1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

  1976 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 May 1976
Official nameGran Premio delle Nazioni[1]
LocationAutodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Giacomo Agostini Suzuki
Time 2:08.080
Fastest lap
Rider Barry Sheene
Phil Read		 Suzuki
Suzuki
Time 2:07.600
Podium
First Barry Sheene Suzuki
Second Phil Read Suzuki
Third Virginio Ferrari Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider John Dodds Yamaha
Time 2:10.670
Fastest lap
Rider Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Time 2:10.600
Podium
First Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Second Franco Uncini Yamaha
Third John Dodds Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:12.200
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:11.800
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
Third Pentti Korhonen Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 2:18.640
Fastest lap
Rider Otello Buscherini Malanca
Time 2:18.300
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Second Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
Third Ángel Nieto Bultaco
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 2:34.730
Fastest lap
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 2:32.200
Podium
First Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Second Eugenio Lazzarini UFO
Third Rudolf Kunz Kreidler

500cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 1:02'35.500 15
2 2 Phil Read Team Life International Suzuki +0.100 12
3 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki +53.000 10
4 4 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +53.500 8
5 54 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +1'39.300 6
6 27 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +1'45.300 5
7 32 Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki +1'50.700 4
8 40 Philippe Coulon Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 30 Dieter Braun Suzuki +1 lap 2
10 41 Børge Nielsen Yamaha +1 laps 1
11 57 Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +2 laps
Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired
Ret 10 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Accident
Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired
Ret 20 Michel Rougerie Suzuki Accident
Ret 25 Gilles Husson Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Mario Necchi Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Germano Paganini Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Vanes Francini Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Giorgio Avveduti Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Vanes Francini Yamaha Retired
Ret 33 Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret 51 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Yamaha Retired
Ret 55 Johnny Cecotto Team Venemotos Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Mario Fiorentino Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Vittorio Gornati Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Carlo Piazza Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Victor Soussan Yamaha Retired
Ret 44 Edmar Ferreira Goias Swaep Motor Yamaha Retired
DNS ?? Eduardo Elias Harley-Davidson Did not start
Sources: [2][3][4]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 25 55:01.8 8 15
2 14 Franco Uncini Yamaha 25 +30.5 3 12
3 65 John Dodds Yamaha 25 +33.4 1 10
4 3 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 25 +36.2 9 8
5 9 Tom Herron Yamaha 25 +37.0 11 6
6 77 Kork Ballington Yamaha 25 +37.5 17 5
7 73 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 25 +37.7 2 4
8 76 Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 25 +1:00.6 19 3
9 23 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 25 +1:06.3 10 2
10 70 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 25 +1:11.3 1
11 35 Francini Vanes Yamaha 25 +1:19.2
12 24 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 25 +1:21.2 13
13 59 Alan North Yamaha 25 +1:39.3
14 21 Christian Huguet Yamaha 25 +2:10.3
15 34 Fosco Giansanti Yamaha 24 +1 lap 12
Ret Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 4
Ret Paolo Tordi [N 1] Yamaha 1 Fatal accident 5
Ret Patrick Pons Yamaha 6
Ret Víctor Palomo Yamaha 7
Ret Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 14
Ret Giuseppe Consalvi Yamaha 15
Ret Eduardo Elias Yamaha 16
Ret Gérard Choukroun Yamaha 18
Ret Chas Mortimer Yamaha 20
29 starters in total
[4]
Footnotes
  1. Tordi crashed on the second lap and died from chest injuries.[5]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 23 51:43.3 1 15
2 25 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 23 +21.8 13 12
3 19 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 23 +37.9 3 10
4 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 23 +1:00.1 10 8
5 48 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 23 +1:01.4 9 6
6 9 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 23 +1:15.8 5
7 23 Tom Herron Yamaha 23 +1:21.9 4
8 36 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 23 +1:28.3 3
9 11 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 23 +1:40.9 16 2
10 66 Eero Hyvarinen Yamaha 23 +1:41.2 1
11 35 Mario Lega Yamaha 23 +1:44.1 15
12 32 Denis Boulom Yamaha 23 +1:46.1 18
13 45 Hans Stadelmann Yamaha 23 +1:59.7 2
14 15 Christian Sarron Yamaha 22 +1 lap
15 29 Erick Andersson Yamaha 22 +1 lap
16 52 Alfio Micheli Harley-Davidson 22 +1 lap
17 50 Rudolf Weiss Yamaha 22 +1 lap
Ret Patrick Pons Yamaha 4
Ret Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 5
Ret Virginio Ferrari Harley-Davidson 6
Ret Michel Rougerie Yamaha 7
Ret Kork Ballington Yamaha 8
Ret Paolo Tordi Yamaha 11
Ret Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 12
Ret John Dodds Yamaha 14
Ret Gérard Choukron Yamaha 17
Ret Otello Buscherini [N 1] Yamaha 6 Fatal accident 19
Ret Gianfranco Bonera Harley Davidson 20
30 starters in total
[4]
Footnotes
  1. Buscherini crashed on the seventh lap and died from stomach injuries.[6]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 21 Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 20 46:54.2 1 15
2 22 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 20 +24.7 2 12
3 12 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 20 +1:05.3 12 10
4 33 Henk van Kessel Condor 19 +1 lap 10 8
5 34 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 19 +1 lap 7 6
6 39 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 19 +1 lap 11 5
7 23 Luciano Richetti Harley-Davidson 19 +1 lap 15 4
8 28 Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha Italjet 19 +1 lap 13 3
9 10 Auno Hakala Yamaha 19 +1 lap 2
10 18 Matti Kinnunen Maico 19 +1 lap 1
11 20 Hans Müller Yamaha 18 +2 laps
Ret Otello Buscherini Malanca 3
Ret Xaver Tschannen Maico 4
Ret Ermanno Giuliano Malanca 5
Ret Stefan Dörflinger Malanca 6
Ret Harald Bartol Morbidelli 8
Ret Pentti Salonen Yamaha 9
Ret Peter Frohnmeyer DRS 14
30 starters in total
[4]

50 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 12 30:49.9 1 15
2 2 Eugenio Lazzarini UFO 12 +24.9 2 12
3 4 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 12 +32.8 4 10
4 14 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 12 +40.7 3 8
5 6 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 12 +56.9 5 6
6 23 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 12 +1:25.1 5
7 34 Ezio Mischiati Derbi MGM 12 +1:34.6 4
8 11 Ramon Gali Derbi 12 +1:38.5 3
9 42 Pierre Audry ABF 12 +1:39.5 6 2
10 12 Aldo Pero Kreidler 12 +1:43.9 1
11 16 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 12 +1:44.1
12 8 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 12 +1:45.0 10
13 29 Giovanni Ziggiotto MTK 12 +1:45.1 7
14 36 Günter Schirnhöfer Kreidler 12 +2:33.9 15
15 41 Patrick de Wulf Kreidler 11 +1 lap 9
16 33 Carlo Guerrini Ringhini 11 +1 lap
17 38 Joaquin Gali Derbi 11 +1 lap
18 32 Luigi Rinaudo Tomos 11 +1 lap
19 26 Hans Kroismayer Kreidler 11 +1 lap
20 43 Giorgio di Nunzio Derbi 11 +1 lap
Ret Nico Polane Kreidler 8
Ret Sergio Zattoni Derbi 11
Ret Claudio Lusuardi Villa 12
Ret Hans Hummel Kreidler 13
Ret Ermanno Giuliano Kreidler 14
29 starters in total
[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "1976 Nations MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. April 3, 2018.
  3. "motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com.
  4. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
  5. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
  6. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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