1994 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  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
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:40.759
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:41.686 on lap 12
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second John Kocinski
Third Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Pole position
Rider Doriano Romboni
Time 1:42.967
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:44.030
Podium
First Loris Capirossi
Second Doriano Romboni
Third Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:50.552
Fastest lap
Rider Hideyuki Nakajo
Time 1:50.818
Podium
First Noboru Ueda
Second Takeshi Tsujimura
Third 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 Mick Doohan Honda Team HRC Honda 27 46:28.917 25
2 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 27 +6.101 20
3 Àlex Crivillé Honda Team HRC Honda 27 +11.313 16
4 Alberto Puig Ducados Honda Pons Honda 27 +12.327 13
5 Shinichi Itoh Honda Team HRC Honda 27 +20.087 11
6 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 27 +26.069 10
7 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 27 +36.873 9
8 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha 27 +1:12.759 8
9 Marc Garcia DR Team Shark ROC Yamaha 27 +1:43.508 7
10 Juan López Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 6
11 Jean Foray Jean Foray Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 5
12 Bernard Haenggeli Haenggeli Racing ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 4
13 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 3
14 Udo Mark Sachsen Racing Team ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 2
15 Cristiano Migliorati Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 1
16 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
17 Andreas Leuthe Team Doppler Austria ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
18 Philippe Monneret Team ROC ROC Yamaha 26 +1 Lap
Ret Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 26 Accident
Ret John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha 25 Retirement
Ret Sean Emmett Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha 24 Retirement
Ret Niall Mackenzie Slick 50 Team WCM ROC Yamaha 18 Retirement
Ret Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 8 Water Leak
Ret Ermanno Bastianini Team Elit ROC Yamaha 8 Accident
Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 6 Retirement
Ret Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Harris Yamaha 6 Retirement
Ret Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha 2 Accident
Ret Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France ROC Yamaha 1 Accident
Ret Jean Pierre Jeandat JPJ Racing ROC Yamaha 1 Retirement
DNS Daryl Beattie Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Did not start
DNS Evren Bischoff Sachsen Racing Team Harris Yamaha Did not start
DNQ Paul Pellissier Team Paton Team Paton Did not qualify
Sources:
  • 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 Loris Capirossi Honda 25 43:06.089 25
2 Doriano Romboni Honda 25 +0.689 20
3 Max Biaggi Aprilia 25 +1.181 16
4 Ralf Waldmann Honda 25 +5.123 13
5 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 25 +5.528 11
6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 25 +5.821 10
7 Jean Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 25 +9.018 9
8 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 25 +24.059 8
9 Tadayuki Okada Honda 25 +29.043 7
10 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 25 +36.273 6
11 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 25 +41.787 5
12 Adrien Bosshard Honda 25 +52.489 4
13 Carlos Checa Honda 25 +57.206 3
14 Eskil Suter Aprilia 25 +1:01.503 2
15 Luis Maurel Honda 25 +1:03.353 1
16 Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia 25 +1:04.277
17 Adolf Stadler Honda 25 +1:16.427
18 Juan Borja Honda 25 +1:19.607
19 Christian Boudinot Aprilia 25 +1:20.163
20 Bernd Kassner Aprilia 25 +1:20.761
21 Andreas Preining Aprilia 25 +1:26.864
22 Noel Ferro Honda 25 +1:27.009
23 Sebastien Scarnato Honda 25 +1:36.321
24 Krisse Kaas Yamaha 24 +1 Lap
25 Donnie Hough Honda 24 +1 Lap
Ret Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia 21 Retirement
Ret Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 17 Retirement
Ret Frederic Protat Honda 16 Retirement
Ret Giuseppe Fiorillo Honda 14 Retirement
Ret Rodney Fee Honda 13 Retirement
Ret Enrique de Juan Aprilia 10 Retirement
Ret José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 7 Retirement
Ret Luis D'Antin Honda 6 Retirement
Ret Manuel Hernandez Aprilia 3 Retirement

125 cc classification

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

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1994". 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1994 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "1994 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1994". www.motogp.com.


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