1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 May 1977 at the Hockenheimring circuit.

  1977 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 May 1977
Official nameGroßer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationHockenheimring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Barry Sheene
Time 2:14.200
Fastest lap
Rider Barry Sheene
Time 2:14.400
Podium
First Barry Sheene
Second Pat Hennen
Third Steve Baker
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Alan North
Time 2:16.200
Fastest lap
Rider Giacomo Agostini
Time 2:21.800
Podium
First Takazumi Katayama
Second Giacomo Agostini
Third Olivier Chevallier
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Akihiro Kiyohara
Time 2:26.9
Fastest lap
Rider Akihiro Kiyohara
Time 2:28.000
Podium
First Christian Sarron
Second Akihiro Kiyohara
Third Franco Uncini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 2:33.000
Fastest lap
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 2:45.400
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Eugenio Lazzarini
Third Anton Mang
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 2:27.000
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 2:36.300
Podium
First Rolf Biland
Second Max Venus
Third George O'Dell

500cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 45'36.100 15
2 3 Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +9.600 12
3 2 Steve Baker Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +18.200 10
4 16 Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +27.400 8
5 6 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki +27.900 6
6 45 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +48.400 5
7 4 Marco Lucchinelli Life Racing Team Suzuki +51.400 4
8 49 Anton Mang Valvoline Racing Hamburg Suzuki +1'10.300 3
9 28 Max Wiener MSC Rottenberg Yamaha +1'13.200 2
10 58 Boet van Dulmen Pullshaw Suzuki +1'14.300 1
11 42 Stuart Avant Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1'14.600
12 32 Gianfranco Bonera Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1'38.400
13 8 Jack Findlay Hermetite Racing International Suzuki +1'50.000
14 10 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki +1'55.900
15 5 John Newbold Maurice Newbold Suzuki +2'43.500
16 20 Helmut Kassner Boeri Giudici Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
17 ?? Børge Nielsen Suzuki +1 lap
18 ?? Franz Rau Suzuki +1 lap
19 48 Franz Heller Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing Suzuki +1 lap
20 48 Harald Merkl Nava Kucera Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
21 ?? Jean-Philippe Orban Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap
22 ?? John Weeden Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team Yamaha +1 lap
23 ?? Kaj Jensen Yamaha +1 lap
24 ?? Johannes Klement Yamaha +1 lap
25 ?? Bo Granath Suzuki +1 lap
26 ?? Lars Johansson Yamaha +2 laps
27 ?? Hervé Regout Hervé Regout Suzuki +2 laps
28 ?? Hans Braumandl Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +2 laps
29 ?? Peter Sjöström Yamaha +2 laps
30 12 Virginio Ferrari Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +2 laps
Ret ?? Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Christian Estrosi Marlboro Masche Total Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Armando Toracca MC della Robbia Suzuki Retired
DNS ?? Bernard Fau Suzuki Did not start
DNS ?? Arndt Härle Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? Karl Auer MSC Rottenberg Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? Hans-Günter Schöne Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? Horst Lahfeld König Did not start
DNS 10 Marcel Ankoné Pullshaw Suzuki Did not start
DNS 10 Carlo Perugini Life Racing Team Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 20 48:28.8 15
2 9 Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 20 +15.1 12
3 10 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 20 +15.5 10
4 56 Alan North Yamaha 20 +18.9 1 8
5 51 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 20 +35.5 6
6 4 Tom Herron Yamaha 20 +42.8 6 5
7 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 20 +47.0 4 4
8 54 Christian Sarron Yamaha 20 +52.9 3
9 17 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 20 +57.4 5 2
10 46 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 +1:00.7 7 1
11 24 Helmut Kassner Yamaha 20 +1:10.2
12 7 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 20 +1:10.5 10
13 27 Ian Richards Yamaha 20 +1:18.1
14 47 John Newbold Yamaha 20 +1:18.6
15 57 Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 20 +1:29.7
Giuseppe Consalvi Yamaha 2
Jon Ekerold Yamaha 3
John Dodds Yamaha 8
Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson 9
45 starters in total, 30 finishers
[4]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 62 Christian Sarron Yamaha 19 49:33.0 15
2 54 Akihiro Kiyohara Kawasaki 19 +0.1 1 12
3 69 Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson 19 +45.3 6 10
4 70 Vinicio Salmi Yamaha 19 +1:00.5 8
5 36 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 19 +1:02.5 6
6 59 Kork Ballington Yamaha 19 +1:02.7 5
7 5 Tom Herron Yamaha 19 +1:02.9 4 4
8 51 Aldo Nannini Yamaha 19 +1:07.1 8 3
9 71 Alan North Yamaha 19 +1:27.2 2
10 53 Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki 19 +1:43.5 3 1
11 34 Michel Frutschi Yamaha 19 +1:46.8
12 63 Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 19 +1:56.5
13 64 Vic Soussan Yamaha 19 +2:07.5
14 46 Harald Merkl Yamaha 19 +2:31.5
15 50 Egid Schwemmer Yamaha 18 +1 lap
Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 2
Hans Müller Yamaha 5
Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 7
Hans Schweiger Kawasaki 9
Svend Andersson Yamaha 10
45 starters in total, 27 finishers
[4]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 17 48:41.1 2 15
2 42 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 17 +16.6 1 12
3 2 Anton Mang Morbidelli 17 +51.5 5 10
4 52 Giovanni Ziggliotto Morbidelli 17 +51.8 8
5 4 Gert Bender Bender 17 +1:22.1 4 6
6 55 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 17 +1:22.8 3 5
7 38 Hans Müller Morbidelli 17 +1:30.2 7 4
8 32 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 17 +2:02.5 3
9 48 Jan Huberts Morbidelli 17 +2:03.4 2
10 35 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 17 +2:06.1 1
11 36 Hans Hallberg Morbidelli 17 +2:09.7
12 6 Xaver Tschannen Bender 17 +2:45.6
13 8 Manfred Kugler Morbidelli 17 +2:47.2
14 29 Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 17 +2:50.8
15 53 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 17 +4:00.0
Harald Bartol Morbidelli 6
Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 8
János Drapál Morbidelli 9
Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
[4]

