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 Reinhold Roth 24 250 Honda NSR Honda Römer Team Michelin 24 49:46.33 3 1:46.71
2 Dominique Sarron 3 250 Honda NSR Honda France Michelin 24 +15.55 1 1:46.58
3 Carlos Cardus 12 250 Honda NSR Honda Team Nieto Michelin 24 +21.94 11 1:48.09
4 Sito Pons 2 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 24 +28.12 10 1:47.90
5 Manfred Herweh 27 250 Honda RS Manfred Herweh 24 +30.89 8 1:47.80
6 Hans Lindner 20 250 Honda RS Atomic Road Racing Team 24 +34.68 24 1:49.50
7 Loris Reggiani 250 Aprilia-Rotax AFI Team Aprilia 24 +42.55 9 1:47.85
8 Jean-Philippe Ruggia 21 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha 24 +46.71 15 1:48.87
9 Donnie McLeod 10 250 EMC-Honda RS Ehrlich Automotive 24 +47.07 16 1:48.88
10 Martin Wimmer 6 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 24 +1:12.84 2 1:46.69
11 Alberto Puig 250 Kobas-Yamaha JJ Cobas 24 +1:20.55 17 1:49.10
12 Hervé Duffard 250 Honda RS 24 +1:25.72 31 1:50.19
13 Urs Luzi 250 Honda RS Team Parisienne ELF Dunlop 24 +1:29.78 28 1:50.04
14 Andreas Preining 250 Rotax SK VOEST 24 +1:33.50 35 1:51.24
15 Luca Cadalora 22 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 23 23 1:49.47
16 Gary Cowan 250 Honda RS East-West Transport 23 36 1:51.45
17 Bruno Bonhuil 250 Honda RS Motor Team Development 23 27 1:49.88
18 Neddy Crotta 250 Armstrong-Rotax Moto Racing Team Ticino 23 33 1:51.07
19 René Delaby 250 Yamaha TZ 23 32 1:50.91
20 Englebert Neumair 250 Rotax 23 34 1:51.19
21 Christian Boudinot 250 Fior-Honda RS 22 20 1:49.18
22 Alain Bronec 250 Honda RS 21 29 1:50.12
R Anton Mang 4 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin Fell 4 1:47.25
R Jacques Cornu 7 250 Honda NSR Team Parisienne ELF Dunlop Fell 5 1:47.63
R Patrick Igoa 17 250 Yamaha YZR Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin DNF 6 1:47.66
R Carlos Lavado 1 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin DNF 7 1:47.66
R Stéphane Mertens 14 250 Armstrong-Honda Racing Team Katayama Dunlop Fell 12 1:48.74
R Guy Bertin 250 Honda RS Guy Bertin DNF 13 1:48.79
R Jean-Michel Mattioli 25 250 Honda RS Honda France Michelin DNF 14 1:48.83
R Ivan Palazzese 250 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin DNF 18 1:49.14
R Jochen Schmid 250 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Yamaha Racing Team Dunlop DNF 19 1:49.15
R Harald Eckl 250 Honda RS Honda Römer Team Michelin DNF 21 1:49.25
R Jean-François Baldé 5 250 Défi-Rotax Team Pole-Position DNF 22 1:49.33
R Stefano Caracchi 250 Honda RS Gazzaniga Corse DNF 25 1:49.59
R Jean Foray 250 Chevallier-Yamaha Jean Foray DNF 30 1:50.12
R Javier Cardelus 250 Kobas-Yamaha JJ Cobas DNF 26 1:49.81
Q Didier Bordeaux 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 37
Q Marcellino Lucchi 250 Honda RS Did not qualify 38
Q Bernard Haenggeli 250 Honda RS Team Parisienne ELF Dunlop Did not qualify 39
Q Urs Jucker 250 Yamaha TZ Kung Racing Team Schweiz Did not qualify 40
Q Jean-Louis Guignabodet 250 MIG-Honda RS Team MIG Did not qualify 41
Q Richard Gauthier 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 42
Q Bruno Sparza 250 Honda RS Did not qualify 43
Q Alberto Rota 250 Honda RS Team Honda Italia Did not qualify 44
Q Etienne Quartararo 250 Honda RS Ecurie Centaure Nice Did not qualify 45
Q Siegfried Minich 250 Honda RS HOMA Racing Team Did not qualify 46
Q Michel Galbit 250 JBB Did not qualify 47
Q Fausto Ricci 8 250 Honda RS Team Honda Italia Michelin Did not qualify 48
Q Philippe Pagano 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 49
NP Juan Garriga 31 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Racing Michelin Did not practice
Distance 24 laps = 104.6 km Speed 126.1 km/h
PP Dominique Sarron 1:46.58 - 147.3 km/h FL Reinhold Roth 2:02.81 - 127.8 km/h
Started 36 Classified 22 DNF 14
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2