1983 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 2 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 3 April 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–3 April 1983 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.
This race was remembered for two fatal accidents that occurred over the weekend in the 500cc class. The first occurred during Friday practice when Italian rider Loris Reggiani collided with Japanese rider Iwao Ishikawa. Ishikawa died shortly after from severe injuries.[4] In the race itself, defending winner Michel Frutschi crashed heavily and was taken to hospital, but later died.[4][5][6]
Classification
500 cc
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Freddie Spencer | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | 47'47.900 | 15 | ||
2 | Marco Lucchinelli | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | +14.990 | 12 | ||
3 | Ron Haslam | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | +36.280 | 10 | ||
4 | Kenny Roberts | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +44.110 | 8 | ||
5 | Keith Huewen | Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +44.850 | 6 | ||
6 | Marc Fontan | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +45.720 | 5 | ||
7 | Barry Sheene | Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +46.090 | 4 | ||
8 | Guido Paci | Honda | +1'30.190 | 3 | |||
9 | Sergio Pellandini | Carimati-Pezzani Racing | Suzuki | +1'33.850 | 2 | ||
10 | Jack Middelburg | Stichting Racing Team | Honda | +1'35.820 | 1 | ||
11 | Wolfgang von Muralt | Suzuki | +1'39.650 | ||||
12 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | +1'43.140 | ||||
13 | Peter Sjöström | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Maurizio Massimiani | HIRT Italia | Honda | +1 lap | |||
15 | Louis-Luc Maisto | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
16 | Walter Magliorati | Moto Club Carate | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
17 | Stuart Avant | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
18 | Ernst Gschwender | MO Motul Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
19 | Jon Ekerold | Cagiva | +3 laps | ||||
Ret | Paolo Ferretti | Yamaha | Accident | ||||
Ret | Alain Röthlisberger | Yamaha | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Marco Greco | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Steve Parrish | Team Mitsui Yamaha | Yamaha | Accident | |||
Ret | Christophe Guyot | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Eero Hyvärinen | Suzuki | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Cagiva | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Leandro Becheroni | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Michel Frutschi | Honda | Fatal accident | ||||
Ret | Didier de Radiguès | Team Johnson Elf | Honda | Accident | |||
Ret | Franco Uncini | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | Raymond Roche | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Gustav Reiner | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | Collision | |||
Ret | Randy Mamola | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | Collision | |||
Ret | Jean Lafond | Fior | Accident | ||||
Ret | Andreas Hofmann | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
DNS | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | Injury | ||||
DNS | Iwao Ishikawa | Honda | Fatal accident | ||||
DNS | Takazumi Katayama | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | Injury | |||
Sources: [7][8] |
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1983 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ a b "Second Le Mans death". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1983. p. 16.
- ^ "Michel Frutschi career profile". ozebook.com. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Motorcycle Racing Memorium". motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "1983 French MotoGP". 9 October 2017.
- ^ "1983 French GP Results". MotoGP official website. Retrieved 31 March 2015.