1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Race details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 8 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 25 July 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Swedish TT[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Scandinavian Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
500 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
250 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 July 1976 at the Scandinavian Raceway.
500cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 48'20.730 | 15 | ||
2 | 10 | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | +34.178 | 12 | ||
3 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Suzuki | +34.232 | 10 | |||
4 | 4 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +34.869 | 8 | ||
5 | 42 | Colemans | Suzuki | +35.938 | 6 | |||
6 | 51 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | +37.350 | 5 | |||
7 | 20 | Víctor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | +46.690 | 4 | ||
8 | 12 | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +46.743 | 3 | |||
9 | 21 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | +1'16.116 | 2 | |||
10 | 8 | John Newbold | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'27.686 | 1 | ||
11 | 6 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | +1'37.841 [N 1] | |||
12 | 43 | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'41.837 | ||||
13 | 27 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | +1'43.146 | ||||
14 | 47 | Kaj Jensen | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
15 | 32 | Marco Lucchinelli | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
16 | 35 | Bo Granath | Husqvarna | +1 lap | ||||
17 | 34 | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
Ret | 14 | Dieter Braun | Suzuki | Brakes | ||||
Ret | ?? | Patrick Pons | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | Infection | |||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Sources: [5][6][7] |
- Footnotes
- ^ George was penalised one minute due to a false start.[4]
250 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 28 | 50:30.009 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 14 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 28 | +9.139 | 12 | |
3 | 25 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley-Davidson | 28 | +9.492 | 10 | |
4 | 50 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 28 | +11.776 | 1 | 8 |
5 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 28 | +12.058 | 6 | |
6 | 21 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 28 | +21.527 | 5 | |
7 | 19 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 28 | +21.839 | 4 | |
8 | 4 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 28 | +28.551 | 3 | |
9 | 22 | MZ | 28 | +48.142 | 5 | 2 | |
10 | 18 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 28 | +53.558 | 1 | |
11 | 51 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 28 | +58.790 | ||
12 | 31 | Henk van Kessel | Yamaha | 28 | +1:01.077 | ||
13 | 36 | Yamaha | 28 | +1:10.870 | |||
14 | 45 | Yamaha | 28 | +1:12.077 | |||
15 | 46 | Yamaha | 28 | +1:12.961 | |||
16 | 35 | Bo Granath | Yamaha | 28 | +1:28.767 | ||
17 | 34 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | |||
18 | 42 | SVH Yamsel | 27 | +1 lap | |||
Ret | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 3 | ||||
Ret | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 4 | ||||
Ret | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 6 | ||||
30 starters in total | |||||||
[7] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 26 | 48:33.424 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 16 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 26 | +25.720 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 1 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 26 | +38.692 | 4 | 10 |
4 | 3 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 26 | +38.743 | 6 | 8 |
5 | 7 | Henk van Kessel | AGV Condor | 26 | +51.714 | 3 | 6 |
6 | 24 | Gert Bender | Bender | 26 | +1:21.724 | 5 | |
7 | 30 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 25 | +1 lap | 4 | |
8 | 22 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 25 | +1 lap | 5 | 3 |
9 | 35 | Maico | 25 | +1 lap | 2 | ||
10 | 14 | Morbidelli | 25 | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 19 | Bastard | 25 | +1 lap | |||
12 | 29 | Syntema | 25 | +1 lap | |||
13 | 39 | Rolf Blatter | Maico | 25 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 17 | Hans Hummel | Morbidelli | 24 | +2 laps | ||
15 | 34 | Maico | 24 | +2 laps | |||
16 | 32 | Maico | 24 | +2 laps | |||
17 | 20 | Ulrich Graf | Yamaha | 24 | +2 laps | ||
18 | 40 | Maico | 23 | +3 laps | |||
19 | 26 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Morbidelli | 20 | +6 laps | ||
30 starters in total | |||||||
[7] |
50 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 16 | 32:09.392 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 20 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 16 | +1.023 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 5 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 16 | +15.115 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 4 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 16 | +47.953 | 8 | |
5 | 17 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 16 | +59.045 | 5 | 6 |
6 | 14 | Kreidler | 16 | +1:06.495 | 5 | ||
7 | 27 | Kreidler | 16 | +1:15.410 | 4 | ||
8 | 15 | Kreidler | 16 | +1:17.839 | 3 | ||
9 | 10 | Theo Timmer | Kreidler | 16 | +1:22.639 | 2 | |
10 | 26 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 16 | +1:27.531 | 1 | |
11 | 12 | Kreidler | 15 | +1 lap | |||
12 | 25 | Kreidler | 15 | +1 lap | |||
13 | 16 | Kreidler | 15 | +1 lap | |||
14 | 24 | Kreidler | 15 | +1 lap | |||
Ret | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 3 | ||||
Ret | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 6 | ||||
20 starters in total | |||||||
[7] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Anderstorp Raceway | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976–1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
- ^ "1976 Swedish MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motosportmagazine.com. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "motogp.com · SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976–1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
Categories:
- Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1976 MotoGP race reports
- 1976 in Swedish motorsport