50 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 11 35:16.7 4 15
2 45 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 11 +4.3 2 12
3 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 11 +42.3 1 10
4 8 Hans Hummel Kreidler 11 +1:17.8 8 8
5 10 Aldo Pero Kreidler 11 +1:53.5 6
6 16 Hagen Klein Kreidler 11 +2:10.2 5
7 52 Patrick Plisson ABF 11 +2:33.7 9 4
8 48 Engelbert Kip Kreidler 11 +2:42.4 3
9 12 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 11 +3:01.0 10 2
10 30 Jacques Hutteau ABF 11 +3:13.1 1
11 54 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 10 +1 lap 3
12 33 Lennart Lundgren Kreidler 10 +1 lap
13 35 Klaus Hilbk Kreidler 10 +1 lap
14 42 Bruno de Carlo Kreidler 10 +1 lap
15 17 Kasim Rapczynski Kreidler 10 +1 lap
Ulrich Graf Kreidler 5
Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 6
Hans Müller Kreidler 7
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
[4]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Schmid-Yamaha 18 52:34.5 1 15
2 22 Max Venus Norman Bittermann König 18 +28.4 10 12
3 8 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Windle-Yamaha 18 +43.1 4 10
4 29 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 18 +58.2 5 8
5 6 Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 18 +59.7 7 6
6 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber Busch-König 18 +1:16.8 8 5
7 9 Alain Michel Gérard Lecorre Yamaha 18 +1:48.3 2 4
8 5 Siegfried Schauzu "Schimanski" Yamaha 18 +1:54.6 3
9 11 Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz Colyam 18 +2:06.2 2
10 39 Kurt Jelonek Volker Riess König 17 +1 lap 1
Hermann Schmid Jean-Petit Matille Schmid-Yamaha 3
Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Aro 6
Dick Greasley Mick Skeels Chell-Yamaha 9
30 starters in total, 15 finishers
[4]

References
  1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
  5. "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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