pole position Rider No 50cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 50cc was held Podium First No 50cc was held Second No 50cc was held Third No 50cc was held

The race was controversial, because the major factory teams (Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki), which included top riders like Kenny Roberts, Barry Sheene, Freddie Spencer, Franco Uncini and Takazumi Katayama, largely or completely boycotted the event due to the dangerous track conditions. Some private riders also boycotted the race, which led to the venue never reappearing on the calendar ever since.^[2][3]

Gina Bovaird, who took advantage of the major factory team's boycott to qualify for the race, remains the only female rider to ever start a race in the 500cc/MotoGP class.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Michel Frutschi	Moto Sanvenero	Sanvenero	57'22.410	15
2	Franck Gross		Suzuki	+9.130	12
3	Steve Parrish	Team Mitsui Yamaha	Yamaha	+14.640	10
4	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+17.810	8
5	Stuart Avant	Guan Hoe Suzuki	Suzuki	+18.120	6
6	Guido Paci	Team MDS Belgarda	Yamaha	+27.580	5
7	Philippe Robinet		Yamaha	+33.930	4
8	Chris Guy	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+37.620	3
9	Andreas Hofmann		Suzuki	+51.600	2
10	Philippe Coulon	Coulon Marlboro Tissot	Suzuki	+53.730	1
11	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+59.250
12	Lorenzo Ghiselli		Suzuki	+1'0.830
13	Peter Sjöström		Suzuki	+1'10.550
14	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+1'11.510
15	Gianni Pelletier		Morbidelli	+1 lap
16	Marco Papa		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Marco Greco		Suzuki	+2 laps
18	Jon Ekerold		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	Bernard Fau	GPA Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Jean Lafond		Fior-Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Raymond Roche		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Guy Bertin	Moto Sanvenero	Sanvenero	Retired
Ret	Víctor Palomo		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian le Liard		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Leandro Becheroni		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Louis-Luc Maisto		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Maurice Coq		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Gina Bovaird		Suzuki	Retired
Sources: [4][5]