1976 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 August 1976 at the Brno circuit.

  1976 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 August 1976
Official nameGrand Prix ČSSR[1][2][3]
LocationBrno
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 10.920 km (6.785 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Time 3:49.220
Fastest lap
Rider Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Time 3:42.160
Podium
First John Newbold Suzuki
Second Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Third Philippe Coulon Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:50.990
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Victor Palomo Yamaha
Third Tom Herron Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:54.580
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:52.160
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
Third Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Rolf Steinhausen König
Time 4:07.950
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Biland Yamaha
Time 4:00.570
Podium
First Hermann Schmid Yamaha
Second Werner Schwärzel König
Third Rolf Biland Yamaha

500cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 7 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 56'56.450 15
2 3 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +11.040 12
3 23 Philippe Coulon Suzuki +22.680 10
4 11 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha +1'34.200 8
5 44 Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +1'42.860 6
6 29 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha +1'53.110 5
7 4 Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha +2'13.200 4
8 14 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki +3'12.190 3
9 10 Chas Mortimer Suzuki +3'30.680 2
10 18 Edmar Ferreira Goias Swaep Motor Yamaha +3'31.300 1
11 30 Bo Granath Yamaha +3'52.700
12 38 Charles Dobson Yamaha +1 lap
13 41 János Drapál Yamaha +1 lap
14 37 Giorgio Gatti Yamaha +1 lap
15 34 Michael Schmid Racing Team Albatros Yamaha +1 lap
16 47 Walter Kaletsch Yamaha +2 laps
17 19 Lars Johansson Yamaha +9 laps
Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired
Ret 10 Dieter Braun Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Roberto Gallina Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret 30 Marco Lucchinelli Gallina Corse Suzuki Infection
Ret 20 Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired
Ret 28 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki Retired
Ret 31 Børge Nielsen Yamaha Retired
Ret 21 Tom Herron Yamaha Retired
Ret 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret 27 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki Retired
Ret 44 Helmut Kassner Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Piers Forester Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Jean-Philippe Orban Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Francois Hollebecq Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Peter Baláž Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Roland Freymond Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Bohumil Staša ČZ Retired
Ret ?? Christian Estrosi Suzuki Retired
Ret 3 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Urs-Métisse Retired
Ret ?? Bob Coulter Yamaha Retired
5 6 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired
Sources: [4][5][6]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 5 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 14 53:59.61 1 15
2 9 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 14 +3.05 5 12
3 8 Tom Herron Yamaha 14 +4.98 4 10
4 3 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 14 +13.66 9 8
5 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 14 +16.55 13 6
6 26 John Dodds Yamaha 14 +19.46 11 5
7 23 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 14 +1:25.18 4
8 16 Karl Auer Yamaha 14 +1:40.28 3
9 34 Franz Kunz Yamaha 14 +1:45.31 18 2
10 32 Christian Sarron Yamaha 14 +1:50.82 1
11 19 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 14 +1:56.46 14
12 10 Alex George Yamaha 14 +2:27.19
13 42 Peter Baláz Yamaha 14 +2:27.29
14 29 Giovanni Proni Yamaha 14 +2:44.46
15 20 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 14 +3:15.50 17
16 17 Max Wiener Yamaha 14 +3:43.38
17 40 János Reisz Yamaha 13 +1 lap
18 45 Jan Bartunek Jawa 13 +1 lap
19 14 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 12 +2 laps 12
Ret Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 2
Ret Dieter Braun Morbidelli 3
Ret Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 6
Ret Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 7
Ret Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 8
Ret Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 10
Ret Tapio Virtanen MZ 15
Ret Marcel Ankoné Yamaha 16
Ret Gérard Choukroun Yamaha 19
Ret Mario Lega Yamaha 20
42 starters in total
[6]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 13 50:46.12 1 15
2 15 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 13 +35.63 2 12
3 6 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 13 +50.22 4 10
4 10 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 13 +53.21 8
5 8 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 13 +54.55 6 6
6 12 Tom Herron Yamaha 13 +1:04.26 8 5
7 3 Dieter Braun Yamaha 13 +1:14.38 5 4
8 16 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 13 +1:26.67 3 3
9 22 John Dodds Yamaha 13 +1:36.84 2
10 11 Harald Bartol Yamaha 13 +1:45.35 1
11 36 János Drapál Yamaha 13 +1:49.91 10
12 20 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 13 +1:56.64 9
13 17 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 13 +1:56.94
14 25 Christian Sarron Yamaha 13 +2:07.27
15 4 Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 13 +2:51.50
16 23 Mario Lega Yamaha 13 +2:51.91
17 7 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 13 +3:20.82
18 14 Pentti Salonen Yamaha 13 +3:26.14
19 23 Rudolf Weiss Yamaha 13 +3:26.66
20 31 Bo Granath Yamaha 13 +3:27.26
21 39 Peter Baláz Jawa 13 +3:53.43
22 30 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 13 +4:16.67
23 47 Hans Stadelmann Yamaha 12 +1 lap
24 29 Alan Engel Kawasaki 12 +1 lap
25 43 Oldrich Kaba Jawa 12 +1 lap
26 44 Vladimir Jarolin Jawa 12 +1 lap
27 45 Jan Bartunek Jawa 12 +1 lap
28 46 János Reisz Yamaha 12 +1 lap
29 38 Andrzej Szymanski Yamaha 12 +1 lap
30 37 Zbygniew Chomno Yamaha 11 +2 laps
Ret Franz Kunz Yamaha 7
Ret Tapio Virtanen MZ 11
Ret Chas Mortimer Yamaha 12
41 starters in total
[6]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Hermann Schmid Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 12 49:14.73 5 15
2 2 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber König 12 +0.54 2 12
3 3 Rolf Biland Ken Williams Yamaha 12 +2.90 6 10
4 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber König 12 +3.76 1 8
5 12 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Yamaha 12 +46.61 6
6 17 Martin Kooy Rob Vader König 12 +48.71 5
7 16 Dick Greasley Cliff Holland Yamaha 12 +1:19.85 12 4
8 22 Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 12 +1:24.68 4 3
9 25 Alain Michel Bernard Garcia Yamaha 12 +1:34.49 11 2
10 9 Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro König 12 +2:49.34 1
11 25 Rüdi Kurth Dane Rowe Yamaha 11 +1 lap 10
12 19 Egon Schons Karl Lauterback König 11 +1 lap
13 11 Georg Neumann Gerhard Lehmann König 10 +2 laps
14 28 Gerhard Müller Gerd Hoffmann König 10 +2 laps
15 21 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 10 +2 laps
16 32 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans Yamaha 2 +10 laps
Ret Ernst Trachsel Benedikt Stahli Yamaha 3
Ret Otto Haller Erich Haselbeck BMW 7
Ret Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 8
Ret Max Venus Norbert Bittermann König 9
31 starters in total
[6]
gollark: So it's just 60 Hz^-1, or (60 Hz)^-1.
gollark: Hz^-1 is dimensionally seconds.
gollark: No.
gollark: It definitely isn't, no.
gollark: Besides, why would you *want* the bad old one?

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  2. "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Brno Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "1976 Czechoslovakian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
  5. "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
  6. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 119. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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