1987 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1987 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 July 1987
Official name	Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.240 km (2.635 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Christian Sarron Yamaha Time 1:42.380 Fastest lap Rider Randy Mamola Yamaha Time 1:59.290 Podium First Randy Mamola Second Pierfrancesco Chili Third Christian Sarron
250cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Reinhold Roth Second Dominique Sarron Third Carlos Cardús
125cc
Pole position Rider Fausto Gresini Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Fausto Gresini Second Ezio Gianola Third Bruno Casanova

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	58'43.500	15
2	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+34.180	12
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain	Yamaha	+40.640	10
4	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+44.190	8
5	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+50.250	6
6	Kenny Irons	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	+1'06.020	5
7	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+1'33.530	4
8	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1'38.850	3
9	Kevin Schwantz	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	+1'39.390	2
10	Roger Burnett	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1'57.870	1
11	Marco Gentile	Fior	Fior	+1 lap
12	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 lap
13	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 lap
14	Silvo Habat		Honda	+1 lap
15	Maarten Duyzers		Honda	+2 laps
16	Vittorio Scatola	Team Paton	Paton	+2 laps
17	Daniel Vila Amatriain		Honda	+2 laps
18	Daniel Pauget		Suzuki	+2 laps
19	Rachel Nicotte		Suzuki	+2 laps
20	Ian Pratt		Suzuki	+2 laps
21	Alan Jeffery		Suzuki	+3 laps
22	Louis-Luc Maisto		Honda	+3 laps
Ret	Fabio Barchitta		Honda	Retired
Ret	Kees van der Endt		Honda	Accident
Ret	Hervé Guilleux		Fior	Retired
Ret	Bruno Kneubühler		Honda	Retired
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Andreas Leuthe		Honda	Retired
Ret	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Wolfgang Von Muralt		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retired
Ret	Ari Rämö		Honda	Retired
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Richard Scott	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Alessandro Valesi		Honda	Retired
DNS	Ray Swann		Honda	Did not start
DNS	Rolf Aljes		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Tadahiko Taira	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Stelio Marmaras		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5]