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.[4] In the race itself, defending winner Michel Frutschi crashed heavily and was taken to hospital, but later died.[4][5][6]
1983, french, motorcycle, grand, prix, second, round, 1983, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, took, place, weekend, april, 1983, bugatti, circuit, mans, 1983, french, grand, prixrace, detailsrace, races, the1983, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, seasond. 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 1983 French Grand PrixRace detailsRace 2 of 12 races in the1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonDate3 April 1983Official nameGrand Prix de France 1 2 3 LocationBugatti CircuitCoursePermanent racing facility4 240 km 2 635 mi 500 ccPole positionRiderKenny RobertsTime1 36 800Fastest lapRiderFreddie SpencerTime1 37 500PodiumFirstFreddie SpencerSecondMarco LucchinelliThirdRon Haslam250 ccPole positionRiderChristian SarronTime1 42 970Fastest lapRiderAlan CarterTime1 43 850PodiumFirstAlan CarterSecondJacques CornuThirdThierry Rapicault125 ccPole positionRiderRicardo TormoTime1 51 240Fastest lapRiderPierluigi AldrovandiTime2 00 250PodiumFirstRicardo TormoSecondJean Claude SeliniThirdMaurizio Vitali50 ccPole positionRiderStefan DorflingerFastest lapRiderStefan DorflingerPodiumFirstStefan DorflingerSecondEugenio LazzariniThirdHagen KleinSidecar B2A Pole positionRiderRolf BilandFastest lapRiderRolf BilandPodiumFirstRolf BilandSecondMick BartonThirdWerner SchwarzelThis 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 4 In the race itself defending winner Michel Frutschi crashed heavily and was taken to hospital but later died 4 5 6 Classification Edit500 cc Edit Pos Rider Team Manufacturer Time Retired Points1 Freddie Spencer HRC Honda NS500 47 47 900 152 Marco Lucchinelli HRC Honda NS500 14 990 123 Ron Haslam HRC Honda NS500 36 280 104 Kenny Roberts Marlboro Agostini Yamaha YZR500 44 110 85 Keith Huewen Heron Suzuki RG500 44 850 66 Marc Fontan Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha YZR500 45 720 57 Barry Sheene Heron Suzuki RG500 46 090 48 Guido Paci RS500 1 30 190 39 Sergio Pellandini Carimati Pezzani Racing RG500 1 33 850 210 Jack Middelburg Stichting Ned Honda RS500 1 35 820 111 Wolfgang von Muralt RG500 1 39 65012 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Suzuki RG500 1 43 14013 Peter Sjostrom Jeb s Helmet Sweden RG500 1 lap14 Maurizio Massimiani Honda Italia RS500 1 lap15 Louis Luc Maisto RG500 1 lap16 Walter Magliorati Moto Club Carate RG500 1 lap17 Stuart Avant RG500 1 lap18 Ernst Gschwender MO Motul Racing Team RG500 1 lap19 Jon Ekerold Cagiva GP500 3 lapsRet Paolo Ferretti YZR500 AccidentRet Alain Rothlisberger YZR500 RetirementRet Marco Greco RG500 AccidentRet Steve Parrish Mitsui Yamaha YZR500 AccidentRet Chris Guy RG500 AccidentRet Eero Hyvarinen RG500 RetirementRet Virginio Ferrari Cagiva GP500 RetirementRet Leandro Becheroni RG500 AccidentRet Michel Frutschi Honda Switzerland RS500 Fatal accidentRet Didier de Radigues Team Johnson Elf RS500 AccidentRet Franco Uncini HB Gallina Suzuki RG500 AccidentRet Raymond Roche Moto Club Paul Ricard RS500 RetiredRet Gustav Reiner RG500 AccidentRet Eddie Lawson Marlboro Agostini Yamaha YZR500 CollisionRet Randy Mamola HB Sinclair Suzuki RG500 CollisionRet Jean Lafond Claude Fior Fior AccidentRet Andreas Hofmann RG500 AccidentDNS Boet van Dulmen Shell Nederland Suzuki RG500 InjuryDNS Iwao Ishikawa RS500 Fatal accidentDNS Takazumi Katayama HRC Honda NS500 InjurySources 7 8 References Edit Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983 25 July 2015 Archived from the original on 25 July 2015 Mitchell Malcolm 1983 500cc Class FIM Grand Prix World Championship Programmes The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project www progcovers com Mitchell Malcolm Le Mans The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project www progcovers com a b Second Le Mans death The Glasgow Herald 4 April 1983 p 16 Michel Frutschi career profile ozebook com Archived from the original on 4 November 2011 Retrieved 5 December 2012 Motorcycle Racing Memorium motorsportmemorial org Retrieved 5 December 2012 1983 French MotoGP 9 October 2017 1983 French GP Results MotoGP official website Retrieved 31 March 2015 Previous race 1983 South African Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship1983 season Next race 1983 Nations Grand PrixPrevious race 1982 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Next race 1984 French Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 French motorcycle Grand Prix amp oldid 1025760851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
