The 1987 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–19 July 1987 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.
Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Randy Mamola Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 58'43.500 15 2 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +34.180 12 3 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain Yamaha +40.640 10 4 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +44.190 8 5 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Honda +50.250 6 6 Kenny Irons Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki +1'06.020 5 7 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +1'33.530 4 8 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'38.850 3 9 Kevin Schwantz Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki +1'39.390 2 10 Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'57.870 1 11 Marco Gentile Fior Fior +1 lap 12 Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda +1 lap 13 Simon Buckmaster Honda +1 lap 14 Silvo Habat Honda +1 lap 15 Maarten Duyzers Honda +2 laps 16 Vittorio Scatola Team Paton Paton +2 laps 17 Daniel Vila Amatriain Honda +2 laps 18 Daniel Pauget Suzuki +2 laps 19 Rachel Nicotte Suzuki +2 laps 20 Ian Pratt Suzuki +2 laps 21 Alan Jeffery Suzuki +3 laps 22 Louis-Luc Maisto Honda +3 laps Ret Fabio Barchitta Honda Retired Ret Kees van der Endt Honda Accident Ret Hervé Guilleux Fior Retired Ret Bruno Kneubühler Honda Retired Ret Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Accident Ret Andreas Leuthe Honda Retired Ret Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Accident Ret Wolfgang Von Muralt Suzuki Accident Ret Didier de Radiguès Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retired Ret Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Retired Ret Ari Rämö Honda Retired Ret Raymond Roche Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retired Ret Richard Scott Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retired Ret Alessandro Valesi Honda Retired DNS Ray Swann Honda Did not start DNS Rolf Aljes Suzuki Did not start DNS Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Did not start DNQ Stelio Marmaras Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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