1987 FIM Road Racing World Championships

< Round 8 Jul 19 Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans, France
4.360 km autodrome 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Randy Mamola 3 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop 29 58:43.50 7 1:43.95
2 Pierfrancesco Chili 10 500 Honda NS Honda Team Gallina Michelin 29 +34.18 12 1:44.82
3 Christian Sarron 6 500 Yamaha OW86 Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin 29 +40.64 1 1:42.38
4 Wayne Gardner 2 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 29 +44.19 2 1:42.97
5 Ron Haslam 9 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda ELF Team ROC Michelin 29 +50.25 15 1:45.66
6 Kenny Irons 18 500 Heron-Suzuki XR72 Heron Team Suzuki GB Michelin 29 +1:06.02 6 1:43.91
7 Niall MacKenzie 11 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 29 +1:33.53 4 1:43.14
8 Shunji Yatsushiro 16 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 29 +1:38.85 11 1:44.47
9 Kevin Schwantz 34 500 Heron-Suzuki XR72 Heron Team Suzuki GB Michelin 29 +1:39.39 5 1:43.84
10 Roger Burnett 12 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Britain Michelin 29 +1:57.87 14 1:45.30
11 Marco Gentile 25 500 Fior-Honda RS Team Fior Dunlop 28 16 1:45.86
12 Manfred Fischer 500 HG-Honda Hein Gericke Team Dunlop 28 20 1:47.00
13 Simon Buckmaster 22 500 Honda RS North London Motorcycles Dunlop 28 26 1:48.53
14 Silvo Habat 500 Honda RS FE-GO Racing 28 29 1:49.26
15 Maarten Duyzers 500 HDJ-Honda RS HDJ International 27 28 1:49.20
16 Vittorio Scatola 500 Paton 27 23 1:47.96
17 Daniel Amatriain 500 Honda Escuderia Vera 27 27 1:48.62
18 Daniel Pauget 500 Honda RS 27 36 1:52.33
19 Rachel Nicotte 500 Suzuki 27 31 1:49.37
20 Ian Pratt 500 Suzuki 27 35 1:51.88
21 Alan Jeffrey 500 Suzuki RG 26 32 1:49.71
22 Louis-Luc Maïsto 500 Honda RS Ecurie Plein-Pot 26 25 1:48.42
R Eddie Lawson 1 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin Fell 3 1:43.13
R Raymond Roche 8 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin DNF 8 1:43.99
R Rob McElnea 5 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin Fell 9 1:44.26
R Richard Scott 33 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop DNF 10 1:44.27
R Didier de Radiguès 7 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin DNF 13 1:45.15
R Wolfgang von Muralt 24 500 Suzuki RGB Team Frankonia Suzuki Fell 17 1:46.16
R Gustav Reiner 14 500 HG-Honda NS Hein Gericke Team Dunlop DNF 18 1:46.38
R Hervé Guilleux 500 Fior-Honda RS Team Fior DNF 19 1:46.92
R Alessandro Valesi 23 500 Honda Team Honda Italia DNF 21 1:47.10
R Bruno Kneubühler 500 Honda RS Bruno Kneubühler DNF 22 1:47.32
R Fabio Barchitta 42 500 Honda RS DNF 24 1:48.17
R Andreas Leuthe 500 Honda RS Librenti Corse DNF 30 1:49.31
R Kees van der Endt 500 Honda RS Fell 33 1:50.39
R Ari Rämo 500 Honda RS Rukka Racing DNF 34 1:51.74
Q Rolf Aljes 500 Suzuki Did not qualify 37 1:53.23
Q Ray Swann 500 Honda RS Aldridge Racing Did not qualify 38 1:54.73
Q Stelio Marmaras 500 Suzuki Did not qualify 39 1:57.50
NP Tadahiko Taira 21 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Tech21 Racing Michelin Did not practice
Distance 29 laps = 126.4 km Speed 129.1 km/h
PP Christian Sarron 1:42.38 - 153.3 km/h FL Randy Mamola 1:59.29 - 131.6 km/h
Started 36 Classified 22 DNF 14
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2