1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.[4]

  1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 July 1977
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Philippe Coulon
Time 3:50.900
Fastest lap
Rider Barry Sheene
Time 3:50.300
Podium
First Barry Sheene
Second Steve Baker
Third Pat Hennen
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa
Time 4:09.900
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa
Time 4:05.400
Podium
First Walter Villa
Second Takazumi Katayama
Third Mario Lega
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 4:24.100
Fastest lap
Rider Ángel Nieto
Time 4:22.200
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Ángel Nieto
Third Anton Mang
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto
Time 5:07.600
Fastest lap
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 5:07.400
Podium
First Eugenio Lazzarini
Second Herbert Rittberger
Third Ángel Nieto
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Werner Schwärzel
Time 4:14.300
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Steinhausen
Time 4:13.500
Podium
First Werner Schwärzel
Second Rolf Steinhausen
Third George O'Dell

500cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
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: [5][6][7]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[5]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 10 44:22.9 1 15
2 6 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 10 +13.6 3 12
3 20 Anton Mang Morbidelli 10 +26.7 4 10
4 4 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 10 +33.7 6 8
5 3 Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 10 +1:11.3 9 6
6 45 Ermanno Giuliano Morbidelli 10 +1:18.2 5
7 32 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10 +1:25.5 7 4
8 16 Gert Bender Bender 10 +1:25.9 5 3
9 25 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 10 +1:37.4 2
10 8 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 10 +1:38.6 1
11 41 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 10 +1:39.5 8
12 35 Hans Müller Morbidelli 10 +1:40.1
13 28 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 10 +2:05.7
14 17 Peter Frohnmeyer DRS 10 +2:06.3
15 12 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 10 +2:17.3
16 27 Peter van Niel Morbidelli 10 +2:55.5
17 2 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 10 +3:01.9
18 30 Bengt Johansson Morbidelli 10 +3:02.2
19 44 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 10 +3:11.2 10
20 21 Alfred Schmid Morbidelli 10 +3:16.8
Harald Bartol Morbidelli 2
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
[5]

50 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[5]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 23 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Aro 10 42:52.0 1 15
2 24 Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Busch-Yamaha 10 +21.5 3 12
3 8 George O'Dell Cliff Holland Windle-Yamaha 10 +58.8 7 10
4 31 Göte Brodin Bengt Forsberg Windle-Yamaha 10 +1:05.0 9 8
5 9 Dick Greasley Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 10 +1:26.0 6 6
6 21 Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 10 +1:27.7 5 5
7 30 Cees Smit Jan Smit König 10 +1:57.5 4
8 10 Mac Hobson Stu Collins Suzuki 10 +2:54.6 3
9 19 Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 10 +3:19.1 2
10 15 Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz Colyam 10 +3:20.1 1
11 34 Marc Alexandre Paul Gerard Kova-König 10 +3:46.6
12 5 Jean-François Monnin Edouard Weber Seymaz-Yamaha 10 +4:13.8
13 18 Heinz Luthringshauser Helmut Hahn MKM 10 +4:21.5
14 17 Gustav Pape Franz Kellenberg König 10 +4:37.2
15 28 Jaap Geerts Jan van Veen König 9 +1 lap
Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 2
Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 4
Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Yamaha 8
Alain Michel Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 10
30 starters in total, 18 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 22 December 2018.
  3. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. "Superstars of Speed", Classic Bike, Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, 2017
  5. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  6. "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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