Grand Prix: | French |
Flag: | France |
Location: | Circuit Bugatti Le Mans |
Course Mi: | 2.748 |
Course Km: | 4.422 |
Race No: | 2 |
Season No: | 12 |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de France |
Date: | 17 May |
Year: | 1970 |
Pole Rider 500: | Giacomo Agostini |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider 500 Bike: | MV Agusta |
Fast Rider 500: | Giacomo Agostini |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Fast Rider 500 Bike: | MV Agusta |
Fast Time 500: | 1:54.8 |
First Rider 500: | Giacomo Agostini |
First Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
First Rider 500 Bike: | MV Agusta |
Second Rider 500: | Ginger Molloy |
Second Rider 500 Country: | New Zealand |
Second Rider 500 Bike: | Kawasaki |
Third Rider 500: | Alberto Pagani |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 500 Bike: | Linto |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Australia |
Pole Rider 250 Bike: | Yamaha |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Fast Rider 250 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Fast Rider 250 Bike: | Ossa |
Fast Time 250: | 1:58.1 |
First Rider 250 Country: | UK |
First Rider 250 Bike: | Yamaha |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 250 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Second Rider 250 Bike: | Ossa |
Third Rider 250: | László Szabó |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Hungary |
Third Rider 250 Bike: | MZ |
Pole Rider 125: | Ángel Nieto |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 125 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Pole Rider 125 Bike: | Derbi |
Fast Rider 125: | Ángel Nieto |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Fast Rider 125 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Fast Rider 125 Bike: | Derbi |
Fast Time 125: | 2:06.5 |
First Rider 125 Country: | Germany |
First Rider 125 Bike: | Suzuki |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Sweden |
Second Rider 125 Bike: | Maico |
Third Rider 125: | Günter Bartusch |
Third Rider 125 Country: | East Germany |
Third Rider 125 Bike: | MZ |
Pole Rider 50: | Ángel Nieto |
Pole Rider 50 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 50 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Pole Rider 50 Bike: | Derbi |
Fast Rider 50: | Ángel Nieto |
Fast Rider 50 Country: | Spain |
Fast Rider 50 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
Fast Rider 50 Bike: | Derbi |
Fast Time 50: | 2:17.4 |
First Rider 50: | Ángel Nieto |
First Rider 50 Country: | Spain |
First Rider 50 Country Flag Suffix: | 1945 |
First Rider 50 Bike: | Derbi |
Second Rider 50: | Aalt Toersen |
Second Rider 50 Country: | Netherlands |
Second Rider 50 Bike: | Jamathi |
Third Rider 50: | Rudolf Kunz |
Third Rider 50 Country: | Germany |
Third Rider 50 Bike: | Kreidler |
Pole Rider Sidecar: | Klaus Enders |
Pole Rider Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Pole Rider Sidecar Bike: | BMW |
Pole Passenger Sidecar: | Wolfgang Kalauch |
Pole Passenger Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Fast Rider Sidecar: | Klaus Enders |
Fast Rider Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Fast Rider Sidecar Bike: | BMW |
Fast Passenger Sidecar: | Wolfgang Kalauch |
Fast Passenger Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Fast Time Sidecar: | 2:04.9 |
First Rider Sidecar: | Klaus Enders |
First Rider Sidecar Country: | Germany |
First Passenger Sidecar: | Wolfgang Kalauch |
First Passenger Sidecar Country: | Germany |
First Rider Sidecar Bike: | BMW |
Second Rider Sidecar: | Georg Auerbacher |
Second Rider Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Second Passenger Sidecar: | Hermann Hahn |
Second Passenger Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Second Rider Sidecar Bike: | BMW |
Third Rider Sidecar: | Siegfried Schauzu |
Third Rider Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Third Passenger Sidecar: | Horst Schneider |
Third Passenger Sidecar Country: | Germany |
Third Rider Sidecar Bike: | BMW |
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.
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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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 | 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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Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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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 | ||||||
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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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 | ||||||
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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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 | ||||||
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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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 | ||||||