1977 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 12 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 7 August 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix ČSSR[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Brno Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. This would turn out to be 15-time World Champion Giacomo Agostini's last podium in Grand Prix racing.
500cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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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 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +2'37.910 | 3 | ||
9 | 43 | Franz Rau | 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 | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | +3'45.630 | ||||
13 | 29 | Franz Heller | Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
14 | 21 | Roland Freymond | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
15 | 17 | Jean-Marc Toffolo | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
16 | 40 | Adelio Faccioli | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
17 | 45 | Hans Braumandl | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
18 | 19 | Giorgio Gatti | Yamaha | +2 laps | ||||
19 | 28 | Michael Schmid | 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 | ?? | Werner Nenning | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 26 | Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 20 | Giovanni Rolando | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 25 | Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Ret | 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Giuseppe Consalvi | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 27 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 8 | Jack Findlay | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 11 | Karl Auer | MSC Rottenberg | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Ret | 18 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 30 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 48 | Harald Merkl | Nava Kucera Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 43 | Ron Kirkham | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 43 | Odd Arne Lände | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | 35 | Hans-Otto Buteneth | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 35 | Bohumil Stasa | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
350 cc classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | Jean-Claude Hogrel | Yamaha | 14 | +1:59.51 | ||
13 | 47 | Peter Balaz | Yamaha | 14 | +3:09.06 | 17 | |
14 | 46 | Alex George | Yamaha | 14 | +3:10.24 | ||
15 | 33 | Børge Nielsen | 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 | Grund Hartmann | Yamaha | 13 | +1 lap | ||
19 | 11 | Franz Rau | Yamaha | 13 | +1 lap | ||
20 | 24 | Franz Meier | Yamaha | 13 | +1 lap | ||
21 | 39 | Georg Gatti | Yamaha | 13 | +1 lap | ||
Pekka Nurmi | 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 |
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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 | Peter Balaz | Jawa | 13 | +1:30.78 | 14 | |
15 | 18 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 13 | +1:45.99 | 13 | |
16 | 33 | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | 13 | +1:46.63 | ||
17 | 25 | Sauro Pazzaglia | Yamaha | 13 | +3:10.10 | ||
18 | 42 | István Holmár | Yamaha | 13 | +3:10.94 | ||
19 | 43 | János Vlaszati | Yamaha | 13 | +3:19.70 | ||
20 | 28 | Edi Stöllinger | Yamaha | 13 | +3:46.86 | ||
21 | 44 | Ryszard Mankiewitz | Yamaha | 13 | +4:11.19 | ||
22 | 50 | Oldrich Kába | Jawa | 12 | +1 lap | ||
23 | 45 | Ondrej Szymanski | Yamaha | 12 | +1 lap | ||
Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 10 | |||||
Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 18 | |||||
43 starters in total | |||||||
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Sidecar classification
References
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