1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.

  1976 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 August 1976
Official nameGrosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationNürburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Marcel Ankoné Suzuki
Time 8:59.900
Podium
First Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta
Second Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki
Third Pat Hennen Suzuki
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Time 8:57.300
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Third Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 9:03.200
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Kork Ballington Yamaha
Third Jon Ekerold Yamaha
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Anton Mang Morbidelli
Time 10:12.200
Podium
First Anton Mang Morbidelli
Second Walter Koschine Maico
Third Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli
50 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 10:26.900
Podium
First Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Second Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Third Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Werner Schwärzel König
Time 11:02.100
Podium
First Werner Schwärzel König
Second Rolf Steinhausen Busch-König
Third George O'Dell Yamaha

500 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro MV Agusta 1:06'21.400 15
2 32 Marco Lucchinelli Gallina Corse Suzuki +52.100 12
3 66 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +1'09.300 10
4 8 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +1'12.300 8
5 28 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +1'20.800 6
6 29 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki +2'41.600 5
7 70 Alan North Suzuki +2'56.600 4
8 34 Christian Bourgeois Yamaha +2'56.800 3
9 11 Chas Mortimer Suzuki +4'14.200 2
10 59 Egid Schwemmer Nava +4'18.100 1
11 69 Peter Baláz Yamaha +4'35.600
12 27 Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +4'48.000
13 25 John Cowie Yamaha +5'10.500
14 17 Hans Braumandl MSC Rottenberg Suzuki +7'54.000
15 53 Franz Rau Yamaha +7'58.500
16 52 Walter Hoffmann Suzuki +8'45.600
17 68 Michael Schmid Racing Team Albatros Yamaha +9'46.000
18 37 Alan Rogers Yamaha +9'51.400
19 30 Jan van Disseldorp Yamaha +10'51.500
20 48 Charles Dobson Yamaha +10'51.700
21 ?? Jürgen Zeddel Yamaha +11'31.500
22 19 Lars Johansson Yamaha +11'35.400
23 ?? Adolf Schneider Yamaha +11'36.900
24 ?? Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +1 lap
Ret 6 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired
Ret 14 Dieter Braun Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? Dick Alblas König Retired
Ret ?? Michel Renson Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Hans Stadelmann Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Børge Nielsen Yamaha Retired
Ret 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Jean-Philippe Orban Yamaha Accident
Ret ?? Victor Soussan Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Gerhard Vogt Yamaha Accident
Ret ?? Franz Heller Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Johannes Klement Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Ulrich Eickmeyer König Retired
Ret ?? Hans-Gunter Schöne Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Louis With Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Peter Schrötges Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Horst Lotz Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Arndt Hährle Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Norbert Schüller König Retired
Ret ?? Ron Robinson Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Horst Lahfeld König Retired
Ret 44 Helmut Kassner Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Volker Begert König Retired
Ret ?? Erich Brandstetter Yamaha Accident
Ret 6 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Bernd Tüngethal Yamaha Retired
DNS 55 Johnny Cecotto Team Venemotos Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? Horst Pleyer Yamaha Did not start
Ret ?? Kees van der Kruijs Yamaha Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 42 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 7 1:04:03.9 15
2 1 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 7 +9.6 12
3 41 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 7 +13.4 10
4 32 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 7 +21.6 8
5 18 Alan North Yamaha 7 +21.9 6
6 11 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 7 +22.3 5
7 5 Christian Sarron Yamaha 7 +28.9 4
8 4 Dieter Braun Morbidelli 7 +31.6 3
9 68 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 7 +49.9 2
10 43 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 7 +1:03.9 1
11 45 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 7 +1:44.5
12 17 Kork Ballington Yamaha 7 +2:09.5
13 63 Anton Mang Yamaha 7 +2:20.7
14 49 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 7 +2:42.7
15 26 John Cowie Yamaha 7 +2:52.8
16 20 Max Wiener Yamaha 7 +3:29.3
17 12 Alex George Yamaha 7 +3:30.2
18 52 Jaime Samaranch Yamaha 7 +3:53.8
19 53 Horst Pleyer Yamaha 7 +4:58.1
20 39 Bo Granath Yamaha 7 +5:20.0
54 starters in total, 29 finishers
[6]

