1976 International Races

< Apr 11 Moto-Journal 200 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
5.800 km autodrome 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
R Victor Palomo 1 250 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing Michelin Engine 13 2:23.60
4 Michel Rougerie 3 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie ELF France 20 47:42.30 10 2:23.20
R Bruno Kneubühler 4 250 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha Engine 15 2:23.80
? Barry Ditchburn 5 250 Kawasaki Boyer Team Kawasaki
? Mick Grant 6 250 Kawasaki Boyer Team Kawasaki
NS Gérard Choukroun 7 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Did not start 5 2:22.20
R John Dodds 9 250 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team Spark plugs
5 Patrick Fernandez 10 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Michelin 20 47:42.80 2 2:20.90
? Vic Soussan 11 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul
? Roger Ruiz 12 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul
? Cliff Carr 14 250 Yamaha TZ Harris Everton Racing
10 Christian Estrosi 15 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin 20 48:08.10 6 2:23.00
R Bernard Fau 16 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA Seized engine
? Jean-Claude Chemarin 17 250 Yamaha TZ
? Michel Frutschi 18 250 Yamaha TZ
? Xaver Tschannen 19 250 AMF Harley
30 Armand Gras 20 250 Yamaha TZ
? Walter Hoffmann 21 250 Yamaha TZ
21 Jean-Louis Olivier 22 250 Yamaha TZ
? Hans-Günther Schöne 23 250 Yamaha TZ Team Valvoline Deutschland
? Gerhard Vogt 24 250 Yamaha TZ Team Valvoline Deutschland
32 Denis Billoque 25 250 Yamaha TZ 55 2:27.90
? Christian Peirs 26 250 Yamaha TZ
? Laurent Gomis 27 250 Yamaha TZ
? Wayne Dinham 28 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Philippe Orban 29 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin
? Guy Battesti 30 250 Yamaha TZ
R Christian Huguet 31 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Seized engine
13 Alain Vial 32 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Godier-Genoud
8 Yannick Girault 33 250 Yamaha TZ 20 48:06.50 4 2:22.00
28 Christian Sarron 34 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha
? Jean-Marie Dewisme 35 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Marie Haym 36 250 Yamaha TZ
23 Alain Béraud 37 250 Yamaha TZ 12 2:23.60
? Jim Wells 38 250 Yamaha TZ
? Steve Parrish 39 250 Yamaha TZ Dave More Team Castrol Dunlop
? Eric Offenstadt 40 250 SMAC SMAC
17 Jean-François Baldé 41 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Marnat AGV France
20 Jon Ekerold 42 250 Padgett-Yamaha TZ Padgetts Racing
12 Guy Bertin 43 250 Yamaha TZ
? Joël Grégoire 44 250 Yamaha TZ
3 Hervé Moineau 45 250 Yamaha TZ 20 47:30.50 8 2:23.10
? Patrick Laporte 46 250 Yamaha TZ
31 Pierre Soulas 47 250 Yamaha TZ
16 Gilbert Lavelle 48 250 Yamaha TZ
14 Jean-Paul Boinet 49 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Jean Murit 14 2:23.70
1 Takazumi Katayama 50 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 20 46:53.20 1 2:20.60
R Chas Mortimer 51 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Seized engine
? René Guili 52 250 Yamaha TZ
6 Pentti Korhonen 53 250 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin 20 48:01.90
? René Hordelalay 54 250 Yamaha TZ
? Gilbert Blanckaert 55 250 Yamaha TZ
? Fabien Gibol 56 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Pierre Guyon 57 250 Yamaha TZ
7 Philippe Bouzanne 58 250 Yamaha TZ 20 48:06.30
? Derek Lee 59 250 Yamaha TZ
