The 1985 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1985 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.
Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Freddie Spencer Rothmans Team HRC Honda 45'58.330 15 2 Raymond Roche Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha +15.710 12 3 Randy Mamola Rothmans Honda Mamola Honda +19.800 10 4 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha +26.890 8 5 Ron Haslam Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +33.850 6 6 Pierre-Etienne Samin Honda Benelux Elf Honda +1'22.750 5 7 Sito Pons HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1'28.060 4 8 Gustav Reiner Zwafink & Wilberts Racing Honda +1 lap 3 9 Fabio Biliotti Team Italia Honda +1 lap 2 10 Mike Baldwin Honda +1 lap 1 11 Armando Errico Team Italia Honda +1 lap 12 Franco Uncini HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1 lap 13 Wolfgang Von Muralt Frankonia-Suzuki Suzuki +1 lap 14 Rob Punt Oud Bier Suzuki +1 lap 15 Dietmar Mayer Honda +1 lap 16 Maurice Coq Suzuki +1 lap 17 Simon Buckmaster Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +2 lap 18 Andreas Leuthe Honda +2 laps Ret Neil Robinson Jim Finlay Racing Suzuki Retired Ret Didier de Radiguès Honda Benelux Elf Honda Retired Ret Marco Gentile Yamaha Retired Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha Accident Ret Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Britain Honda Retired Ret Rob McElnea Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki Retired Ret Christian Le Liard Team ROC Honda Retired Ret Stelio Marmaras Suzuki Retired Ret Eero Hyvärinen Honda Accident Ret Boet van Dulmen Shell-Toshiba Racing Team Honda Accident Ret Dave Petersen Kreepy Krauly Racing Honda Accident Ret Massimo Messere Team Italia Honda Retired Ret Louis-Luc Maisto Honda Retired DNS Claude Arciero Honda Did not start DNS Thierry Espié Chevallier Did not start DNQ René Lavigne Honda Did not qualify Sources:
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