1977 Dutch TT

1977 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 8 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 1977
Official name	Dutch TT 1977 Assen
Location	Circuit van Drenthe
Course	Permanent racing facility; 7.718 km (4.796 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:57.400
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	3:03.700
Podium
First	Wil Hartog
Second	Barry Sheene
Third	Pat Hennen
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	3:04.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	3:02.500
Podium
First	Kork Ballington
Second	Michel Rougerie
Third	Patrick Fernandez
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	3:08.400
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Uncini
Time	3:06.000
Podium
First	Mick Grant
Second	Franco Uncini
Third	Barry Ditchburn
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	3:16.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	3:16.400
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Harald Bartol
Third	Gert Bender
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	3:34.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	3:33.500
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Ricardo Tormo
Third	Herbert Rittberger
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	3:09.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	3:10.500
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second	Alain Michel
Third

The 1977 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1977 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen. Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed the victory.^[4]

Race winner Wil Hartog, carrying second placed Barry Sheene on his shoulders on the podium of the 500cc race.

500cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	30	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	52'35.400	15
2	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+5.900	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+10.500	10
4	5	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+10.900	8
5	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.600	6
6	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+12.100	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+18.200	4
8	21	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+20.300	3
9	17		MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+21.700	2
10	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+36.200	1
11	31	Jack Middelburg	Haags Motocentrum Team	Suzuki	+55.400
12	6	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+1'21.700
13	20			Suzuki	+1'46.800
14	24			Yamaha	+2'34.900
15	37			Suzuki	+3'02.800
16	25		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	27		MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1 lap
18	36			Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	42		Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Accident
Ret	12	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	15	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	17	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??				Retired
Ret	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??		MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: ^[5]^[6]^[7]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	16	49:25.3	5	15
2	15	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	16	+1.2	7	12
3	16	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	16	+1.7	1	10
4	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	16	+3.7	9	8
5	10	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	16	+39.1	6	6
6	24	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	16	+1:00.4	4	5
7	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	16	+1:07.7	10	4
8	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	16	+1:10.9		3
9	23	Alan North	Yamaha	16	+1:21.2	8	2
10	13	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+1:22.1		1
11	35	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	16	+1:27.9
12	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+1:31.2
13	17	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	16	+1:32.5
14	40	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	16	+1:32.6
15	27		Yamaha	16	+1:48.1
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			2
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			3
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
			Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
^[5]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	15	47:46.8	3	15
2	16	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	15	+8.6	4	12
3	21	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	15	+13.2	2	10
4	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	+17.8	5	8
5	14	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	15	+19.2	6	6
6	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+25.5		5
7	12	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	15	+37.5	7	4
8	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	15	+45.3		3
9	40		Yamaha	15	+1:09.6		2
10	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	15	+1:21.2	8	1
11	7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	15	+1:24.4
12	18	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	15	+1:28.3
13	22		Yamaha	15	+1:31.7
14	38	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	15	+1:46.2
15	26		Kawasaki	15	+1:46.5	10
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			9
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 20 finishers
^[5]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	46:29.1	2	15
2	25	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	14	+51.8	4	12
3	7	Gert Bender	Bender	14	+1:03.6	5	10
4	4	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	14	+1:04.0	6	8
5	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	14	+1:17.2	9	6
6	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	14	+1:24.1	8	5
7	13		Seel	14	+1:26.0	7	4
8	9	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	14	+2:00.1		3
9	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	+2:01.6	1	2
10	28		Morbidelli	14	+2:02.0		1
11	27	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	14	+2:03.2	12
12	11		Morbidelli	14	+2:08.4	11
13	12	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	14	+2:31.3
14	29		Morbidelli	14	+2:40.9
15	38		Morbidelli	14	+2:44.5
		Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			3
			Morbidelli			10
30 starters in total, 23 finishers
^[5]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	32:29.8	2	15
2	26	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	9	+26.9	3	12
3	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+48.9	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	9	+56.4	1	8
5	7	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	9	+58.6	7	6
6	9	Patrick Plisson	ABF	9	+1:19.7	6	5
7	16		Kreidler	9	+1:51.0	11	4
8	18		Kreidler	9	+1:51.1	9	3
9	8	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	9	+2:21.4		2
10	32		Kreidler	9	+2:21.5		1
11	17		Kreidler	9	+2:28.7
12	29		Hemeyla	9	+2:40.9	10
13	31		VGS	9	+2:51.0
14	15		Kreidler	9	+3:01.2
15	36		Kreidler	9	+3:02.2
			Kreidler			5
			Kreidler			8
		Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			12
29 starters in total, 16 finishers
^[5]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha	14	45:12.4	1	15
2	8	Alain Michel	Yamaha	14	+14.5	2	12
3	2		Aro	14	+1:00.6	3	10
4	19		Windle-Yamaha	14	+1:22.2	8	8
5	10		LCR-Yamaha	14	+1:23.7	7	6
6	6		Chell-Yamaha	14	+1:41.7	10	5
7	3		Schmid-Yamaha	14	+1:58.8	6	4
8	23		König	14	+2:09.0	5	3
9	5		Aro	14	+2:19.0	9	2
10	15		Yamaha	14	+2:46.0		1
11	17		Yamaha	14	+3:04.3
12	25		König	14	+3:12.4
		George O'Dell	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
25 starters in total, 14 finishers
^[5]

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