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1977 Dutch TT

Netherlands  1977 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 8 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date25 June 1977
Official nameDutch TT 1977 Assen[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit van Drenthe
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Time 2:57.400
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Time 3:03.700
Podium
First Netherlands Wil Hartog
Second United Kingdom Barry Sheene
Third United States Pat Hennen
350cc
Pole position
Rider France Patrick Fernandez
Time 3:04.500
Fastest lap
Rider France Patrick Fernandez
Time 3:02.500
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington
Second France Michel Rougerie
Third France Patrick Fernandez
250cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Alan North
Time 3:08.400
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Uncini
Time 3:06.000
Podium
First United Kingdom Mick Grant
Second Italy Franco Uncini
Third United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 3:16.500
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 3:16.400
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto
Second Austria Harald Bartol
Third West Germany Gert Bender
50cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 3:34.900
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 3:33.500
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto
Second Spain Ricardo Tormo
Third West Germany Herbert Rittberger
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 3:09.200
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 3:10.500
Podium
First Switzerland Rolf Biland
Second France Alain Michel
Third West Germany Werner Schwärzel

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 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 52'35.400 15
2 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +5.900 12
3 3 United States Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +10.500 10
4 5 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +10.900 8
5 32 United States Steve Baker Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +11.600 6
6 4 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki +12.100 5
7 2 Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +18.200 4
8 21 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +20.300 3
9 17 Italy Armando Toracca MC della Robbia Suzuki +21.700 2
10 18 Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +36.200 1
11 31 Netherlands Jack Middelburg Haags Motocentrum Team Suzuki +55.400
12 6 United Kingdom John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki +1'21.700
13 20 Italy Giovanni Rolando Suzuki +1'46.800
14 24 Australia Warren Willing Yamaha +2'34.900
15 37 South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki +3'02.800
16 25 Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
17 27 Austria Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Suzuki +1 lap
18 36 Netherlands Piet van der Wal Yamaha +1 lap
Ret 42 New Zealand Stuart Avant Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Netherlands Willem Zoet Suzuki Accident
Ret 12 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Retired
Ret 15 France Christian Estrosi Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki Accident
Ret 11 Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Franz Rau Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret 17 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? United Kingdom Dave Potter Ted Broad Suzuki Retired
Ret 43 West Germany Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Netherlands Dick Alblas König Retired
Ret 9 United Kingdom John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki Retired
DNS ?? Austria Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[5][6][7]

350 cc classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 9 32:29.8 2 15
2 26 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 9 +26.9 3 12
3 2 Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 9 +48.9 4 10
4 4 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 9 +56.4 1 8
5 7 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 9 +58.6 7 6
6 9 France Patrick Plisson ABF 9 +1:19.7 6 5
7 16 Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 9 +1:51.0 11 4
8 18 Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 9 +1:51.1 9 3
9 8 Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 9 +2:21.4 2
10 32 Netherlands Peter Looyestein Kreidler 9 +2:21.5 1
11 17 Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 9 +2:28.7
12 29 Netherlands Ton Koojiman Hemeyla 9 +2:40.9 10
13 31 Netherlands Theo van Geffen VGS 9 +2:51.0
14 15 Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 9 +3:01.2
15 36 Belgium Pierre Dumont Kreidler 9 +3:02.2
Netherlands Jaap Bosman Kreidler 5
Netherlands Engelbert Kip Kreidler 8
Switzerland Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 12
29 starters in total, 16 finishers
[5]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 14 45:12.4 1 15
2 8 France Alain Michel France Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 14 +14.5 2 12
3 2 Germany Werner Schwärzel Germany Andreas Huber Aro 14 +1:00.6 3 10
4 19 Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden Eric Wickström Windle-Yamaha 14 +1:22.2 8 8
5 10 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 14 +1:23.7 7 6
6 6 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 14 +1:41.7 10 5
7 3 Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Petit Matille Schmid-Yamaha 14 +1:58.8 6 4
8 23 Netherlands Cees Smit Netherlands Jan Smit König 14 +2:09.0 5 3
9 5 Germany Helmut Schilling Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 14 +2:19.0 9 2
10 15 United Kingdom Mac Hobson United Kingdom Stu Collins Yamaha 14 +2:46.0 1
11 17 Germany Siegfried Schauzu Germany Lorenzo Puzo Yamaha 14 +3:04.3
12 25 Germany Max Venus Germany Norman Bittermann König 14 +3:12.4
United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 4
25 starters in total, 14 finishers
[5]

References

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  2. ^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ^ "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ^ "MotoGP Preview: The 76th Dutch TT". Superbikeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  6. ^ "1977 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.


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