1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 May 1977
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 6.789 km (4.218 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:14.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:14.400
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Pat Hennen
Third	Steve Baker
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	2:16.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Giacomo Agostini
Time	2:21.800
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Giacomo Agostini
Third	Olivier Chevallier
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Akihiro Kiyohara
Time	2:26.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Akihiro Kiyohara
Time	2:28.000
Podium
First	Christian Sarron
Second	Akihiro Kiyohara
Third	Franco Uncini
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	2:33.000
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:45.400
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Anton Mang
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:27.000
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:36.300
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second	Max Venus
Third	George O'Dell

The 1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 May 1977 at the Hockenheimring circuit.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	45'36.100	15
2	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+9.600	12
3	2	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+18.200	10
4	16	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+27.400	8
5	6	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+27.900	6
6	45	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+48.400	5
7	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+51.400	4
8	49	Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	+1'10.300	3
9	28	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	+1'13.200	2
10	58	Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	+1'14.300	1
11	42	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+1'14.600
12	32	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1'38.400
13	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'50.000
14	10	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'55.900
15	5	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+2'43.500
16	20	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	??	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+1 lap
18	??	Franz Rau		Suzuki	+1 lap
19	48	Franz Heller	Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
20	48	Harald Merkl	Nava Kucera Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
21	??	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
22	??	John Weeden	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
23	??	Kaj Jensen		Yamaha	+1 lap
24	??	Johannes Klement		Yamaha	+1 lap
25	??	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
26	??	Lars Johansson		Yamaha	+2 laps
27	??	Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Suzuki	+2 laps
28	??	Hans Braumandl	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
29	??	Peter Sjöström		Yamaha	+2 laps
30	12	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??	Bernard Fau		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Arndt Härle		Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??	Hans-Günter Schöne		Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??	Horst Lahfeld		König	Did not start
DNS	10	Marcel Ankoné	Pullshaw	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	10	Carlo Perugini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	20	48:28.8		15
2	9	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	20	+15.1		12
3	10	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+15.5		10
4	56	Alan North	Yamaha	20	+18.9	1	8
5	51	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	20	+35.5		6
6	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+42.8	6	5
7	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	+47.0	4	4
8	54	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	20	+52.9		3
9	17	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	20	+57.4	5	2
10	46	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	20	+1:00.7	7	1
11	24	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	20	+1:10.2
12	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+1:10.5	10
13	27	Ian Richards	Yamaha	20	+1:18.1
14	47	John Newbold	Yamaha	20	+1:18.6
15	57	Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	20	+1:29.7
		Giuseppe Consalvi	Yamaha			2
		Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			3
		John Dodds	Yamaha			8
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			9
45 starters in total, 30 finishers
^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	62	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	19	49:33.0		15
2	54	Akihiro Kiyohara	Kawasaki	19	+0.1	1	12
3	69	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	19	+45.3	6	10
4	70	Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha	19	+1:00.5		8
5	36	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	19	+1:02.5		6
6	59	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	19	+1:02.7		5
7	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	19	+1:02.9	4	4
8	51	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	19	+1:07.1	8	3
9	71	Alan North	Yamaha	19	+1:27.2		2
10	53	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	19	+1:43.5	3	1
11	34	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	19	+1:46.8
12	63	Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	19	+1:56.5
13	64	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	19	+2:07.5
14	46	Harald Merkl	Yamaha	19	+2:31.5
15	50	Egid Schwemmer	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			2
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			5
		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			7
		Hans Schweiger	Kawasaki			9
		Svend Andersson	Yamaha			10
45 starters in total, 27 finishers
^[4]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	17	48:41.1	2	15
2	42	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	17	+16.6	1	12
3	2	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	17	+51.5	5	10
4	52	Giovanni Ziggliotto	Morbidelli	17	+51.8		8
5	4	Gert Bender	Bender	17	+1:22.1	4	6
6	55	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	17	+1:22.8	3	5
7	38	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	17	+1:30.2	7	4
8	32	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	17	+2:02.5		3
9	48	Jan Huberts	Morbidelli	17	+2:03.4		2
10	35	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	17	+2:06.1		1
11	36	Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	17	+2:09.7
12	6	Xaver Tschannen	Bender	17	+2:45.6
13	8	Manfred Kugler	Morbidelli	17	+2:47.2
14	29	Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	17	+2:50.8
15	53	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	17	+4:00.0
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
		Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			8
		János Drapál	Morbidelli			9
		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			10
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
^[4]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	11	35:16.7	4	15
2	45	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	11	+4.3	2	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	11	+42.3	1	10
4	8	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	11	+1:17.8	8	8
5	10	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	11	+1:53.5		6
6	16	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	11	+2:10.2		5
7	52	Patrick Plisson	ABF	11	+2:33.7	9	4
8	48	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	11	+2:42.4		3
9	12	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	11	+3:01.0	10	2
10	30	Jacques Hutteau	ABF	11	+3:13.1		1
11	54	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	10	+1 lap	3
12	33	Lennart Lundgren	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
13	35	Klaus Hilbk	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
14	42	Bruno de Carlo	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
15	17	Kasim Rapczynski	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
		Ulrich Graf	Kreidler			5
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			6
		Hans Müller	Kreidler			7
46 starters in total, 26 finishers
^[4]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	18	52:34.5	1	15
2	22	Max Venus	Norman Bittermann	König	18	+28.4	10	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Kenny Arthur	Windle-Yamaha	18	+43.1	4	10
4	29	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	18	+58.2	5	8
5	6	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	18	+59.7	7	6
6	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	18	+1:16.8	8	5
7	9	Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	18	+1:48.3	2	4
8	5	Siegfried Schauzu	"Schimanski"	Yamaha	18	+1:54.6		3
9	11	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Colyam	18	+2:06.2		2
10	39	Kurt Jelonek	Volker Riess	König	17	+1 lap		1
		Hermann Schmid	Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha			3
		Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro			6
		Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 15 finishers
^[4]

References

^ "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 1 December 2018.
^ "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
^ "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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[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 1 December 2018.

[2] "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[3] "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[motocourse-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[5] "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[6] "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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