1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

1976 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the; 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 1976
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.245 km (3.259 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Giacomo Agostini
Time	2:08.080
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene; Phil Read
Time	2:07.600
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Phil Read
Third	Virginio Ferrari
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	John Dodds
Time	2:10.670
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	2:10.600
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Franco Uncini
Third	John Dodds
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	2:12.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	2:11.800
Podium
First	Walter Villa
Second	Takazumi Katayama
Third	Pentti Korhonen
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:18.640
Fastest lap
Rider	Otello Buscherini
Time	2:18.300
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Paolo Pileri
Third	Ángel Nieto
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	2:34.730
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	2:32.200
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Rudolf Kunz

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

500cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1:02'35.500	15
2	2	Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	+0.100	12
3	28	Virginio Ferrari	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+53.000	10
4	4	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+53.500	8
5	54	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'39.300	6
6	27		Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'45.300	5
7	32		Colemans	Suzuki	+1'50.700	4
8	40	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	30	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10	41			Yamaha	+1 laps	1
11	57		Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+2 laps
Ret	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	10	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	12		Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	20	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	25			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	33	Víctor Palomo	Swaep Motor Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??		Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	51	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	55	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Victor Soussan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	44		Goias Swaep Motor	Yamaha	Retired
DNS	??			Harley-Davidson	Did not start
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	25	55:01.8	8	15
2	14	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+30.5	3	12
3	65	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+33.4	1	10
4	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+36.2	9	8
5	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+37.0	11	6
6	77	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	25	+37.5	17	5
7	73	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	25	+37.7	2	4
8	76	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	25	+1:00.6	19	3
9	23		Yamaha	25	+1:06.3	10	2
10	70	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+1:11.3		1
11	35		Yamaha	25	+1:19.2
12	24	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	25	+1:21.2	13
13	59	Alan North	Yamaha	25	+1:39.3
14	21		Yamaha	25	+2:10.3
15	34		Yamaha	24	+1 lap	12
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			4
Ret		^{[N 1]}	Yamaha	1	Fatal accident	5
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			6
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			7
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			14
Ret			Yamaha			15
Ret			Yamaha			16
Ret			Yamaha			18
Ret		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total
^[4]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	23	51:43.3	1	15
2	25	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	23	+21.8	13	12
3	19	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	23	+37.9	3	10
4	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	23	+1:00.1	10	8
5	48	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	23	+1:01.4	9	6
6	9	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	23	+1:15.8		5
7	23	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:21.9		4
8	36		Yamaha	23	+1:28.3		3
9	11	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:40.9	16	2
10	66		Yamaha	23	+1:41.2		1
11	35	Mario Lega	Yamaha	23	+1:44.1	15
12	32		Yamaha	23	+1:46.1	18
13	45	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	23	+1:59.7	2
14	15	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	29		Yamaha	22	+1 lap
16	52		Harley-Davidson	22	+1 lap
17	50		Yamaha	22	+1 lap
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Harley-Davidson			6
Ret		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			7
Ret		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			8
Ret			Yamaha			11
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			12
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			14
Ret			Yamaha			17
Ret		Otello Buscherini ^{[N 1]}	Yamaha	6	Fatal accident	19
Ret		Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson			20
30 starters in total
^[4]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	20	46:54.2	1	15
2	22	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+24.7	2	12
3	12	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:05.3	12	10
4	33	Henk van Kessel	Condor	19	+1 lap	10	8
5	34	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	7	6
6	39		Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	11	5
7	23		Harley-Davidson	19	+1 lap	15	4
8	28	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha Italjet	19	+1 lap	13	3
9	10		Yamaha	19	+1 lap		2
10	18		Maico	19	+1 lap		1
11	20	Hans Müller	Yamaha	18	+2 laps
Ret		Otello Buscherini	Malanca			3
Ret			Maico			4
Ret			Malanca			5
Ret		Stefan Dörflinger	Malanca			6
Ret		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			8
Ret			Yamaha			9
Ret			DRS			14
30 starters in total
^[4]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	12	30:49.9	1	15
2	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	12	+24.9	2	12
3	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+32.8	4	10
4	14	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	12	+40.7	3	8
5	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+56.9	5	6
6	23	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+1:25.1		5
7	34		Derbi MGM	12	+1:34.6		4
8	11		Derbi	12	+1:38.5		3
9	42		ABF	12	+1:39.5	6	2
10	12		Kreidler	12	+1:43.9		1
11	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	12	+1:44.1
12	8		Kreidler	12	+1:45.0	10
13	29		MTK	12	+1:45.1	7
14	36		Kreidler	12	+2:33.9	15
15	41		Kreidler	11	+1 lap	9
16	33		Ringhini	11	+1 lap
17	38		Derbi	11	+1 lap
18	32		Tomos	11	+1 lap
19	26		Kreidler	11	+1 lap
20	43		Derbi	11	+1 lap
Ret			Kreidler			8
Ret			Derbi			11
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Villa			12
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			13
Ret			Kreidler			14
29 starters in total
^[4]

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