1994 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1994 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 July 1994 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

  1994 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 14 races in the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 July 1994
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:40.759 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:41.686 on lap 12 Podium First Mick Doohan Second John Kocinski Third Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Pole position Rider Doriano Romboni Time 1:42.967 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:44.030 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Doriano Romboni Third Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:50.552 Fastest lap Rider Hideyuki Nakajo Time 1:50.818 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Takeshi Tsujimura Third Kazuto Sakata

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda Team HRC	Honda	27	46:28.917	25
2	John Kocinski	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	27	+6.101	20
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda Team HRC	Honda	27	+11.313	16
4	Alberto Puig	Ducados Honda Pons	Honda	27	+12.327	13
5	Shinichi Itoh	Honda Team HRC	Honda	27	+20.087	11
6	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+26.069	10
7	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	27	+36.873	9
8	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	27	+1:12.759	8
9	Marc Garcia	DR Team Shark	ROC Yamaha	27	+1:43.508	7
10	Juan López Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	6
11	Jean Foray	Jean Foray Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	5
12	Bernard Haenggeli	Haenggeli Racing	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	4
13	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	3
14	Udo Mark	Sachsen Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	2
15	Cristiano Migliorati	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	1
16	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	26	+1 Lap
17	Andreas Leuthe	Team Doppler Austria	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap
18	Philippe Monneret	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	26	+1 Lap
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	26	Accident
Ret	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	25	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Shell Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	24	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Slick 50 Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	18	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	8	Water Leak
Ret	Ermanno Bastianini	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	8	Accident
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	6	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Team Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	6	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	2	Accident
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	ROC Yamaha	1	Accident
Ret	Jean Pierre Jeandat	JPJ Racing	ROC Yamaha	1	Retirement
DNS	Daryl Beattie	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha		Did not start
DNS	Evren Bischoff	Sachsen Racing Team	Harris Yamaha		Did not start
DNQ	Paul Pellissier	Team Paton	Team Paton		Did not qualify
Sources:[4][5]

• Daryl Beattie crashed in the first practice and his foot got stuck between the chain and rear sprocket which resulted in his toes being amputated.

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	25	43:06.089	25
2	Doriano Romboni	Honda	25	+0.689	20
3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	25	+1.181	16
4	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	25	+5.123	13
5	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	25	+5.528	11
6	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	25	+5.821	10
7	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	25	+9.018	9
8	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	25	+24.059	8
9	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	25	+29.043	7
10	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	25	+36.273	6
11	Toshihiko Honma	Yamaha	25	+41.787	5
12	Adrien Bosshard	Honda	25	+52.489	4
13	Carlos Checa	Honda	25	+57.206	3
14	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	25	+1:01.503	2
15	Luis Maurel	Honda	25	+1:03.353	1
16	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	25	+1:04.277
17	Adolf Stadler	Honda	25	+1:16.427
18	Juan Borja	Honda	25	+1:19.607
19	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	25	+1:20.163
20	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	25	+1:20.761
21	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	25	+1:26.864
22	Noel Ferro	Honda	25	+1:27.009
23	Sebastien Scarnato	Honda	25	+1:36.321
24	Krisse Kaas	Yamaha	24	+1 Lap
25	Donnie Hough	Honda	24	+1 Lap
Ret	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	21	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	17	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Honda	16	Retirement
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Honda	14	Retirement
Ret	Rodney Fee	Honda	13	Retirement
Ret	Enrique de Juan	Aprilia	10	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	7	Retirement
Ret	Luis D'Antin	Honda	6	Retirement
Ret	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia	3	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	42:59.000	25
2	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	23	+0.112	20
3	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	23	+3.118	16
4	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	23	+4.034	13
5	Dirk Raudies	Honda	23	+9.738	11
6	Jorge Martinez	Yamaha	23	+9.830	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	23	+12.029	9
8	Herri Torrontegui	Aprilia	23	+14.428	8
9	Masaki Tokudome	Honda	23	+14.721	7
10	Fausto Gresini	Honda	23	+21.779	6
11	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	23	+27.086	5
12	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	23	+29.174	4
13	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	23	+42.752	3
14	Akira Saito	Honda	23	+42.919	2
15	Stefan Prein	Yamaha	23	+43.360	1
16	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	23	+43.500
17	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	23	+44.162
18	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	23	+47.123
19	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	23	+59.934
20	Neil Hodgson	Honda	23	+1:12.794
21	Gregory Fouet	Yamaha	23	+1:39.540
22	Bertrand Stey	Honda	23	+1:43.111
23	Hans Spaan	Honda	23	+1:50.448
24	Frank Baldinger	Honda	22	+1 Lap
25	Luigi Ancona	Honda	22	+1 Lap
26	Yasuaki Takahashi	Honda	22	+1 Lap
27	Fabien Rousseau	Aprilia	22	+1 Lap
NC	Tomoko Igata	Honda	17	+ 6 Laps
Ret	Vittorio Lopez	Honda	21	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Baumann	Yamaha	21	Retirement
Ret	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	20	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	16	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	10	Retirement
Ret	Loek Bodelier	Honda	6	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Petit	Yamaha	3	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Giro	Aprilia	0	Retirement