1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1977
Official name	Grand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility; 14.120 km (8.774 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Philippe Coulon
Time	3:50.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	3:50.300
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Steve Baker
Third	Pat Hennen
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	4:09.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	4:05.400
Podium
First	Walter Villa
Second	Takazumi Katayama
Third	Mario Lega
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	4:24.100
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	4:22.200
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Ángel Nieto
Third	Anton Mang
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	5:07.600
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	5:07.400
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second	Herbert Rittberger
Third	Ángel Nieto
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider
Time	4:14.300
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Steinhausen
Time	4:13.500
Podium
First
Second	Rolf Steinhausen
Third	George O'Dell

The 1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1977 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Barry Sheene won the race with an average speed of 135.0 mph making it the fastest motorcycle Grand Prix in history.^[4]

500cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	38'58.500	15
2	2	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.300	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.600	10
4	41	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+15.600	8
5	11	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+17.500	6
6	27	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+25.800	5
7	19	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+33.000	4
8	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+36.800	3
9	26	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'23.500	2
10	14	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1'23.700	1
11	24		MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1'32.000
12	17		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1'44.700
13	12	Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	+2'11.700
14	34			Suzuki	+2'24.800
15	39		Nava Kucera Racing Team	Yamaha	+2'27.000
16	35			Yamaha	+3'06.400
17	53			Suzuki	+3'13.400
18	6	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+3'31.800
19	54			Suzuki	+3'32.900
20	37		Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+3'42.800
21	35		Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
22	77		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
23	21	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+2 laps
24	20			Suzuki	+3 laps
25	23	Alan North	Wilddam Konserven Holland	Suzuki	+3 laps
Ret	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	17	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	6	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Takazumi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Yamaha	Retired
Sources: ^[5]^[6]^[7]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	10	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	10	41:24.9	1	15
2	32	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	10	+19.2	8	12
3	66	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	10	+27.2	3	10
4	34		Kawasaki	10	+39.2	10	8
5	35	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	10	+43.3	4	6
6	1	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	10	+55.0		5
7	9	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	10	+58.0	2	4
8	22	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	10	+1:04.5		3
9	6	Tom Herron	Yamaha	10	+1:12.2		2
10	4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	10	+1:12.7		1
11	3	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	10	+1:12.9
12	74		Yamaha	10	+1:13.1
13	7	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	10	+1:22.3
14	5	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	10	+1:41.3	7
15	21		Yamaha	10	+1:45.6
16	69	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	10	+1:46.4
17	58		Yamaha	10	+1:54.7
18	20	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	10	+1:57.5
19	60	O. Liegeois	Yamaha	10	+1:57.7
20	11		Yamaha	10	+1:58.3
		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
		Alan North	Yamaha			6
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
^[5]

125 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	10	44:22.9	1	15
2	6	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	+13.6	3	12
3	20	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	10	+26.7	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+33.7	6	8
5	3	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	10	+1:11.3	9	6
6	45		Morbidelli	10	+1:18.2		5
7	32	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+1:25.5	7	4
8	16	Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:25.9	5	3
9	25	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+1:37.4		2
10	8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	10	+1:38.6		1
11	41	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+1:39.5	8
12	35	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	10	+1:40.1
13	28	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	10	+2:05.7
14	17		DRS	10	+2:06.3
15	12	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:17.3
16	27		Morbidelli	10	+2:55.5
17	2		Morbidelli	10	+3:01.9
18	30		Morbidelli	10	+3:02.2
19	44	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	10	+3:11.2	10
20	21		Morbidelli	10	+3:16.8
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
^[5]

50 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	31:12.2	3	15
2	21	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	+0.5	4	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+10.4	1	10
4	5	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	+30.8	2	8
5	52	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	6	+54.8	5	6
6	19	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	6	+1:19.0	8	5
7	28	Patrick Plisson	ABF	6	+1:38.5		4
8	3		Derbi	6	+1:38.7		3
9	41		Kreidler	6	+1:49.9		2
10	18		Kreidler	6	+1:51.0		1
11	33		Kreidler	6	+1:52.8
12	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6	+1:53.3
13	11		Kreidler	6	+1:53.8	9
14	15		Kreidler	6	+2:07.1
15	32	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	6	+2:11.5	10
16	55		Kreidler	6	+2:29.0
17	12		Kreidler	6	+2:40.3
18	17		Kreidler	6	+2:40.7
19	37		Kreidler	6	+2:55.4
20	46	G. Muyters	Kreidler	6	+3:14.0
		Theo Timmer	Kreidler			6
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			7
36 starters in total, 27 finishers
^[5]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23		Aro	10	42:52.0	1	15
2	24	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-Yamaha	10	+21.5	3	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Windle-Yamaha	10	+58.8	7	10
4	31		Windle-Yamaha	10	+1:05.0	9	8
5	9		Chell-Yamaha	10	+1:26.0	6	6
6	21		Aro	10	+1:27.7	5	5
7	30		König	10	+1:57.5		4
8	10		Suzuki	10	+2:54.6		3
9	19		Yamaha	10	+3:19.1		2
10	15	Ted Janssen	Colyam	10	+3:20.1		1
11	34		Kova-König	10	+3:46.6
12	5		Seymaz-Yamaha	10	+4:13.8
13	18		MKM	10	+4:21.5
14	17		König	10	+4:37.2
15	28		König	9	+1 lap
		Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha			2
			LCR-Yamaha			4
			Yamaha			8
		Alain Michel	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
^[5]

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. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Superstars of Speed", Classic Bike, Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
^ "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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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. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[3] "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[4] "Superstars of Speed", Classic Bike, Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, 2017

[motocourse-5] Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[6] "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[7] "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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