1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 7 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 July 1976
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.10 km (8.76 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki
Time 3:52.700
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom John Williams Suzuki
Time 3:52.600
Podium
First United Kingdom John Williams Suzuki
Second United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki
Third Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Suzuki
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 4:05.400
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 4:06.900
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
Third Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 4:25.700
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 4:22.700
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Second Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
Third Netherlands Gert Bender Bender
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 5:07.400
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Time 5:08.300
Podium
First West Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Second Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Third Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider West Germany Siegfried Schauzu Aro
Time 4:11.900
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Helmut Schilling Aro
Time 4:22.900
Podium
First West Germany Rolf Steinhausen Busch König
Second West Germany Werner Schwärzel König
Third West Germany Helmut Schilling Aro

The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 5 United Kingdom John Williams Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 39'22.800 15
2 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +7.400 12
3 28 Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +17.000 10
4 20 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +28.600 8
5 4 Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +38.600 6
6 14 West Germany Dieter Braun Suzuki +41.100 5
7 11 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Suzuki +56.500 4
8 40 United States Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +57.700 3
9 8 United Kingdom John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +59.900 2
10 44 West Germany Helmut Kassner Suzuki +1'03.900 1
11 6 United Kingdom Alex George Hermetite Racing International Yamaha
12 19 United Kingdom Tom Herron Suzuki
13 27 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki
14 36 Belgium Jean-Pierre Orban Yamaha
15 29 Belgium Philippe Chaltin Yamaha
16 15 Netherlands Kees van der Kruys Yamaha
17 3 Belgium Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha
Ret 11 Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired
Ret 6 Australia Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret 12 Austria Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired
4 17 Japan Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
WD 2 United Kingdom Phil Read Team Life International Suzuki Withdrawn
Ret ?? Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha Retired
Ret 33 Spain Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired
Ret 18 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Retired
Ret 36 Belgium Alain Nies Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired
Ret 13 France Bernard Fau Yamaha Retired
DNS ?? France Patrick Pons Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Did not start
DNS 47 New Zealand Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [5][6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 45:51.9 1 15
2 20 Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 11 +48.6 5 12
3 7 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 11 +57.3 3 10
4 37 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 11 +57.5 8 8
5 6 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 11 +57.9 7 6
6 17 Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 11 +58.3 6 5
7 5 Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha 11 +58.9 4
8 35 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 11 +1:08.4 9 3
9 24 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +1:21.0 14 2
10 9 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 11 +1:21.2 1
11 47 Australia Victor Soussan Yamaha
12 33 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Yamaha 11
13 45 France Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha
14 27 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 12
15 22 Czechoslovakia M. Arias Yamaha
16 16 France Jean-François Baldé Yamaha
17 32 Japan Ken Nemoto Yamaha
18 34 Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha
19 39 Belgium R. Hubin Yamaha 10
Ret Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 2
Ret Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4
Ret Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 13
Ret Soviet Union Mati Reinup MZ 15
[7]

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 26 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 10 44:47.1 1 15
2 3 Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 10 +4.8 3 12
3 6 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 10 +56.7 8 10
4 28 Germany Gert Bender Bender 10 +1:07.0 5 8
5 2 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 10 +1:17.9 7 6
6 24 France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 10 +2:35.6 4 5
7 7 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10 +2:36.5 13 4
8 33 Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 10 +2:46.1 12 3
9 1 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 +3:15.1 2
10 16 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 10 +3:33.2 14 1
11 29 Germany Horst Seel Seel EB 15
12 15 Switzerland Hans Müller Yamaha
13 42 Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli 6
14 36 Netherlands Piet van Niel Yamaha
Ret Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 2
Ret Netherlands Henk van Kessel AGV Condor 9
Ret Italy Claudio Lusuardi Malamaz 10
Ret France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11
[7]

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 14 Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 6 31:20.7 2 15
2 10 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 6 +20.1 1 12
3 7 Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler 6 +37.7 3 12
4 15 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini UFO 6 +1:07.6 6 8
5 18 France Benjamin Laurent ABF 6 +1:09.8 6
6 40 Netherlands Engelbert Kip Kreidler 9 5
7 12 Germany Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 7 4
8 16 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Kreidler 11 3
9 3 Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 5 2
10 1 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 8 1
11 30 Spain Ramon Gali Derbi
12 37 Belgium R. Dumont Kreidler
13 19 Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler
14 29 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Kreidler
15 21 Germany W. Golembeck Kreidler
16 26 Belgium Guido de Lys Kreidler
17 27 Netherlands Jaap Bosman Kreidler
18 5 Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler
19 39 Belgium G. Muyters Kreidler
Ret France Pierre Audry ABF 4
Ret Spain Joaquin Gali Derbi 10
Ret Belgium C. Dumont Kreidler 12
[7]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Germany Rolf Steinhausen Germany Sepp Huber Busch-König 9 39:56.5 2 15
2 2 Germany Werner Schwärzel Germany Andreas Huber König 9 +0.3 3 12
3 11 Germany Helmut Schilling Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 9 +2.7 4 10
4 28 Germany Siegfried Schauzu Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 9 +38.9 1 8
5 22 Switzerland Rudi Kurth United Kingdom Dane Rowe Yamaha 9 +1:24.3 '6
6 12 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Yamaha 9 +1:53.9 '5
7 10 Germany Otto Haller Germany Erich Haselbeck BMW 9 +1:58.8 4
8 21 Germany Ted Janssen Germany Erich Schmitz Yamaha 9 +2:17.7 3
9 5 United Kingdom Mac Hobson United Kingdom John Inchcliff Yamaha 9 +2:26.8 2
10 19 France Alain Michel France Bernard Garcia Yamaha 9 +2:44.9 1
11 16 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Cliff Holland Chell Yamaha 9
12 30 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans Chell Yamaha 9
13 15 Germany Heinz Luthringshauser Germany Lorenzo Puzo BMW 9
14 17 Germany Heinz Thevissen Germany Juppi Esch HTS 9
15 24 Belgium Mark Alexandre Belgium Paul Gerard König 9
16 7 Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 8 +1 lap
Ret Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Ken Williams Yamaha 6
Ret Germany Walter Ohrmann Germany Bernd Grube Yamaha 7
Ret Germany Gustav Pape Germany Franz Kallenberg König 8
Ret Netherlands Martin Kooy Netherlands Rob Vader König 9
Ret Italy Amedeo Zini Italy Andrea Fornaro König 10
[7]

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Spa-Francorchamps | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.


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