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1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Belgium  1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 July 1977
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.100 km (8.761 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Philippe Coulon
Time 3:50.900
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Time 3:50.300
Podium
First United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Second United States Steve Baker
Third United States Pat Hennen
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa
Time 4:09.900
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa
Time 4:05.400
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa
Second Japan Takazumi Katayama
Third Italy Mario Lega
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 4:24.100
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 4:22.200
Podium
First Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Spain Ángel Nieto
Third West Germany Anton Mang
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 5:07.600
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 5:07.400
Podium
First Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Second West Germany Herbert Rittberger
Third Spain Ángel Nieto
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider West Germany Werner Schwärzel
Time 4:14.300
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Rolf Steinhausen
Time 4:13.500
Podium
First West Germany Werner Schwärzel
Second West Germany Rolf Steinhausen
Third United Kingdom 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.[5]

500cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 38'58.500 15
2 2 United States Steve Baker Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +11.300 12
3 3 United States Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +14.600 10
4 41 Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +15.600 8
5 11 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +17.500 6
6 27 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +25.800 5
7 19 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +33.000 4
8 1 Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Yamaha +36.800 3
9 26 Australia Jack Findlay Hermetite Racing International Suzuki +1'23.500 2
10 14 United Kingdom John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1'23.700 1
11 24 Italy Armando Toracca MC della Robbia Suzuki +1'32.000
12 17 Austria Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Suzuki +1'44.700
13 12 United Kingdom Dave Potter Ted Broad Suzuki +2'11.700
14 34 South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki +2'24.800
15 39 West Germany Harald Merkl Nava Kucera Racing Team Yamaha +2'27.000
16 35 West Germany Hans-Otto Buteneth Yamaha +3'06.400
17 53 Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki +3'13.400
18 6 Sweden Bo Granath Suzuki +3'31.800
19 54 Netherlands Willem Zoet Suzuki +3'32.900
20 37 West Germany Franz Heller Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing Suzuki +3'42.800
21 35 Finland Markku Matikainen Länsivuori Team Suzuki +1 lap
22 77 Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +2 laps
23 21 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +2 laps
24 20 New Zealand John Woodley Suzuki +3 laps
25 23 South Africa Alan North Wilddam Konserven Holland Suzuki +3 laps
Ret 18 Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret 17 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Italy Giovanni Rolando Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Austria Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Suzuki Retired
Ret 4 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Jean-Francois Baldé Yamaha Retired
Ret 6 United Kingdom John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Netherlands Kees van der Kruijs Yamaha Retired
Ret 43 West Germany Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Japan Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Belgium Hervé Regout Hervé Regout Yamaha Retired
Sources: [6][7][8]

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 6 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 6 31:12.2 3 15
2 21 Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 6 +0.5 4 12
3 1 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 6 +10.4 1 10
4 5 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 6 +30.8 2 8
5 52 Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 6 +54.8 5 6
6 19 Switzerland Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 6 +1:19.0 8 5
7 28 France Patrick Plisson ABF 6 +1:38.5 4
8 3 Spain Ramon Gali Derbi 6 +1:38.7 3
9 41 Belgium Pierre Dumont Kreidler 6 +1:49.9 2
10 18 Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 6 +1:51.0 1
11 33 Austria Otto Machinek Kreidler 6 +1:52.8
12 16 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Kreidler 6 +1:53.3
13 11 Netherlands Jaap Bosman Kreidler 6 +1:53.8 9
14 15 Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 6 +2:07.1
15 32 Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 6 +2:11.5 10
16 55 Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 6 +2:29.0
17 12 Netherlands Engelbert Kip Kreidler 6 +2:40.3
18 17 Germany Wolfgang Golembeck Kreidler 6 +2:40.7
19 37 Belgium Guido Delys Kreidler 6 +2:55.4
20 46 Belgium G. Muyters Kreidler 6 +3:14.0
Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler 6
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 7
36 starters in total, 27 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 23 Germany Werner Schwärzel Germany Andreas Huber Aro 10 42:52.0 1 15
2 24 Germany Rolf Steinhausen Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Busch-Yamaha 10 +21.5 3 12
3 8 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Cliff Holland Windle-Yamaha 10 +58.8 7 10
4 31 Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden Bengt Forsberg Windle-Yamaha 10 +1:05.0 9 8
5 9 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 10 +1:26.0 6 6
6 21 Germany Helmut Schilling Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 10 +1:27.7 5 5
7 30 Netherlands Cees Smit Netherlands Jan Smit König 10 +1:57.5 4
8 10 United Kingdom Mac Hobson United Kingdom Stu Collins Suzuki 10 +2:54.6 3
9 19 Germany Walter Ohrmann Germany Bernd Grube Yamaha 10 +3:19.1 2
10 15 Germany Ted Janssen Germany Erich Schmitz Colyam 10 +3:20.1 1
11 34 Belgium Marc Alexandre Belgium Paul Gerard Kova-König 10 +3:46.6
12 5 Switzerland Jean-François Monnin Switzerland Edouard Weber Seymaz-Yamaha 10 +4:13.8
13 18 Germany Heinz Luthringshauser Germany Helmut Hahn MKM 10 +4:21.5
14 17 Germany Gustav Pape Germany Franz Kellenberg König 10 +4:37.2
15 28 Netherlands Jaap Geerts Netherlands Jan van Veen König 9 +1 lap
Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 2
Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 4
Germany Siegfried Schauzu Germany Lorenzo Puzo Yamaha 8
France Alain Michel France Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
[6]

References

  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. ^ "1977 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Superstars of Speed", Classic Bike, Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, 2017
  6. ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  7. ^ "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  8. ^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.


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