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1994 French motorcycle Grand Prix

France  1994 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 14 races in the
1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 July 1994
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:40.759
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:41.686 on lap 12
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second United States John Kocinski
Third Spain Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Doriano Romboni
Time 1:42.967
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:44.030
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Italy Doriano Romboni
Third Italy Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:50.552
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Hideyuki Nakajo
Time 1:50.818
Podium
First Japan Noboru Ueda
Second Japan Takeshi Tsujimura
Third Japan Kazuto Sakata

The 1994 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 July 1994 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

500 cc classification

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Honda Team HRC Honda 27 46:28.917 25
2 United States John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 27 +6.101 20
3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda Team HRC Honda 27 +11.313 16
4 Spain Alberto Puig Ducados Honda Pons Honda 27 +12.327 13
5 Japan Shinichi Itoh Honda Team HRC Honda 27 +20.087 11
6 Brazil Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 27 +26.069 10
7 Italy Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 27 +36.873 9
8 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha 27 +1:12.759 8
9 France Marc Garcia DR Team Shark ROC Yamaha 27 +1:43.508 7
10 Spain Juan López Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 6
11 France Jean Foray Jean Foray Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 5
12 Switzerland Bernard Haenggeli Haenggeli Racing ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 4
13 France Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 3
14 Germany Udo Mark Sachsen Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 2
15 Italy Cristiano Migliorati Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 1
16 United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
17 Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Team Doppler Austria ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
18 France Philippe Monneret Team ROC ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
Ret United States Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 26 Accident
Ret United Kingdom John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha 25 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Sean Emmett Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha 24 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Slick 50 Team WCM ROC Yamaha 18 Retirement
Ret United States Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 8 Water Leak
Ret Italy Ermanno Bastianini Team Elit ROC Yamaha 8 Accident
Ret Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 6 Retirement
Ret Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Harris Yamaha 6 Retirement
Ret Belgium Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha 2 Accident
Ret France Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France ROC Yamaha 1 Accident
Ret France Jean Pierre Jeandat JPJ Racing ROC Yamaha 1 Retirement
DNS Australia Daryl Beattie Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Did not start
DNS Germany Evren Bischoff Sachsen Racing Team Harris Yamaha Did not start
DNQ Italy Paul Pellissier Team Paton Team Paton Did not qualify
Sources:[4][5]
  • Daryl Beattie crashed in the first practice and his foot got stuck between the chain and rear sprocket which resulted in his toes being amputated.

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 25 43:06.089 25
2 Italy Doriano Romboni Honda 25 +0.689 20
3 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 25 +1.181 16
4 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda 25 +5.123 13
5 France Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 25 +5.528 11
6 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 25 +5.821 10
7 France Jean Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 25 +9.018 9
8 Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 25 +24.059 8
9 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 25 +29.043 7
10 Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 25 +36.273 6
11 Japan Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 25 +41.787 5
12 Switzerland Adrien Bosshard Honda 25 +52.489 4
13 Spain Carlos Checa Honda 25 +57.206 3
14 Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia 25 +1:01.503 2
15 Spain Luis Maurel Honda 25 +1:03.353 1
16 Netherlands Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia 25 +1:04.277
17 Germany Adolf Stadler Honda 25 +1:16.427
18 Spain Juan Borja Honda 25 +1:19.607
19 France Christian Boudinot Aprilia 25 +1:20.163
20 Germany Bernd Kassner Aprilia 25 +1:20.761
21 Austria Andreas Preining Aprilia 25 +1:26.864
22 France Noel Ferro Honda 25 +1:27.009
23 France Sebastien Scarnato Honda 25 +1:36.321
24 Finland Krisse Kaas Yamaha 24 +1 Lap
25 United States Donnie Hough Honda 24 +1 Lap
Ret Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia 21 Retirement
Ret Italy Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 17 Retirement
Ret France Frederic Protat Honda 16 Retirement
Ret Italy Giuseppe Fiorillo Honda 14 Retirement
Ret Canada Rodney Fee Honda 13 Retirement
Ret Spain Enrique de Juan Aprilia 10 Retirement
Ret Spain José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 7 Retirement
Ret Spain Luis D'Antin Honda 6 Retirement
Ret Spain Manuel Hernandez Aprilia 3 Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 23 42:59.000 25
2 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 23 +0.112 20
3 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 23 +3.118 16
4 Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia 23 +4.034 13
5 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda 23 +9.738 11
6 Spain Jorge Martinez Yamaha 23 +9.830 10
7 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 23 +12.029 9
8 Spain Herri Torrontegui Aprilia 23 +14.428 8
9 Japan Masaki Tokudome Honda 23 +14.721 7
10 Italy Fausto Gresini Honda 23 +21.779 6
11 Japan Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 23 +27.086 5
12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 +29.174 4
13 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha 23 +42.752 3
14 Japan Akira Saito Honda 23 +42.919 2
15 Germany Stefan Prein Yamaha 23 +43.360 1
16 Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia 23 +43.500
17 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia 23 +44.162
18 Switzerland Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia 23 +47.123
19 Italy Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 23 +59.934
20 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Honda 23 +1:12.794
21 France Gregory Fouet Yamaha 23 +1:39.540
22 France Bertrand Stey Honda 23 +1:43.111
23 Netherlands Hans Spaan Honda 23 +1:50.448
24 Germany Frank Baldinger Honda 22 +1 Lap
25 Italy Luigi Ancona Honda 22 +1 Lap
26 Japan Yasuaki Takahashi Honda 22 +1 Lap
27 France Fabien Rousseau Aprilia 22 +1 Lap
NC Japan Tomoko Igata Honda 17 + 6 Laps
Ret Italy Vittorio Lopez Honda 21 Retirement
Ret Austria Manfred Baumann Yamaha 21 Retirement
Ret Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 20 Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 16 Retirement
Ret Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 10 Retirement
Ret Netherlands Loek Bodelier Honda 6 Retirement
Ret France Frederic Petit Yamaha 3 Retirement
Ret Spain Carlos Giro Aprilia 0 Retirement

References


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