1985 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1985 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1985 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.

  1985 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 July 1985
Official name	Grand Prix de France[1]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:33.470 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Raymond Roche Third Randy Mamola
250 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Anton Mang Third Fausto Ricci
125 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ezio Gianola Second Fausto Gresini Third Bruno Kneubühler
80 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Stefan Dörflinger Third Henk van Kessel

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Freddie Spencer	Rothmans Team HRC	Honda	45'58.330	15
2	Raymond Roche	Marlboro Team Agostini	Yamaha	+15.710	12
3	Randy Mamola	Rothmans Honda Mamola	Honda	+19.800	10
4	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Agostini	Yamaha	+26.890	8
5	Ron Haslam	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	+33.850	6
6	Pierre-Etienne Samin	Honda Benelux Elf	Honda	+1'22.750	5
7	Sito Pons	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	+1'28.060	4
8	Gustav Reiner	Zwafink & Wilberts Racing	Honda	+1 lap	3
9	Fabio Biliotti	Team Italia	Honda	+1 lap	2
10	Mike Baldwin		Honda	+1 lap	1
11	Armando Errico	Team Italia	Honda	+1 lap
12	Franco Uncini	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Wolfgang Von Muralt	Frankonia-Suzuki	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Rob Punt	Oud Bier	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Dietmar Mayer		Honda	+1 lap
16	Maurice Coq		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Simon Buckmaster	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+2 lap
18	Andreas Leuthe		Honda	+2 laps
Ret	Neil Robinson	Jim Finlay Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Honda Benelux Elf	Honda	Retired
Ret	Marco Gentile		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	Retired
Ret	Rob McElnea	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian Le Liard	Team ROC	Honda	Retired
Ret	Stelio Marmaras		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Eero Hyvärinen		Honda	Accident
Ret	Boet van Dulmen	Shell-Toshiba Racing Team	Honda	Accident
Ret	Dave Petersen	Kreepy Krauly Racing	Honda	Accident
Ret	Massimo Messere	Team Italia	Honda	Retired
Ret	Louis-Luc Maisto		Honda	Retired
DNS	Claude Arciero		Honda	Did not start
DNS	Thierry Espié		Chevallier	Did not start
DNQ	René Lavigne		Honda	Did not qualify
Sources:[2][3]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985". Archive.today (in Dutch). 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
2. "1985 French MotoGP". Motor Sport Magazine. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
3. "French Grand Prix 500cc Race Classification 1985". Motogp.

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