1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 May 1977 at the Salzburgring circuit.

  1977 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1977
Official name	Austrian Grand Prix/Grosser Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Barry Sheene Time 1:23.200 Fastest lap Rider Jack Findlay Suzuki Time 1:25.970 Podium First Jack Findlay Second Max Wiener Third Alex George
350 cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Time 1:26.310 Podium First N/A (Race abandoned) Second N/A (Race abandoned) Third N/A (Race abandoned)
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:35.100 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:35.200 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Pierpaolo Bianchi Third Harald Bartol
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland Time 1:30.080 Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland Time 1:31.660 Podium First Rolf Biland Second George O'Dell Third Alain Michel

The opening race was for the 350 cc category. This race was abandoned after eight laps following an accident which led to the death of Hans Stadelmann from head injuries, and seriously injured Johnny Cecotto, Patrick Fernandez, Dieter Braun and Franco Uncini.[4][5] The 125 cc race was due to run after the 350 cc race, but the 125 cc riders staged a sitdown strike and there was a delay before their race took place.[4] Riders in the 500 cc category organised a boycott of their race which led to only 14 competitors taking part.[6] The FIM, motorcycle racing's governing body, initially issued formal warnings to Barry Sheene and Ángel Nieto but later in the year the punishments were retracted.[6]

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	51'19.260	15
2	24	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+15.400	12
3	29	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+15.910	10
4	20	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+25.360	8
5	48	Franz Heller	Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap	6
6	33	Michael Schmid		Suzuki	+3 laps	5
NC	10	Marcel Ankoné	Racing Team Albatros	Suzuki	+16 laps
Ret	??	Werner Nenning		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Bo Granath		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	12	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Markku Matikainen	Lansivuori Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	16	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	4	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	19	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	8	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Gianni Rolando		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Chas Mortimer		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	20	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	17	Tom Herron		Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: [7][8][9]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	30	48:14.90	3	15
2	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	+49.98	2	12
3	17	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	30	+58.97	4	10
4	44	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	30	+1:08.28	6	8
5	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	30	+1:26.66	5	6
6	16	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	30	+1:26.73	7	5
7	25	János Drapál	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	13	4
8	46	Per-Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	18	3
9	22	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	10	2
10	31	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	20	1
11	21	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	16
12	24	Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
13	37	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	17
14	15	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	19
15	20	Hans Zemsauer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	11
16	26	August Auinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
17	14	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
18	45	Jan Ubels	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
19	41	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
20	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps	9
21	12	Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	27	+3 laps
22	33	Marc Constantin	Morbidelli	27	+3 laps
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			1
		Gert Bender	Bender			8
		Xaver Tschannen	Bender			12
		Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli			14
		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			15
36 starters in total
[7]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	30	47:01.41	1	15
2	8	George O'Dell	Kenny Arthur	Windle-Yamaha	30	+23.33	5	12
3	32	Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	30	+48.65	3	10
4	4	Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	30	+1:13.74	7	8
5	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	30	+1:22.31	8	6
6	7	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	29	+1 lap	9	5
7	10	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	29	+1 lap	13	4
8	18	Heinz Luthringshauser	Helmut Hahn	MKM	28	+2 laps		3
9	33	Amedeo Zini	Andreas Fornaro	König	28	+2 laps		2
10	22	Herbert Prügl	Hans Kussberger	Rotax	28	+2 laps	10	1
11	19	Marc Alexandre	Paul Gerard	Kova-König	28	+2 laps
NC	6	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	26	+4 laps	11
NC	17	Rüdi Kurth	Dane Rowe	Yamaha	26	+4 laps	2
NC	5	Siegfried Schauzu	"Wohlfart"	Yamaha	25	+5 laps	15
NC	12	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Colyam	23	+7 laps
		Jean-François Monnin	Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
		Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König			6
		Max Venus	Norman Bittermann	König			12
		Hermann Schmid	Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha			14
22 starters in total
[7]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1977". Archive.fo. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
2. "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
3. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
4. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 57. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
5. "Cyclist Killed In Prix Race". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 2 May 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
6. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
7. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
8. "1977 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
9. "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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