1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix

1976 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 12 races in the; 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 August 1976
Official name	Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 22.835 km (14.189 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider
Time	8:59.900
Podium
First	Giacomo Agostini
Second	Marco Lucchinelli
Third	Pat Hennen
350 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	8:57.300
Podium
First	Walter Villa
Second	Johnny Cecotto
Third	Gianfranco Bonera
250 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	9:03.200
Podium
First	Walter Villa
Second	Kork Ballington
Third	Jon Ekerold
125 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang
Time	10:12.200
Podium
First	Anton Mang
Second
Third	Julien van Zeebroeck
50 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	10:26.900
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Herbert Rittberger
Third	Ulrich Graf
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider
Time	11:02.100
Podium
First
Second	Rolf Steinhausen
Third	George O'Dell

The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.

500 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	MV Agusta	1:06'21.400	15
2	32	Marco Lucchinelli	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+52.100	12
3	66	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'09.300	10
4	8	John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'12.300	8
5	28		Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'20.800	6
6	29	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Suzuki	+2'41.600	5
7	70	Alan North		Suzuki	+2'56.600	4
8	34			Yamaha	+2'56.800	3
9	11	Chas Mortimer		Suzuki	+4'14.200	2
10	59			Nava	+4'18.100	1
11	69			Yamaha	+4'35.600
12	27		Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+4'48.000
13	25			Yamaha	+5'10.500
14	17		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+7'54.000
15	53			Yamaha	+7'58.500
16	52			Suzuki	+8'45.600
17	68		Racing Team Albatros	Yamaha	+9'46.000
18	37			Yamaha	+9'51.400
19	30			Yamaha	+10'51.500
20	48			Yamaha	+10'51.700
21	??			Yamaha	+11'31.500
22	19			Yamaha	+11'35.400
23	??			Yamaha	+11'36.900
24	??			Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	6	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	12		Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	14	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??			König	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Hans Stadelmann		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	28	Virginio Ferrari	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Accident
Ret	??	Victor Soussan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Gerhard Vogt		Yamaha	Accident
Ret	??			Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			König	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			König	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			König	Retired
Ret	44	Helmut Kassner		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			König	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Accident
Ret	6	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
DNS	55	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??			Yamaha	Did not start
Ret	??			Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

350 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	42	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	7	1:04:03.9	15
2	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	7	+9.6	12
3	41	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	7	+13.4	10
4	32	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	7	+21.6	8
5	18	Alan North	Yamaha	7	+21.9	6
6	11	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	7	+22.3	5
7	5	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	7	+28.9	4
8	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli	7	+31.6	3
9	68	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	7	+49.9	2
10	43	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	7	+1:03.9	1
11	45	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	7	+1:44.5
12	17	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	7	+2:09.5
13	63	Anton Mang	Yamaha	7	+2:20.7
14	49	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	7	+2:42.7
15	26		Yamaha	7	+2:52.8
16	20		Yamaha	7	+3:29.3
17	12	Alex George	Yamaha	7	+3:30.2
18	52		Yamaha	7	+3:53.8
19	53		Yamaha	7	+4:58.1
20	39	Bo Granath	Yamaha	7	+5:20.0
54 starters in total, 29 finishers
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250 cc classification[]

Walter Villa, the eventual winner of the 250 cc race.

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	6	55:34.8	15
2	25	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	6	+1:08.3	12
3	47	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	6	+1:09.4	10
4	8	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	6	+1:10.5	8
5	9	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	6	+1:10.8	6
6	37	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	6	+1:21.1	5
7	29	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	6	+1:33.9	4
8	11	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	6	+1:49.8	3
9	44	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	6	+1:55.2	2
10	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	6	+2:08.8	1
11	66		Yamaha	6	+2:09.0
12	73		Yamaha	6	+2:10.9
13	23	Franz Kunz	Yamaha	6	+2:16.7
14	13	Tom Herron	Yamaha	6	+3:01.2
15	45	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	6	+3:02.8
16	4	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	6	+3:43.3
17	52	John Dodds	Yamaha	6	+3:43.5
18	33	Bo Granath	Yamaha	6	+3:54.1
19	12	Harald Bartol	Yamaha	6	+4:16.1
20	34		Yamaha	6	+4:19.7
55 starters in total, 33 finishers
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125 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	52	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	5	52:43.4	15
2	55		Maico	5	+1:39.9	12
3	42	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	5	+1:44.7	10
4	49		Eigenbau	5	+1:48.7	8
5	23		Yamaha	5	+2:28.2	6
6	41	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	5	+2:31.9	5
7	12	Hans Müller	Yamaha	5	+2:37.6	4
8	8	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	5	+3:29.0	4
9	30		Morbidelli	5	+3:45.5	4
10	33		Yamaha	5	+4:16.0	1
11	27		Rotax	5	+4:17.7
12	16		Yamaha	5	+4:29.0
13	31		Yamaha	5	+5:08.5
14	56		Maico	5	+5:17.5
15	58		Maico	5	+5:51.9
16	53		Maico	5	+6:19.2
17	46		Morbidelli	5	+7:06.4
18	63		Maico	5	+8:39.3
19	67		Maico	4	+1 lap
28 starters in total, 19 finishers
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50 cc classification[]

Czech rider .

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	3	31:42.4	15
2	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	3	+14.0	12
3	14	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	3	+51.3	10
4	9	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	3	+1:31.7	8
5	34	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	3	+1:32.3	6
6	3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	3	+1:32.9	5
7	48		Kreidler	3	+1:50.7	4
8	46		Kreidler	3	+2:04.9	3
9	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	3	+2:14.6	2
10	27		LGM	3	+2:53.3	1
11	40		Kreidler	3	+3:05.0
12	36		Kreidler	3	+3:05.2
13	44		Kreidler	3	+3:32.0
14	35		Kreidler	3	+3:35.8
15	13		Kreidler	3	+3:36.2
16	25		Morbidelli	3	+3:55.6
17	43		Kreidler	3	+3:57.7
18	51		Kreidler	3	+3:58.0
19	11	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	3	+3:58.3
20	23		Kreidler	3	+4:21.8
42 starters in total, 30 finishers
^[6]

Sidecar classification[]

Rolf Steinhausen and .

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	2		König	5	55:53.3	15
2	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-König	5	+1:54.8	12
3	12	George O'Dell	Yamaha	5	+2:26.7	10
4	3	Rolf Biland	Yamaha	5	+2:58.3	8
5	20		Yamaha	5	+3:28.7	6
6	36		König	5	+3:34.7	5
7	21		Yamaha	5	+3:53.6	4
8	34		Yamaha	5	+3:58.4	3
9	30		Aro	5	+4:58.2	2
10	43		König	5	+5:00.5	1
11	31		König	5	+5:00.9
12	18		British Magnum	5	+5:03.1
13	14		BMW	5	+5:04.6
14	40		Yamaha	5	+5:11.8
15	7		Yamaha	5	+5:31.5
40 starters in total, 27 finishers
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References[]

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
^ "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-26.

[2] "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[3] "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[4] "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.

[5] "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.

[motocourse-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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