Jacques Bolle, President of the French Motorcycle Federation, was this Friday July 31 in Nice (06), alongside the Mayor of the city, Christian Estrosi, and the CEO of the Pernod Ricard Group, Alexandre Ricard, for the presentation of the 250 GP Pernod at the National Sports Museum. A highlight for French motorcycling heritage.
Emotional sequence therefore in front of the square in front of the Villa Massena when the legendary Pernod Competition 250 was delivered by Alexandre Ricard à Estrosi. Machine on which the latter evolved between 1981 et 1983 and which will now proudly sit in the National Sports Museum, recipient of this donation.
Also a pilot on the handlebars of this machine in 1983 et 1984 alongside theformer minister Estrosi, who was his teammate then his team manager, Jacques Bolle honored the memory of this 100% French motorcycle with which he won the Silverstone GP en 1983 : “The Pernod was the last French motorcycle to compete in Grand Prix. It was carried out in just 10 months in 1981 by Jean Bidalot. It managed to rival Japanese hegemony in a short time. As President of the French Motorcycle Federation, I am very attached to heritage and the fact that this motorcycle is given by Christian Estrosi and Alexandre Ricard to the national sports museum is something very positive with regard to the history of the motorcycling sport. »
