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1977 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 July 1977
Official name	Swedish TT
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.018 km (2.497 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	1:40.277
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	1:39.802
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Johnny Cecotto
Third	Steve Baker
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	1:43.248
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington
Time	1:42.281
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Kork Ballington
Third	Patrick Fernandez
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Mick Grant
Time	1:45.804
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Grant
Time	1:46.285
Podium
First	Mick Grant
Second	Mario Lega
Third	Jon Ekerold
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:49.691
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	1:57.787
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini
50cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	1:57.313
Fastest lap
Rider	Ricardo Tormo
Time	2:15.941
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo
Second	Ángel Nieto
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini

The 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23–24 July 1977 at the Scandinavian Raceway.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	47'21.279	15
2	25	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	+2.952	12
3	18	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+26.740	12
4	15	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+28.498	8
5	41	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+31.567	6
6	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+39.219	5
7	24	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1'00.675	4
8	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1'02.981	3
9	44	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+1'10.204	2
10	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'22.289	1
11	28	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	42	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	32	Alf Graarud		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	36	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	12	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+2 laps
17	43	Ron Kirkham		Yamaha	+3 laps
Ret	25	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	25	Odd Arne Lände		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	15	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Brake problems
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Brake problems
Ret	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Water leak
Ret	26	Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	6	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	35	Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Beni Slydal		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	5	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Injured
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	28	48:23.314	9	15
2	21	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	28	+0.216	3	12
3	18	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	28	+22.588	1	10
4	52	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	28	+37.477	8	8
5	45	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	28	+42.006	2	6
6	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+48.375	6	5
7	12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	28	+51.089	20	4
8	28	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	28	+55.840	7	3
9	14	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+57.303	17	2
10	19	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	28	+1:02.963	12	1
11	34	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	28	+1:07.602	10
12	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+1:07.741	13
13	11	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	28	+1:10.774	11
14	47	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	28	+1:31.756	18
15	17	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+1:34.545
16	37	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
17	51	Peter Skold	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	5
18	6	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
19	54	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
20	27	Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			4
		Eddie Roberts	Yamaha			14
		Lennart Baeckstrom	Yamaha			15
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			16
		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			19
30 starters in total
^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	54	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	28	50:24.853	1	15
2	21	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	28	+4.951	3	12
3	32	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	28	+13.192		10
4	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	28	+16.570	11	8
5	39	Alan North	Yamaha	28	+17.020	2	6
6	7	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	28	+24.944	16	5
7	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+25.156	4	4
8	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+45.029	9	3
9	41	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	28	+45.067	8	2
10	37	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+45.815	14	1
11	38	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	28	+55.420	15
12	33	Alain Terras	Yamaha	28	+56.070
13	12	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+56.385
14	43	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	28	+1:15.008	20
15	18	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	28	+1:15.276
16	46	Lennart Baeckstrom	Yamaha	28	+1:25.152
17	52	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	28	+1:25.457	6
18	49	Peter Skold	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	17
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			5
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			7
		Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			10
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			12
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			13
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			18
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			19
30 starters in total
^[4]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	26	54:57.984	2	15
2	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	26	+7.676	1	12
3	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	26	+8.204	3	10
4	6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	26	+24.277	5	8
5	26	Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli	26	+31.113	13	6
6	8	Gert Bender	Bender	26	+43.702	4	5
7	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	26	+44.877	8	4
8	32	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	26	+57.261	10	3
9	19	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	11	2
10	37	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	7	1
11	21	Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	14
12	33	Hagen Klein	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap
13	10	Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane	25	+1 lap	9
14	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	17
15	41	Jan Baeckstrom	Maico	25	+1 lap
16	38	Johnny Svensson	Bastard	24	+2 laps
17	18	Michel Baloche	Motobécane	22	+4 laps	18
18	40	Christer Eliasson	Morbidelli	21	+5 laps
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
		Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			12
		Horst Seel	Seel			15
		Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli			16
		Jan Ubels	Buton			19
		Lennart Lundgren	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
^[4]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	16	36:48.665	3	15
2	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	16	+39.208	4	12
3	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	16	+45.064	1	10
4	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	16	+1:34.630	2	8
5	12	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	16	+1:44.964	8	6
6	11	Claudio Lusuardi	Lusuardi	16	+1:50.228	20	5
7	6	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	16	+2:00.071	13	4
8	25	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	16	+2:12.172	10	3
9	28	Lennart Lundgren	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	14	2
10	34	Juup Bosman	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	11	1
11	21	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	9
12	27	Ove Skifjeld	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
		Patrick Plisson	ABF			5
		Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler			6
		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			7
		Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler			12
		Cees van Dongen	Kreidler			15
		Pierre Dumont	Kreidler			16
		Hagen Klein	Kreidler			17
		Oscar Ekstrand	Kreidler			18
		Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler			19
25 starters in total
^[4]

References

^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
^ "Anderstorp Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977–1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
^ "1977 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018.
^ "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com.

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[1] "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[2] "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.

[3] "Anderstorp Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.

[motocourse-4] Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977–1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[5] "1977 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018.

[6] "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com.

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