1977 Dutch TT

1977 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 8 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 1977
Official name	Dutch TT 1977 Assen
Location	Circuit van Drenthe
Course	Permanent racing facility; 7.718 km (4.796 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:57.400
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	3:03.700
Podium
First	Wil Hartog
Second	Barry Sheene
Third	Pat Hennen
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	3:04.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	3:02.500
Podium
First	Kork Ballington
Second	Michel Rougerie
Third	Patrick Fernandez
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	3:08.400
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Uncini
Time	3:06.000
Podium
First	Mick Grant
Second	Franco Uncini
Third	Barry Ditchburn
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	3:16.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	3:16.400
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Harald Bartol
Third	Gert Bender
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	3:34.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	3:33.500
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Ricardo Tormo
Third	Herbert Rittberger
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	3:09.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	3:10.500
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second	Alain Michel
Third	Werner Schwärzel

Last updated September 04, 2022

The 1977 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1977 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen. Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed the victory.^[4]

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	30	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	52'35.400	15
2	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+5.900	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+10.500	10
4	5	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+10.900	8
5	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.600	6
6	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+12.100	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+18.200	4
8	21	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+20.300	3
9	17	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+21.700	2
10	18	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+36.200	1
11	31	Jack Middelburg	Haags Motocentrum Team	Suzuki	+55.400
12	6	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+1'21.700
13	20	Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	+1'46.800
14	24	Warren Willing		Yamaha	+2'34.900
15	37	Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+3'02.800
16	25	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	27	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1 lap
18	36	Piet van der Wal		Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	42	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Willem Zoet		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	12	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	15	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Franz Rau		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	17	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	43	Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Dick Alblas		König	Retired
Ret	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	16	49:25.3	5	15
2	15	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	16	+1.2	7	12
3	16	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	16	+1.7	1	10
4	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	16	+3.7	9	8
5	10	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	16	+39.1	6	6
6	24	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	16	+1:00.4	4	5
7	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	16	+1:07.7	10	4
8	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	16	+1:10.9		3
9	23	Alan North	Yamaha	16	+1:21.2	8	2
10	13	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+1:22.1		1
11	35	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	16	+1:27.9
12	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+1:31.2
13	17	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	16	+1:32.5
14	40	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	16	+1:32.6
15	27	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	16	+1:48.1
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			2
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			3
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
		Bernard Fau	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	15	47:46.8	3	15
2	16	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	15	+8.6	4	12
3	21	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	15	+13.2	2	10
4	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	+17.8	5	8
5	14	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	15	+19.2	6	6
6	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+25.5		5
7	12	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	15	+37.5	7	4
8	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	15	+45.3		3
9	40	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	15	+1:09.6		2
10	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	15	+1:21.2	8	1
11	7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	15	+1:24.4
12	18	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	15	+1:28.3
13	22	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	15	+1:31.7
14	38	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	15	+1:46.2
15	26	Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	15	+1:46.5	10
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			9
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 20 finishers
^[5]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	46:29.1	2	15
2	25	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	14	+51.8	4	12
3	7	Gert Bender	Bender	14	+1:03.6	5	10
4	4	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	14	+1:04.0	6	8
5	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	14	+1:17.2	9	6
6	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	14	+1:24.1	8	5
7	13	Horst Seel	Seel	14	+1:26.0	7	4
8	9	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	14	+2:00.1		3
9	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	+2:01.6	1	2
10	28	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	14	+2:02.0		1
11	27	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	14	+2:03.2	12
12	11	Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	14	+2:08.4	11
13	12	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	14	+2:31.3
14	29	Theo van Geffen	Morbidelli	14	+2:40.9
15	38	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	14	+2:44.5
		Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			3
		Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			10
30 starters in total, 23 finishers
^[5]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	32:29.8	2	15
2	26	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	9	+26.9	3	12
3	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+48.9	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	9	+56.4	1	8
5	7	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	9	+58.6	7	6
6	9	Patrick Plisson	ABF	9	+1:19.7	6	5
7	16	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	9	+1:51.0	11	4
8	18	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	9	+1:51.1	9	3
9	8	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	9	+2:21.4		2
10	32	Peter Looyestein	Kreidler	9	+2:21.5		1
11	17	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	9	+2:28.7
12	29	Ton Koojiman	Hemeyla	9	+2:40.9	10
13	31	Theo van Geffen	VGS	9	+2:51.0
14	15	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	9	+3:01.2
15	36	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	9	+3:02.2
		Jaap Bosman	Kreidler			5
		Engelbert Kip	Kreidler			8
		Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			12
29 starters in total, 16 finishers
^[5]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	14	45:12.4	1	15
2	8	Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	14	+14.5	2	12
3	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	14	+1:00.6	3	10
4	19	Göte Brodin	Eric Wickström	Windle-Yamaha	14	+1:22.2	8	8
5	10	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	14	+1:23.7	7	6
6	6	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	14	+1:41.7	10	5
7	3	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha	14	+1:58.8	6	4
8	23	Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König	14	+2:09.0	5	3
9	5	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	14	+2:19.0	9	2
10	15	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Yamaha	14	+2:46.0		1
11	17	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	14	+3:04.3
12	25	Max Venus	Norman Bittermann	König	14	+3:12.4
		George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
25 starters in total, 14 finishers
^[5]

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References

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↑ "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
↑ "MotoGP Preview: The 76th Dutch TT". Superbikeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
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↑ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 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 18 December 2018.

[2] "1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[3] "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[4] "MotoGP Preview: The 76th Dutch TT". Superbikeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 11 December 2010.

[motocourse-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[6] "1977 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[7] "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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