1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix

West Germany  1977 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 May 1977
Official nameGroßer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationHockenheimring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Time 2:14.200
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Time 2:14.400
Podium
First United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Second United States Pat Hennen
Third United States Steve Baker
350cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Alan North
Time 2:16.200
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Giacomo Agostini
Time 2:21.800
Podium
First Japan Takazumi Katayama
Second Italy Giacomo Agostini
Third France Olivier Chevallier
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Akihiro Kiyohara
Time 2:26.9
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Akihiro Kiyohara
Time 2:28.000
Podium
First France Christian Sarron
Second Japan Akihiro Kiyohara
Third Italy Franco Uncini
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 2:33.000
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 2:45.400
Podium
First Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Third West Germany Anton Mang
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 2:27.000
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 2:36.300
Podium
First Switzerland Rolf Biland
Second West Germany Max Venus
Third United Kingdom George O'Dell

The 1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 May 1977 at the Hockenheimring circuit.

500cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 45'36.100 15
2 3 United States Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +9.600 12
3 2 United States Steve Baker Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +18.200 10
4 16 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +27.400 8
5 6 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +27.900 6
6 45 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +48.400 5
7 4 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki +51.400 4
8 49 West Germany Anton Mang Valvoline Racing Hamburg Suzuki +1'10.300 3
9 28 Austria Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Yamaha +1'13.200 2
10 58 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Pullshaw Suzuki +1'14.300 1
11 42 New Zealand Stuart Avant Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1'14.600
12 32 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1'38.400
13 8 Australia Jack Findlay Hermetite Racing International Suzuki +1'50.000
14 10 United Kingdom Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki +1'55.900
15 5 United Kingdom John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki +2'43.500
16 20 West Germany Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
17 ?? Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki +1 lap
18 ?? West Germany Franz Rau Suzuki +1 lap
19 48 West Germany Franz Heller Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing Suzuki +1 lap
20 48 West Germany Harald Merkl Nava Kucera Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
21 ?? Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
22 ?? United Kingdom John Weeden Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Yamaha +1 lap
23 ?? Denmark Kaj Jensen Yamaha +1 lap
24 ?? West Germany Johannes Klement Yamaha +1 lap
25 ?? Sweden Bo Granath Suzuki +1 lap
26 ?? Sweden Lars Johansson Yamaha +2 laps
27 ?? Belgium Hervé Regout Hervé Regout Suzuki +2 laps
28 ?? Austria Hans Braumandl Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +2 laps
29 ?? Austria Peter Sjöström Yamaha +2 laps
30 12 Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +2 laps
Ret ?? Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? France Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Christian Estrosi Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? United Kingdom John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Armando Toracca MC della Robbia Suzuki Retired
DNS ?? France Bernard Fau Suzuki Did not start
DNS ?? West Germany Arndt Härle Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? Austria Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? West Germany Hans-Günter Schöne Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? West Germany Horst Lahfeld König Did not start
DNS 10 Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Pullshaw Suzuki Did not start
DNS 10 Italy Carlo Perugini Life Racing Team Suzuki Did not start
Sources:[4][5][6]

350 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 20 48:28.8 15
2 9 Italy Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 20 +15.1 12
3 10 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 20 +15.5 10
4 56 South Africa Alan North Yamaha 20 +18.9 1 8
5 51 Switzerland Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 20 +35.5 6
6 4 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 20 +42.8 6 5
7 1 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 20 +47.0 4 4
8 54 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 20 +52.9 3
9 17 France Michel Rougerie Yamaha 20 +57.4 5 2
10 46 Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 +1:00.7 7 1
11 24 West Germany Helmut Kassner Yamaha 20 +1:10.2
12 7 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 20 +1:10.5 10
13 27 United Kingdom Ian Richards Yamaha 20 +1:18.1
14 47 United Kingdom John Newbold Yamaha 20 +1:18.6
15 57 Austria Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 20 +1:29.7
Italy Giuseppe Consalvi Yamaha 2
South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 3
Australia John Dodds Yamaha 8
Italy Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson 9
45 starters in total, 30 finishers
[4]

