1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 May 1977
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 6.789 km (4.218 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:14.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:14.400
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Pat Hennen
Third	Steve Baker
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	2:16.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Giacomo Agostini
Time	2:21.800
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Giacomo Agostini
Third	Olivier Chevallier
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider
Time	2:26.9
Fastest lap
Rider
Time	2:28.000
Podium
First	Christian Sarron
Second
Third	Franco Uncini
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	2:33.000
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:45.400
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Anton Mang
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:27.000
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:36.300
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second
Third	George O'Dell

The 1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 May 1977 at the Hockenheimring circuit.

500cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	45'36.100	15
2	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+9.600	12
3	2	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+18.200	10
4	16	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+27.400	8
5	6	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+27.900	6
6	45	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+48.400	5
7	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+51.400	4
8	49	Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	+1'10.300	3
9	28		MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	+1'13.200	2
10	58	Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	+1'14.300	1
11	42		Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+1'14.600
12	32	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1'38.400
13	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'50.000
14	10	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'55.900
15	5	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+2'43.500
16	20	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	??			Suzuki	+1 lap
18	??			Suzuki	+1 lap
19	48		Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
20	48		Nava Kucera Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
21	??		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
22	??		Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
23	??	Kaj Jensen		Yamaha	+1 lap
24	??			Yamaha	+1 lap
25	??	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
26	??			Yamaha	+2 laps
27	??	Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Suzuki	+2 laps
28	??		Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
29	??			Yamaha	+2 laps
30	12	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??		Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??		MC della Robbia	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??			Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??			Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??		MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??			Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??				Did not start
DNS	10		Pullshaw	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	10	Carlo Perugini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

350 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	20	48:28.8		15
2	9	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	20	+15.1		12
3	10	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+15.5		10
4	56	Alan North	Yamaha	20	+18.9	1	8
5	51		Yamaha	20	+35.5		6
6	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+42.8	6	5
7	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	+47.0	4	4
8	54	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	20	+52.9		3
9	17	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	20	+57.4	5	2
10	46		Yamaha	20	+1:00.7	7	1
11	24	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	20	+1:10.2
12	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+1:10.5	10
13	27		Yamaha	20	+1:18.1
14	47	John Newbold	Yamaha	20	+1:18.6
15	57		Yamaha	20	+1:29.7
			Yamaha			2
		Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			3
		John Dodds	Yamaha			8
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			9
45 starters in total, 30 finishers
^[4]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	62	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	19	49:33.0		15
2	54		Kawasaki	19	+0.1	1	12
3	69	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	19	+45.3	6	10
4	70	Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha	19	+1:00.5		8
5	36		Yamaha	19	+1:02.5		6
6	59	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	19	+1:02.7		5
7	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	19	+1:02.9	4	4
8	51	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	19	+1:07.1	8	3
9	71	Alan North	Yamaha	19	+1:27.2		2
10	53	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	19	+1:43.5	3	1
11	34	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	19	+1:46.8
12	63		Yamaha	19	+1:56.5
13	64	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	19	+2:07.5
14	46		Yamaha	19	+2:31.5
15	50		Yamaha	18	+1 lap
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			2
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			5
		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			7
			Kawasaki			9
			Yamaha			10
45 starters in total, 27 finishers
^[4]

125 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	17	48:41.1	2	15
2	42	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	17	+16.6	1	12
3	2	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	17	+51.5	5	10
4	52		Morbidelli	17	+51.8		8
5	4	Gert Bender	Bender	17	+1:22.1	4	6
6	55	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	17	+1:22.8	3	5
7	38	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	17	+1:30.2	7	4
8	32	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	17	+2:02.5		3
9	48	Jan Huberts	Morbidelli	17	+2:03.4		2
10	35		Morbidelli	17	+2:06.1		1
11	36		Morbidelli	17	+2:09.7
12	6		Bender	17	+2:45.6
13	8		Morbidelli	17	+2:47.2
14	29		Morbidelli	17	+2:50.8
15	53	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	17	+4:00.0
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
		Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			8
		János Drapál	Morbidelli			9
		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			10
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
^[4]

50 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	11	35:16.7	4	15
2	45	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	11	+4.3	2	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	11	+42.3	1	10
4	8	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	11	+1:17.8	8	8
5	10		Kreidler	11	+1:53.5		6
6	16		Kreidler	11	+2:10.2		5
7	52	Patrick Plisson	ABF	11	+2:33.7	9	4
8	48		Kreidler	11	+2:42.4		3
9	12		Kreidler	11	+3:01.0	10	2
10	30		ABF	11	+3:13.1		1
11	54	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	10	+1 lap	3
12	33		Kreidler	10	+1 lap
13	35		Kreidler	10	+1 lap
14	42		Kreidler	10	+1 lap
15	17		Kreidler	10	+1 lap
		Ulrich Graf	Kreidler			5
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			6
		Hans Müller	Kreidler			7
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
^[4]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland		Schmid-Yamaha	18	52:34.5	1	15
2	22			König	18	+28.4	10	12
3	8	George O'Dell		Windle-Yamaha	18	+43.1	4	10
4	29			LCR-Yamaha	18	+58.2	5	8
5	6			Aro	18	+59.7	7	6
6	1	Rolf Steinhausen		Busch-König	18	+1:16.8	8	5
7	9	Alain Michel		Yamaha	18	+1:48.3	2	4
8	5		"Schimanski"	Yamaha	18	+1:54.6		3
9	11	Ted Janssen		Colyam	18	+2:06.2		2
10	39			König	17	+1 lap		1
				Schmid-Yamaha			3
				Aro			6
				Chell-Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 15 finishers
^[4]

References[]

^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
^ "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 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. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

[2] "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[3] "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[motocourse-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[5] "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[6] "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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