? John Gilles 60 250 Yamaha TZ
? Francis Erard 61 250 Egli-Yamaha TZ
? Karl-Heinz Kittler 62 250 Yamaha TZ
? Per-Yngve Zachrisson 63 250 Yamaha TZ
? Alain Pujo 64 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sotraf
24 Jacques Agopian 65 250 Yamaha TZ Team Provence
? André Gouin 66 250 Yamaha TZ
9 Hans Stadelmann 67 250 Yamaha TZ Hans Stadelmann 20 48:06.80
? Daniel Bongard 68 250 Yamaha TZ
11 Johnny Bengtsson 69 250 Yamaha TZ Stigefelts Motor
? Jean-Jacques Peyre 70 250 Yamaha TZ
? Adolf Schneider 71 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Jacques Albou 72 250 Yamaha TZ
? Bernard Sailler 73 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-François Dottori 74 250 Yamaha TZ
? Borge Nielsen 75 250 Yamaha TZ Franz Kroon Yamaha
? Eiliff Kristensen 76 250 Yamaha TZ
18 Thierry Tchernine 77 250 Yamaha TZ
26 Jean-Claude Meilland 78 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA
? Claude Cravero 79 250 Yamaha TZ
? Willy Magnenat 80 250 Yamaha TZ
? Gérard Lelièvre 81 250 Yamaha TZ
R Kork Ballington 82 250 Yamaha TZ Sid Griifths Racing Fell 9 2:23.20
? Peter Sjöström 83 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Paul Poidevin 84 250 Yamaha TZ
R Raymond Roche 85 250 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Toulon Fell 11 2:23.40
? Hervé Guilleux 86 250 Yamaha TZ
? Claude Willette 87 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jaime Samaranch 88 250 Yamaha TZ
? Andres Pérez Rubio 89 250 Yamaha TZ
? Paul Cott 90 250 Yamaha TZ
? Claude Roux 92 250 Yamaha TZ
2 Olivier Chevallier 93 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier 20 47:11.70 3 2:21.40
19 Jean-Claude Hogrel 94 250 Yamaha TZ MCE 2000
? Vincent Gouy 95 250 Yamaha TZ
? Gérard Albessard 96 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Louis Guignabodet 97 250 Yamaha TZ Team Guignabodet
? Gilbert Dumaret 98 250 AMF Harley
R Claude Diouloufet 99 250 Yamaha TZ Fell
? Patrice Brodard 100 250 Yamaha TZ
? François Montjaux 101 250 Yamaha TZ
? Bob Coulter 102 250 Yamaha TZ
? Willy Prandi 104 250 Yamaha TZ
? Marcel Joly 105 250 Yamaha TZ
? Robert Romas 106 250 Yamaha TZ
? Gérard Battavoine 107 250 Yamaha TZ
? Emilio Doliman 108 250 Yamaha TZ
? Edi Stöllinger 109 250 Yamaha TZ Bosch Racing Team Wien
? Franz Kunz 110 250 Yamaha TZ Motor Racing Team Sursee
? Wolfgang Stropek 111 250 Yamaha TZ MSC Rottenegg
? Jussi Rantanen 112 250 Yamaha TZ
? Jean-Luc Vanlandeghem 114 250 Yamaha TZ
? Gérard Lascaux 115 250 Yamaha TZ
? Romano Villa 116 250 Yamaha TZ
? Felice Agostini 117 250 Yamaha TZ Team Agostini
27 Gilles Husson 118 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin
? Markus Grunder 119 250 AMF Harley
? Jean-Paul Briguet 120 250 AMF Harley
25 Denis Boulom 121 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Godier-Genoud
? Virginio Ferrari 123 250 AMF Harley
? Tapio Virtanen 124 250 MZ-RE VEB MZ
? Peter Balaz 125 250 Yamaha TZ Peter Balaz
? Thierry Noblesse 126 250 Yamaha TZ
? Pierluigi Neri 127 250 Yamaha TZ
15 Paolo Tordi 128 250 Yamaha TZ Diemme Lugosport 7 2:23.00
22 Alain Terras 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Morenas
29 Dave Potter 250 Yamaha TZ Ted Broad Motors
R Christian Bourgeois 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Bongiovanni Engine
Distance 20 laps = 116 km Speed 148.4 km/h Attendance 130,000
PP Takazumi Katayama 2:20.60 - 148.5 km/h FL Raymond Roche 2:19.40 - 149.8 km/h
Started 42 Classified 32 DNF 10 DNS 1
Sources Vincent Glon, Moto-Revue #2263, #2264, Moto-Journal #263