The 1986 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–20 July 1986 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.
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| Race 8 of 12 races in the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification
edit500 cc
edit| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 42'57.010 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Randy Mamola | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +12.350 | 12 | ||
| 3 |  Christian Sarron | Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha | Yamaha | +14.460 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Mike Baldwin | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +14.820 | 8 | ||
| 5 |  Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Team HRC | Honda | +22.260 | 6 | ||
| 6 |  Rob McElnea | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +26.170 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC | Honda | +1'05.030 | 4 | ||
| 8 |  Didier de Radiguès | Rollstar Honda Racing Team | Honda | +1'26.070 | 3 | ||
| 9 |  Dave Petersen | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1'41.180 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Paul Lewis | Suzuki | +1'52.950 | 1 | |||
| 11 |  Wolfgang Von Muralt | Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'57.020 | |||
| 12 | Marco Gentile | Fior | Fior | +2'03.650 | |||
| 13 |  Fabio Biliotti | Team Italia | Honda | +2'04.700 | |||
| 14 |  Boet van Dulmen | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 15 | Christian Le Liard | Team ROC | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 16 | Mile Pajic | Stichting Netherlands Racing Team | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 17 | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 18 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | +2 laps | ||||
| 19 |  Dietmar Mayer | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 20 |  Juan Garriga | Cagiva | +2 laps | ||||
| Ret |  Lothar Spiegler | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Raymond Roche | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Manfred Fischer | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Accident | |||
| Ret | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Suzuki GP Team | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret | José Parra | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Philippe Robinet | Fior | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Leandro Beccheroni | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| DNS | Henk van der Mark | Honda | Did not start | ||||
| DNS | Josef Ragginger | Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
| DNS | Gustav Reiner | Honda Deutschland | Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | Stelio Marmaras | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1986 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "1986 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1986". www.motogp.com.