The 1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1976 at the Imatra circuit. Pat Hennen won the race to become the first American to win a motorcycle Grand Prix.[2]
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Race 9 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1 August 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Imatranajo[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Imatra Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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500cc classification
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 28 | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | 48'27.000 | 15 | ||
2 | 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +23.000 | 12 | ||
3 | 22 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | +33.400 | 10 | |||
4 | 6 | John Newbold | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +33.800 | 8 | ||
5 | 30 | Marco Lucchinelli | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +34.500 | 6 | ||
6 | 10 | Dieter Braun | Suzuki | +50.800 | 5 | |||
7 | 5 | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | +1'13.500 | 4 | ||
8 | 21 | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | +1'58.600 | 3 | |||
9 | 18 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | 9 | Karl Auer | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 16 | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
12 | 41 | Rob Bron | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
13 | 31 | Børge Nielsen | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
14 | 36 | Kimmo Kopra | Yamaha | +2 laps | ||||
15 | 44 | Bo Granath | Yamaha | +11 laps | ||||
Ret | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Suzuki | Brakes | |||
Ret | 11 | Wilf Herron | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Johnny Bengtsson | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Etienne Geeraerd | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Risto Makinen | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Johnny Bengtsson | Stigefetts Motor | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 28 | Virginio Ferrari | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | 32 | Stuart Avant | Colemans | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | 8 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | Accident | |||
Ret | 43 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Ret | 27 | Marcel Ankoné | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | Brakes | |||
Ret | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Ari Heikkila | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 44 | Edmar Ferreira | Goias Swaep Motor | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Ret | 11 | Charlie Dobson | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | 17 | Takazumi Katayama | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | Retired | |||
Sources: [3][4][5] |
350 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 19 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 20 | 47:49.1 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 4 | Dieter Braun | Morbidelli | 20 | +26.2 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 8 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 20 | +27.0 | 6 | 10 |
4 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 20 | +29.6 | 3 | 8 |
5 | 16 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 20 | +39.0 | 6 | |
6 | 7 | Gérard Choukroun | Yamaha | 20 | +39.8 | 5 | |
7 | 31 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 20 | +42.0 | 4 | |
8 | 9 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 20 | +43.4 | 3 | |
9 | 21 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 20 | +43.8 | 2 | |
10 | 27 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 20 | +57.7 | 1 | |
11 | 17 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 20 | +1:01.5 | ||
12 | 14 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 20 | +1:13.6 | ||
13 | 29 | Marcel Ankoné | Yamaha | 20 | +1:16.9 | ||
14 | 15 | Karl Auer | Yamaha | 20 | +1:34.4 | ||
15 | 33 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 20 | +1:43.3 | ||
16 | 37 | Timo Marala | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | ||
Ret | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley-Davidson | 4 | ||||
Ret | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 5 | ||||
21 starters in total | |||||||
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250 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 19 | 46:45.4 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 25 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 19 | +33.9 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 21 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley-Davidson | 19 | +43.8 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 14 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 19 | +44.2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | 10 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 19 | +49.1 | 6 | |
6 | 2 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 19 | +51.5 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 12 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 19 | +1:21.8 | 4 | |
8 | 27 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 19 | +1:35.5 | 3 | |
9 | 32 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 19 | +1:43.3 | 2 | |
10 | 19 | Henk van Kessel | Yamaha | 19 | +1:55.5 | 1 | |
11 | 17 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 19 | +1:55.8 | ||
12 | 41 | Etienne Geeraerd | Yamaha | 19 | +2:19.6 | ||
13 | 28 | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 40 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 29 | Peter Balaz | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | ||
Ret | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 6 | ||||
21 starters in total | |||||||
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125 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 18 | 46:27.8 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 14 | Gert Bender | Bender | 18 | +53.5 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 4 | Henk van Kessel | AGV Condor | 18 | +54.5 | 10 | |
4 | 29 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:11.3 | 5 | 8 |
5 | 1 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:17.7 | 3 | 6 |
6 | 22 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:44.8 | 6 | 5 |
7 | 26 | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:47.7 | 4 | |
8 | 18 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:14.2 | 3 | |
9 | 11 | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:15.7 | 2 | |
10 | 3 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:36.9 | 1 | |
11 | 21 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:37.3 | ||
12 | 12 | Hans Hallberg | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 16 | Xaver Tschannen | Maico | 17 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 7 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 19 | Hans Hummel | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 31 | Per Zachrisson | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 35 | Matti Mäkilä | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 37 | Jaakko Koskinen | Yamaha | 17 | +1 lap | ||
19 | 9 | Peter Frohnmeyer | DRS | 16 | +2 laps | ||
Ret | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 2 | ||||
20 starters in total | |||||||
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50 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Kreidler | 11 | 33:44.2 | 3 | 15 |
2 | 12 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 11 | +6.7 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 11 | +32.8 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 5 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 11 | +1:00.7 | 6 | 8 |
5 | 8 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 11 | +1:30.2 | 6 | |
6 | 10 | Theo Timmer | Kreidler | 11 | +1:33.3 | 5 | |
7 | 17 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 11 | +1:34.9 | 4 | |
8 | 15 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 11 | +2:09.6 | 3 | |
9 | 14 | Gerrit Strikker | Kreidler | 11 | +2:14.9 | 2 | |
10 | 20 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 11 | +2:17.8 | 1 | |
11 | 16 | Juup Bosman | Kreidler | 11 | +2:30.4 | 1 | |
12 | 11 | Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 11 | +2:36.5 | ||
13 | 12 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | ABF | 11 | +2:39.5 | ||
14 | 19 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 11 | +3:03.0 | ||
15 | 18 | Robert Laver | Kreidler | 10 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 29 | Pierre Audry | ABF | 10 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 27 | Oscar Ekstrand | Delta | 10 | +1 lap | ||
Ret | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 1 | ||||
Ret | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 5 | ||||
21 starters in total | |||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Pat Hennen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "1976 Finnish MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 113. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.