1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Round 1 Apr 25 Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans, France
4.240 km autodrome 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Herbert Rittberger 5 50 Kreidler Kreidler Van Veen Dunlop 15 34:04.21 6 2:17.59
2 Rudi Kunz 4 50 Kreidler 15 +00.19 4 2:16.63
3 Stefan Dörflinger 6 50 Kreidler Stefan Dörflinger 15 +00.57 7 2:17.86
4 Pierre Audry 25 50 ABF-Kreidler 635A ABF Michelin 15 +04.88 2 2:15.42
5 Aldo Pero 12 50 Kreidler 15 +1:07.39 17 2:23.62
6 Theo Timmer 11 50 Jamathi 15 +1:17.45 15 2:22.53
7 Yves le Toumelin 20 50 Scrab-Kreidler 15 +1:21.14 22 2:24.88
8 Eugenio Lazzarini 2 50 UFO-Morbidelli Eugenio Lazzarini 15 +1:22.44 5 2:17.32
9 Benjamin Laurent 23 50 Kreidler 15 +1:31.42 20 2:24.84
10 Ulrich Graf 14 50 Kreidler 15 +1:54.27 13 2:21.66
11 Jacky Hutteau 38 50 Scrab-Kreidler Scrab 15 +2:07.53 21 2:24.87
12 Raymond Duriez 24 50 Kreidler 15 +2:13.68 19 2:24.75
13 Joop Sweetsloot 42 50 Kreidler 14 24 2:26.77
14 Joaquin Gali 33 50 Derbi MC Andorra 14 26 2:27.30
15 Günter Schirnhofer 36 50 Kreidler 14 18 2:24.20
16 Guido Delys 44 50 Kreidler 13 30 2:36.49
17 Pierre Harlay 26 50 Kreidler Moto 93 13 31 2:38.62
18 Cees van Dongen 16 50 Kreidler HV Racing 12 Battery 8 2:18.38
19 Patrick de Wulf 29 50 Kreidler 12 25 2:26.98
R Henri Laporte 41 50 Scrab-Kreidler LH Mechanical 29 2:34.02
R Nico Polane 7 50 UFO-Morbidelli HV Racing 7 Ignition 9 2:19.87
R Bruno Di Carlo 21 50 Kreidler 6 Engine 27 2:28.02
R Juliaan Vanzeebroeck 3 50 Kreidler 5 Fell 10 2:20.42
R Rolf Blatter 30 50 Kreidler Moto-Blatter 5 Fuel feed 28 2:29.72
R Jean-Paul Fargues 18 50 ABF-Kreidler 635A ABF Michelin 4 Accident 3 2:16.26
R Ingo Emmerich 37 50 Kreidler PSM Racing Team 4 Mechanical 16 2:22.85
R Arthur Benitah 27 50 Kreidler 3 Cylinder 33 2:58.06
R Robert Laver 28 50 Kreidler 1 Mechanical 23 2:25.83
R Angel Nieto 1 50 Bultaco Bultaco Cemoto Michelin 0 Fell 1 2:13.39
R Claudio Lusuardi 7 50 Villa 0 Fell 12 2:21.42
R Gerrit Strikker 15 50 Kreidler Alco Speed 7 0 Mechanical 14 2:22.46
R Jean-François Verdier 2 50 Derbi 0 Mechanical 32 2:38.75
NS Ramon Gali 2 50 Derbi MC Andorra Did not start 11 2:21.31
Q Gerhard Thurow 8 50 Kreidler Did not qualify
Q Hans-Jürgen Hummel 9 50 Kreidler Racing Team NÖ Did not qualify
Q Patrick Plisson 19 50 Morbidelli Team Morbidelli France Did not qualify
Q Wolfgang Golembeck 31 50 Kreidler Did not qualify
Q Carlo Guerrini 32 50 Ringhini MC Sgarzani Canonici Did not qualify
Q Manfred Kugler 34 50 Kreidler MSC Stuttgart Did not qualify
Q Terrence Keane 35 50 Derbi Meeurs Motor Holland Did not qualify
Q Ermanno Giuliano 39 50 UFO-Morbidelli Eugenio Lazzarini Did not qualify
Distance 15 laps = 63.6 km Speed 112.0 km/h
PP Angel Nieto 2:13.39 - 114.4 km/h FL Rudi Kunz 2:11.20 - 116.3 km/h
Started 32 Classified 19 DNF 13 DNS 1
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Motociclismo #62/6, Moto-Revue #2266, Moto-Journal #265, Année Moto #8, Official race programme