Jean-Louis Tournadre


Jean-Louis Tournadre is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Born in Clermont-Ferrand, he became France's first FIM road racing world champion when he clinched the 1982 250cc title aboard a Yamaha TZ250.
Despite only having one victory to his rival Anton Mang's five victories, Tournadre amassed enough podium results to win the championship by one point. His only victory came at the French Grand Prix held at Nogaro where most of the top riders, including Mang and Carlos Lavado, went on strike to protest the lack of safety at the circuit. In 1988, Tournadre competed in the Hockenheim round of the World Superbike Championship.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:
Position12345678910
Points1512108654321


YearClassTeam123456789101112PointsRankWins
1980250ccYamahaNAT
-
ESP
-
FRA
-
YUG
-
NED
-
BEL
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
10
GER
-
132nd0
1980350ccRiejuNAT
-
FRA
-
NED
-
GBR
9
CZE
-
GER
8
520th0
1981250ccYamahaARG
-
GER
-
NAT
-
FRA
-
ESP
-
NED
-
BEL
6
RSM
6
GBR
-
FIN
4
SWE
5
CZE
3
347th0
1982250ccYamahaFRA
1
ESP
2
NAT
3
NED
2
BEL
6
YUG
3
GBR
3
SWE
4
FIN
7
CZE
2
RSM
2
GER
4
1181st1
1983250ccSonauto-YamahaRSA
NC
FRA
NC
NAT
NC
GER
14
ESP
11
AUT
NC
YUG
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
GBR
NC
SWE
NC
0-0
1986250ccSonauto-YamahaESP
NC
NAT
NC
GER
NC
AUT
NC
YUG
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
FRA
-
GBR
NC
SWE
NC
RSM
16
0-0