1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
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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[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | +1'32.000 | |||
12 | 17 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +1'44.700 | |||
13 | 12 | Dave Potter | Ted Broad | Suzuki | +2'11.700 | |||
14 | 34 | Leslie van Breda | Suzuki | +2'24.800 | ||||
15 | 39 | Harald Merkl | Nava Kucera Racing Team | Yamaha | +2'27.000 | |||
16 | 35 | Hans-Otto Buteneth | Yamaha | +3'06.400 | ||||
17 | 53 | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | +3'13.400 | ||||
18 | 6 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | +3'31.800 | ||||
19 | 54 | Willem Zoet | Suzuki | +3'32.900 | ||||
20 | 37 | Franz Heller | Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing | Suzuki | +3'42.800 | |||
21 | 35 | Markku Matikainen | Länsivuori Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
22 | 77 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
23 | 21 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
24 | 20 | John Woodley | 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 | ?? | Giovanni Rolando | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Karl Auer | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Jean-Francois Baldé | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 6 | John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Kees van der Kruijs | 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: [6][7][8] |
250 cc classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | Masahiro Wada | 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 | Jean-Claude Meilland | 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 | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | 10 | +1:45.6 | ||
16 | 69 | Pierluigi Conforti | Yamaha | 10 | +1:46.4 | ||
17 | 58 | Walter Hoffmann | 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 | Svend Andersson | Yamaha | 10 | +1:58.3 | ||
Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 5 | |||||
Alan North | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
36 starters in total, 25 finishers | |||||||
[6] |
125 cc classification
50 cc classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | Ramon Gali | Derbi | 6 | +1:38.7 | 3 | |
9 | 41 | Pierre Dumont | Kreidler | 6 | +1:49.9 | 2 | |
10 | 18 | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | 6 | +1:51.0 | 1 | |
11 | 33 | Otto Machinek | Kreidler | 6 | +1:52.8 | ||
12 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 6 | +1:53.3 | ||
13 | 11 | Jaap Bosman | Kreidler | 6 | +1:53.8 | 9 | |
14 | 15 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 6 | +2:07.1 | ||
15 | 32 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 6 | +2:11.5 | 10 | |
16 | 55 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 6 | +2:29.0 | ||
17 | 12 | Engelbert Kip | Kreidler | 6 | +2:40.3 | ||
18 | 17 | Wolfgang Golembeck | Kreidler | 6 | +2:40.7 | ||
19 | 37 | Guido Delys | 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 | |||||||
[6] |
Sidecar classification
References
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