1977 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 August 1977
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 10.920 km (6.785 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	3:29.710
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	3:29.690
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Giacomo Agostini
Third	Michel Rougerie
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	3:40.360
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	3:39.900
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Tom Herron
Third	Christian Sarron
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini
Time	3:50.970
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	3:46.890
Podium
First	Franco Uncini
Second	Walter Villa
Third	Mario Lega
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider
Time	3:51.300
Fastest lap
Rider
Time	3:50.960
Podium
First	Rolf Steinhausen
Second
Third	George O'Dell

The 1977 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 August 1977 at the Brno circuit.

500cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	11	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	53'21.530	15
2	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+25.680	12
3	49	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+47.850	10
4	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+54.690	8
5	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1'34.180	6
6	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+1'51.740	5
7	24	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+2'03.470	4
8	16		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+2'37.910	3
9	43			Suzuki	+3'11.860	2
10	18	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+3'13.140	1
11	14	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+3'33.160
12	20			Suzuki	+3'45.630
13	29		Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	21	Roland Freymond		Yamaha	+1 lap
15	17			Yamaha	+1 lap
16	40			Yamaha	+1 lap
17	45		Team Nava Olio Fiat	Yamaha	+1 lap
18	19	Giorgio Gatti		Yamaha	+2 laps
19	28		Racing Team Albatros	Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	41	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	18	Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	26		MC della Robbia	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	20			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	25	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	27	Bo Granath		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	11		MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	30		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	48		Nava Kucera Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	43			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	43			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	35			Yamaha	Retired
Ret	35	Bohumil Stasa		Yamaha	Retired
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

350 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	14	51:51.38	1	15
2	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	14	+54.72	4	12
3	22	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	14	+1:05.52	5	10
4	14	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	14	+1:10.00	14	8
5	6	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	14	+1:13.36	11	6
6	32	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	14	+1:13.86	13	5
7	12	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	14	+1:38.32	7	4
8	28	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	14	+1:41.58	2	3
9	23	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	14	+1:50.01		2
10	16	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	14	+1:53.54	12	1
11	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	14	+1:57.94	15
12	34		Yamaha	14	+1:59.51
13	47		Yamaha	14	+3:09.06	17
14	46	Alex George	Yamaha	14	+3:10.24
15	33		Yamaha	14	+3:31.89
16	43	Jack Findlay	Yamaha	14	+3:50.54
17	26	Bo Granath	Yamaha	14	+3:51.07
18	36		Yamaha	13	+1 lap
19	11		Yamaha	13	+1 lap
20	24	Franz Meier	Yamaha	13	+1 lap
21	39		Yamaha	13	+1 lap
			Yamaha			3
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			6
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			8
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			9
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			10
		Alan North	Yamaha			16
45 starters in total
^[4]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	13	49:58.89	1	15
2	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	13	+0.41	2	12
3	29	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	13	+23.84	3	10
4	15	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	13	+25.45	4	8
5	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	13	+25.91	19	6
6	22	Alan North	Yamaha	13	+56.98	7	5
7	16	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	13	+1:01.50	15	4
8	12	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	13	+1:03.46	17	3
9	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	13	+1:04.12	16	2
10	40	Guy Bertin	Yamaha	13	+1:04.81	12	1
11	41	János Drapál	Yamaha	13	+1:13.22	11
12	34	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	13	+1:19.57	5
13	11	John Dodds	Yamaha	13	+1:24.75
14	8		Jawa	13	+1:30.78	14
15	18	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	13	+1:45.99	13
16	33		Yamaha	13	+1:46.63
17	25		Yamaha	13	+3:10.10
18	42		Yamaha	13	+3:10.94
19	43		Yamaha	13	+3:19.70
20	28		Yamaha	13	+3:46.86
21	44		Yamaha	13	+4:11.19
22	50		Jawa	12	+1 lap
23	45		Yamaha	12	+1 lap
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			6
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			8
			Yamaha			9
		Mick Grant	Kawasaki			10
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			18
43 starters in total
^[4]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen		Busch-Yamaha	12	48:01.58	4	15
2	5			Yamaha	12	+45.13	5	12
3	8	George O'Dell		Windle-Yamaha	12	+46.14	9	10
4	4	Rolf Biland		Schmid-Yamaha	12	+1:29.20	7	8
5	12			Suzuki	12	+1:56.57		6
6	7			Chell-Yamaha	12	+1:56.82	11	5
7	6			Aro	12	+2:46.24	3	4
8	17			König	12	+3:17.30		3
9	21			MKM	11	+1 lap		2
10	15			König	11	+1 lap		1
11	27			Rotax	11	+1 lap
12	32		"Agner"	Yamaha	11	+1 lap
13	18			Yamaha	11	+1 lap
14	33			König	8	+4 laps
15	3			Schmid-Yamaha	7	+5 laps	2
				Aro			1
		Alain Michel		Yamaha			6
				Windle-Yamaha			8
			"Tschunko"	LCR-Yamaha			10
				König			12
26 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 29 December 2018.
^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
^ "1977 Czechoslovakian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 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 29 December 2018.

[2] "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

[3] "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

[motocourse-4] Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[5] "1977 Czechoslovakian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

[6] "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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