1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 July 1976
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.10 km (8.76 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Barry Sheene Suzuki
Time 3:52.700
Fastest lap
Rider John Williams Suzuki
Time 3:52.600
Podium
First John Williams Suzuki
Second Barry Sheene Suzuki
Third Marcel Ankoné Suzuki
250cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 4:05.400
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 4:06.900
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
Third Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
125cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 4:25.700
Fastest lap
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 4:22.700
Podium
First Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Second Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
Third Gert Bender Bender
50cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 5:07.400
Fastest lap
Rider Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Time 5:08.300
Podium
First Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Second Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Third Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Siegfried Schauzu Aro
Time 4:11.900
Fastest lap
Rider Helmut Schilling Aro
Time 4:22.900
Podium
First Rolf Steinhausen Busch König
Second Werner Schwärzel König
Third Helmut Schilling Aro

The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 5 John Williams Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 39'22.800 15
2 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +7.400 12
3 28 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +17.000 10
4 20 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +28.600 8
5 4 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +38.600 6
6 14 Dieter Braun Suzuki +41.100 5
7 11 Chas Mortimer Suzuki +56.500 4
8 40 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +57.700 3
9 8 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +59.900 2
10 44 Helmut Kassner Suzuki +1'03.900 1
11 6 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Yamaha
12 19 Tom Herron Suzuki
13 27 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki
14 36 Jean-Pierre Orban Yamaha
15 29 Philippe Chaltin Yamaha
16 15 Kees van der Kruys Yamaha
17 3 Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha
Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired
Ret 6 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired
4 17 Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
WD 2 Phil Read Team Life International Suzuki Withdrawn
Ret ?? Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha Retired
Ret 33 Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired
Ret 18 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Retired
Ret 36 Alain Nies Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired
Ret 13 Bernard Fau Yamaha Retired
DNS ?? Patrick Pons Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Did not start
DNS 47 Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [5][6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 45:51.9 1 15
2 20 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 11 +48.6 5 12
3 7 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 11 +57.3 3 10
4 37 John Dodds Yamaha 11 +57.5 8 8
5 6 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 11 +57.9 7 6
6 17 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 11 +58.3 6 5
7 5 Dieter Braun Yamaha 11 +58.9 4
8 35 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 11 +1:08.4 9 3
9 24 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +1:21.0 14 2
10 9 Tom Herron Yamaha 11 +1:21.2 1
11 47 Victor Soussan Yamaha
12 33 Henk van Kessel Yamaha 11
13 45 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha
14 27 Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 12
15 22 M. Arias Yamaha
16 16 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha
17 32 Ken Nemoto Yamaha
18 34 Franco Uncini Yamaha
19 39 R. Hubin Yamaha 10
Ret Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 2
Ret Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4
Ret Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 13
Ret Mati Reinup MZ 15
[7]

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 26 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 10 44:47.1 1 15
2 3 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 10 +4.8 3 12
3 6 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 10 +56.7 8 10
4 28 Gert Bender Bender 10 +1:07.0 5 8
5 2 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 10 +1:17.9 7 6
6 24 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 10 +2:35.6 4 5
7 7 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10 +2:36.5 13 4
8 33 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 10 +2:46.1 12 3
9 1 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 +3:15.1 2
10 16 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 10 +3:33.2 14 1
11 29 Horst Seel Seel EB 15
12 15 Hans Müller Yamaha
13 42 Anton Mang Morbidelli 6
14 36 Piet van Niel Yamaha
Ret Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 2
Ret Henk van Kessel AGV Condor 9
Ret Claudio Lusuardi Malamaz 10
Ret Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11
[7]

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 14 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 6 31:20.7 2 15
2 10 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 6 +20.1 1 12
3 7 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 6 +37.7 3 12
4 15 Eugenio Lazzarini UFO 6 +1:07.6 6 8
5 18 Benjamin Laurent ABF 6 +1:09.8 6
6 40 Engelbert Kip Kreidler 9 5
7 12 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 7 4
8 16 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 11 3
9 3 Hans Hummel Kreidler 5 2
10 1 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 8 1
11 30 Ramon Gali Derbi
12 37 R. Dumont Kreidler
13 19 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler
14 29 Rolf Blatter Kreidler
15 21 W. Golembeck Kreidler
16 26 Guido de Lys Kreidler
17 27 Jaap Bosman Kreidler
18 5 Theo Timmer Kreidler
19 39 G. Muyters Kreidler
Ret Pierre Audry ABF 4
Ret Joaquin Gali Derbi 10
Ret C. Dumont Kreidler 12
[7]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber Busch-König 9 39:56.5 2 15
2 2 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber König 9 +0.3 3 12
3 11 Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 9 +2.7 4 10
4 28 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 9 +38.9 1 8
5 22 Rudi Kurth Dane Rowe Yamaha 9 +1:24.3 '6
6 12 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Yamaha 9 +1:53.9 '5
7 10 Otto Haller Erich Haselbeck BMW 9 +1:58.8 4
8 21 Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz Yamaha 9 +2:17.7 3
9 5 Mac Hobson John Inchcliff Yamaha 9 +2:26.8 2
10 19 Alain Michel Bernard Garcia Yamaha 9 +2:44.9 1
11 16 Dick Greasley Cliff Holland Chell Yamaha 9
12 30 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans Chell Yamaha 9
13 15 Heinz Luthringshauser Lorenzo Puzo BMW 9
14 17 Heinz Thevissen Juppi Esch HTS 9
15 24 Mark Alexandre Paul Gerard König 9
16 7 Hermann Schmid Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 8 +1 lap
Ret Rolf Biland Ken Williams Yamaha 6
Ret Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 7
Ret Gustav Pape Franz Kallenberg König 8
Ret Martin Kooy Rob Vader König 9
Ret Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro König 10
[7]

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Retrieved 25 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Spa-Francorchamps | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.


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