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 62 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 19 49:33.0 15
2 54 Japan Akihiko Kiyohara Kawasaki 19 +0.1 1 12
3 69 Italy Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson 19 +45.3 6 10
4 70 Italy Vinicio Salmi Yamaha 19 +1:00.5 8
5 36 Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 19 +1:02.5 6
6 59 South Africa Kork Ballington Yamaha 19 +1:02.7 5
7 5 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 19 +1:02.9 4 4
8 51 Venezuela Aldo Nannini Yamaha 19 +1:07.1 8 3
9 71 South Africa Alan North Yamaha 19 +1:27.2 2
10 53 United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki 19 +1:43.5 3 1
11 34 Switzerland Michel Frutschi Yamaha 19 +1:46.8
12 63 Austria Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 19 +1:56.5
13 64 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 19 +2:07.5
14 46 West Germany Harald Merkl Yamaha 19 +2:31.5
15 50 West Germany Egid Schwemmer Yamaha 18 +1 lap
Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 2
Switzerland Hans Müller Yamaha 5
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 7
West Germany Hans Schweiger Kawasaki 9
Denmark Svend Andersson Yamaha 10
45 starters in total, 27 finishers
[4]

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 17 48:41.1 2 15
2 42 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 17 +16.6 1 12
3 2 West Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli 17 +51.5 5 10
4 52 Italy Giovanni Ziggliotto Morbidelli 17 +51.8 8
5 4 West Germany Gert Bender Bender 17 +1:22.1 4 6
6 55 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 17 +1:22.8 3 5
7 38 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 17 +1:30.2 7 4
8 32 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 17 +2:02.5 3
9 48 Netherlands Jan Huberts Morbidelli 17 +2:03.4 2
10 35 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 17 +2:06.1 1
11 36 Sweden Hans Hallberg Morbidelli 17 +2:09.7
12 6 Switzerland Xaver Tschannen Bender 17 +2:45.6
13 8 West Germany Manfred Kugler Morbidelli 17 +2:47.2
14 29 Austria Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 17 +2:50.8
15 53 France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 17 +4:00.0
Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 6
Italy Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 8
Hungary János Drapál Morbidelli 9
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
[4]

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2 West Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 11 35:16.7 4 15
2 45 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 11 +4.3 2 12
3 1 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 11 +42.3 1 10
4 8 Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 11 +1:17.8 8 8
5 10 Italy Aldo Pero Kreidler 11 +1:53.5 6
6 16 West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 11 +2:10.2 5
7 52 France Patrick Plisson ABF 11 +2:33.7 9 4
8 48 Netherlands Engelbert Kip Kreidler 11 +2:42.4 3
9 12 West Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 11 +3:01.0 10 2
10 30 France Jacques Hutteau ABF 11 +3:13.1 1
11 54 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 10 +1 lap 3
12 33 Sweden Lennart Lundgren Kreidler 10 +1 lap
13 35 West Germany Klaus Hilbk Kreidler 10 +1 lap
14 42 France Bruno de Carlo Kreidler 10 +1 lap
15 17 West Germany Kasim Rapczynski Kreidler 10 +1 lap
Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler 5
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 6
Switzerland Hans Müller Kreidler 7
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
[4]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 18 52:34.5 1 15
2 22 West Germany Max Venus West Germany Norman Bittermann König 18 +28.4 10 12
3 8 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Windle-Yamaha 18 +43.1 4 10
4 29 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 18 +58.2 5 8
5 6 West Germany Helmut Schilling West Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 18 +59.7 7 6
6 1 West Germany Rolf Steinhausen West Germany Sepp Huber Busch-König 18 +1:16.8 8 5
7 9 France Alain Michel France Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 18 +1:48.3 2 4
8 5 West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany "Schimanski" Yamaha 18 +1:54.6 3
9 11 West Germany Ted Janssen West Germany Erich Schmitz Colyam 18 +2:06.2 2
10 39 West Germany Kurt Jelonek West Germany Volker Riess König 17 +1 lap 1
Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Petit Matille Schmid-Yamaha 3
West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber Aro 6
United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 9
30 starters in total, 15 finishers
[4]

References

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  2. ^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  5. ^ "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.


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