1983 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Grand Prix de Francehttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1983_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725173040/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1983_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983 25 July 2015 25 July 2015http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1983.html 1983 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttp://www.progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.com Bugatti Circuit Circuit Le Mans Bugatti.png 2.635 4.240 2 12 3 April 1983 Kenny Roberts USA 1:36.800 Freddie Spencer USA 1:37.500 Freddie Spencer USA Marco Lucchinelli ITA Ron Haslam GBR Christian Sarron FRA 1:42.970 Alan Carter GBR 1:43.850 Alan Carter GBR Jacques Cornu SUI Thierry Rapicault FRA Ricardo Tormo ESP 1:51.240 Pierluigi Aldrovandi ITA 2:00.250 Ricardo Tormo ESP Jean-Claude Selini FRA Maurizio Vitali ITA Stefan Dörflinger SUI Stefan Dörflinger SUI Stefan Dörflinger SUI Eugenio Lazzarini ITA Hagen Klein BRD Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg SUI SUI Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg SUI SUI Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg SUI SUI Mick Barton Simon Birchall GBR GBR Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber BRD BRD 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.Second Le Mans death https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FMRAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690,588769 The Glasgow Herald 4 April 1983 16 In the race itself, defending winner Michel Frutschi crashed heavily and was taken to hospital, but later died.http://www.ozebook.com/gpwin/documents/24.html Michel Frutschi career profile ozebook.com 5 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104074304/http://www.ozebook.com/gpwin/documents/24.html 4 November 2011 dead http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=1463 Motorcycle Racing Memorium motorsportmemorial.org 5 December 2012 Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Freddie Spencer HRC-Honda NS500 47'47.900 15 2 ITA Marco Lucchinelli HRC-Honda NS500 +14.990 12 3 GBR Ron Haslam HRC-Honda NS500 +36.280 10 4 USA Kenny Roberts Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha YZR500 +44.110 8 5 GBR Keith Huewen Heron-Suzuki RG500 +44.850 6 6 FRA Marc Fontan Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 +45.720 5 7 GBR Barry Sheene Heron Suzuki RG500 +46.090 4 8 ITA Guido Paci RS500 +1'30.190 3 9 SUI Sergio Pellandini Carimati-Pezzani Racing RG500 +1'33.850 2 10 NED Jack Middelburg Stichting Ned-Honda RS500 +1'35.820 1 11 SUI Wolfgang von Muralt RG500 +1'39.650 12 SUI Philippe Coulon Marlboro-Suzuki RG500 +1'43.140 13 SWE Peter Sjöström Jeb's Helmet Sweden RG500 +1 lap 14 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Honda Italia RS500 +1 lap 15 FRA Louis-Luc Maisto RG500 +1 lap 16 ITA Walter Magliorati Moto Club Carate RG500 +1 lap 17 NZL Stuart Avant RG500 +1 lap 18 BRD Ernst Gschwender MO Motul Racing Team RG500 +1 lap 19 RSA 1928 Jon Ekerold Cagiva GP500 +3 laps Ret ITA Paolo Ferretti YZR500 Accident Ret SUI Alain Röthlisberger YZR500 Retirement Ret BRA Marco Greco RG500 Accident Ret GBR Steve Parrish Mitsui-Yamaha YZR500 Accident Ret GBR Chris Guy RG500 Accident Ret FIN Eero Hyvärinen RG500 Retirement Ret ITA Virginio Ferrari Cagiva GP500 Retirement Ret ITA Leandro Becheroni RG500 Accident Ret SUI Michel Frutschi Honda Switzerland RS500 Fatal accident Ret BEL Didier de Radiguès Team Johnson Elf RS500 Accident Ret ITA Franco Uncini HB Gallina-Suzuki RG500 Accident Ret FRA Raymond Roche Moto Club Paul Ricard RS500 Retired Ret BRD Gustav Reiner RG500 Accident Ret USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Agostini Yamaha YZR500 Collision Ret USA Randy Mamola HB Sinclair-Suzuki RG500 Collision Ret FRA Jean Lafond Claude Fior Fior Accident Ret SUI Andreas Hofmann RG500 Accident DNS NED Boet van Dulmen Shell Nederland-Suzuki RG500 Injury DNS JPN Iwao Ishikawa RS500 Fatal accident DNS JPN Takazumi Katayama HRC-Honda NS500 Injury Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1983-french-motogp 1983 French MotoGP 9 October 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/FRA/500cc 1983 French GP Results 31 March 2015 MotoGP official website 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403031025/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/FRA/500cc dead References French Grand Prix 1983 1983 South African Grand Prix 1983 Nations Grand Prix 1982 French Grand Prix 1984 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix French motorcycle Grand Prix