250 cc classification
Walter Villa, the eventual winner of the 250 cc race.
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 6 55:34.8 15
2 25 Kork Ballington Yamaha 6 +1:08.3 12
3 47 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +1:09.4 10
4 8 Dieter Braun Yamaha 6 +1:10.5 8
5 9 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 6 +1:10.8 6
6 37 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:21.1 5
7 29 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 +1:33.9 4
8 11 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 6 +1:49.8 3
9 44 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 6 +1:55.2 2
10 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 6 +2:08.8 1
11 66 Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 6 +2:09.0
12 73 Gilbert Lavelle Yamaha 6 +2:10.9
13 23 Franz Kunz Yamaha 6 +2:16.7
14 13 Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +3:01.2
15 45 Henk van Kessel Yamaha 6 +3:02.8
16 4 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 6 +3:43.3
17 52 John Dodds Yamaha 6 +3:43.5
18 33 Bo Granath Yamaha 6 +3:54.1
19 12 Harald Bartol Yamaha 6 +4:16.1
20 34 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 6 +4:19.7
55 starters in total, 33 finishers
[6]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 52 Anton Mang Morbidelli 5 52:43.4 15
2 55 Walter Koschine Maico 5 +1:39.9 12
3 42 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 5 +1:44.7 10
4 49 Horst Seel Eigenbau 5 +1:48.7 8
5 23 Lennart Lundgren Yamaha 5 +2:28.2 6
6 41 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 5 +2:31.9 5
7 12 Hans Müller Yamaha 5 +2:37.6 4
8 8 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 5 +3:29.0 4
9 30 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 5 +3:45.5 4
10 33 Hans Hallberg Yamaha 5 +4:16.0 1
11 27 Werner Schmied Rotax 5 +4:17.7
12 16 Ernst Stammbach Yamaha 5 +4:29.0
13 31 Pentti Salonen Yamaha 5 +5:08.5
14 56 Wolfgang Rubel Maico 5 +5:17.5
15 58 Rolf Minhoff Maico 5 +5:51.9
16 53 Bernhard Otto Maico 5 +6:19.2
17 46 Benjamin Laurent Morbidelli 5 +7:06.4
18 63 Hans Knemeyer Maico 5 +8:39.3
19 67 Zbynek Havrda Maico 4 +1 lap
28 starters in total, 19 finishers
[6]

50 cc classification
Czech rider Bedrich Fendrich.
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 31:42.4 15
2 5 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 3 +14.0 12
3 14 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 3 +51.3 10
4 9 Hans Hummel Kreidler 3 +1:31.7 8
5 34 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:32.3 6
6 3 Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 3 +1:32.9 5
7 48 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +1:50.7 4
8 46 Bruno Stopp Kreidler 3 +2:04.9 3
9 4 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 3 +2:14.6 2
10 27 Ermanno Giuliano LGM 3 +2:53.3 1
11 40 Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 3 +3:05.0
12 36 Wolfgang Golembeck Kreidler 3 +3:05.2
13 44 Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +3:32.0
14 35 Benjamin Laurent Kreidler 3 +3:35.8
15 13 Aldo Pero Kreidler 3 +3:36.2
16 25 Jacques Hutteau Morbidelli 3 +3:55.6
17 43 Waller Däuwel Kreidler 3 +3:57.7
18 51 Roland Schuster Kreidler 3 +3:58.0
19 11 Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +3:58.3
20 23 Engelbert Kip Kreidler 3 +4:21.8
42 starters in total, 30 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification
Rolf Steinhausen and Sepp Huber.
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 2 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber König 5 55:53.3 15
2 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber Busch-König 5 +1:54.8 12
3 12 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Yamaha 5 +2:26.7 10
4 3 Rolf Biland Ken Williams Yamaha 5 +2:58.3 8
5 20 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans Yamaha 5 +3:28.7 6
6 36 Hermann Huber Hans Seib König 5 +3:34.7 5
7 21 Ernst Trachsel Benedikt Stahli Yamaha 5 +3:53.6 4
8 34 Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 5 +3:58.4 3
9 30 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 5 +4:58.2 2
10 43 Kurt Jelonek Volker Riess König 5 +5:00.5 1
11 31 Max Venus Norbert Bittermann König 5 +5:00.9
12 18 Tony Wakefield Keith Brown British Magnum 5 +5:03.1
13 14 Heinz Luthringhauser Lorenzo Puzo BMW 5 +5:04.6
14 40 Rudolf Reinhard Karin Sterzenbach Yamaha 5 +5:11.8
15 7 Hermann Schmid Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 5 +5:31.5
40 starters in total, 27 finishers
[6]

References
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  2. "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
  5. "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
  6. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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