1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1977 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Barry Sheene won the race with an average speed of 135.0 mph making it the fastest motorcycle Grand Prix in history.[4]

  1977 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1977
Official name	Grand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Philippe Coulon Time 3:50.900 Fastest lap Rider Barry Sheene Time 3:50.300 Podium First Barry Sheene Second Steve Baker Third Pat Hennen
250 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Time 4:09.900 Fastest lap Rider Walter Villa Time 4:05.400 Podium First Walter Villa Second Takazumi Katayama Third Mario Lega
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 4:24.100 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 4:22.200 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Second Ángel Nieto Third Anton Mang
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Time 5:07.600 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 5:07.400 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Herbert Rittberger Third Ángel Nieto
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Werner Schwärzel Time 4:14.300 Fastest lap Rider Rolf Steinhausen Time 4:13.500 Podium First Werner Schwärzel Second Rolf Steinhausen Third George O'Dell

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	38'58.500	15
2	2	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.300	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.600	10
4	41	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+15.600	8
5	11	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+17.500	6
6	27	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+25.800	5
7	19	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+33.000	4
8	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+36.800	3
9	26	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'23.500	2
10	14	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1'23.700	1
11	24	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1'32.000
12	17	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1'44.700
13	12	Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	+2'11.700
14	34	Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+2'24.800
15	39	Harald Merkl	Nava Kucera Racing Team	Yamaha	+2'27.000
16	35	Hans-Otto Buteneth		Yamaha	+3'06.400
17	53	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+3'13.400
18	6	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+3'31.800
19	54	Willem Zoet		Suzuki	+3'32.900
20	37	Franz Heller	Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+3'42.800
21	35	Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
22	77	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
23	21	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+2 laps
24	20	John Woodley		Suzuki	+3 laps
25	23	Alan North	Wilddam Konserven Holland	Suzuki	+3 laps
Ret	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	17	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Jean-Francois Baldé		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	6	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Kees van der Kruijs		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Takazumi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Yamaha	Retired
Sources: [5][6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	10	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	10	41:24.9	1	15
2	32	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	10	+19.2	8	12
3	66	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	10	+27.2	3	10
4	34	Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	10	+39.2	10	8
5	35	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	10	+43.3	4	6
6	1	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	10	+55.0		5
7	9	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	10	+58.0	2	4
8	22	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	10	+1:04.5		3
9	6	Tom Herron	Yamaha	10	+1:12.2		2
10	4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	10	+1:12.7		1
11	3	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	10	+1:12.9
12	74	Jean-Claude Meilland	Yamaha	10	+1:13.1
13	7	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	10	+1:22.3
14	5	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	10	+1:41.3	7
15	21	Bernard Fau	Yamaha	10	+1:45.6
16	69	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	10	+1:46.4
17	58	Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha	10	+1:54.7
18	20	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	10	+1:57.5
19	60	O. Liegeois	Yamaha	10	+1:57.7
20	11	Svend Andersson	Yamaha	10	+1:58.3
		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
		Alan North	Yamaha			6
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
[5]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	10	44:22.9	1	15
2	6	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	+13.6	3	12
3	20	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	10	+26.7	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+33.7	6	8
5	3	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	10	+1:11.3	9	6
6	45	Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	10	+1:18.2		5
7	32	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+1:25.5	7	4
8	16	Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:25.9	5	3
9	25	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+1:37.4		2
10	8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	10	+1:38.6		1
11	41	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+1:39.5	8
12	35	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	10	+1:40.1
13	28	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	10	+2:05.7
14	17	Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS	10	+2:06.3
15	12	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:17.3
16	27	Peter van Niel	Morbidelli	10	+2:55.5
17	2	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	10	+3:01.9
18	30	Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	10	+3:02.2
19	44	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	10	+3:11.2	10
20	21	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	10	+3:16.8
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
[5]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	31:12.2	3	15
2	21	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	+0.5	4	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+10.4	1	10
4	5	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	+30.8	2	8
5	52	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	6	+54.8	5	6
6	19	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	6	+1:19.0	8	5
7	28	Patrick Plisson	ABF	6	+1:38.5		4
8	3	Ramon Gali	Derbi	6	+1:38.7		3
9	41	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	6	+1:49.9		2
10	18	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	6	+1:51.0		1
11	33	Otto Machinek	Kreidler	6	+1:52.8
12	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6	+1:53.3
13	11	Jaap Bosman	Kreidler	6	+1:53.8	9
14	15	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	6	+2:07.1
15	32	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	6	+2:11.5	10
16	55	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	6	+2:29.0
17	12	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	6	+2:40.3
18	17	Wolfgang Golembeck	Kreidler	6	+2:40.7
19	37	Guido Delys	Kreidler	6	+2:55.4
20	46	G. Muyters	Kreidler	6	+3:14.0
		Theo Timmer	Kreidler			6
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			7
36 starters in total, 27 finishers
[5]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	10	42:52.0	1	15
2	24	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	10	+21.5	3	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	10	+58.8	7	10
4	31	Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	10	+1:05.0	9	8
5	9	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	10	+1:26.0	6	6
6	21	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	10	+1:27.7	5	5
7	30	Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König	10	+1:57.5		4
8	10	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Suzuki	10	+2:54.6		3
9	19	Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha	10	+3:19.1		2
10	15	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Colyam	10	+3:20.1		1
11	34	Marc Alexandre	Paul Gerard	Kova-König	10	+3:46.6
12	5	Jean-François Monnin	Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	10	+4:13.8
13	18	Heinz Luthringshauser	Helmut Hahn	MKM	10	+4:21.5
14	17	Gustav Pape	Franz Kellenberg	König	10	+4:37.2
15	28	Jaap Geerts	Jan van Veen	König	9	+1 lap
		Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha			2
		Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha			4
		Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha			8
		Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
[5]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
2. "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
3. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
4. "Superstars of Speed", Classic Bike, Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, 2017
5. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
6. "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
7. "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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