1983 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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 Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 April 1983
Official name	Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.240 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:36.800 Fastest lap Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:37.500 Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Marco Lucchinelli Third Ron Haslam
250 cc
Pole position Rider Christian Sarron Time 1:42.970 Fastest lap Rider Alan Carter Time 1:43.850 Podium First Alan Carter Second Jacques Cornu Third Thierry Rapicault
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 1:51.240 Fastest lap Rider Pierluigi Aldrovandi Time 2:00.250 Podium First Ricardo Tormo Second Jean-Claude Selini Third Maurizio Vitali
50 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Fastest lap Rider Stefan Dörflinger Podium First Stefan Dörflinger Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Hagen Klein
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland Podium First Rolf Biland Second Mick Barton Third Werner Schwärzel

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]