1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	2:13.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Jon Ekerold ; Tom Herron
Time	2:14.400
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Christian Sarron
Third	Jon Ekerold

Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:06.700
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	2:05.900
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Marco Lucchinelli
Third	Gianfranco Bonera

1977 Finnish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 July 1977
Official name	Imatranajo Suomen Grand Prix/Finnish Grand Prix
Location	Imatra Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 6.030 km (3.747 mi);
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	2:06.700
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	2:05.900
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Marco Lucchinelli
Third	Gianfranco Bonera
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	2:13.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Jon Ekerold ; Tom Herron
Time	2:14.400
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Christian Sarron
Third	Jon Ekerold
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	2:18.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	2:16.600
Podium
First	Walter Villa
Second	Mick Grant
Third	Kork Ballington
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:23.700
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	2:23.500
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Jean-Louis Guignabodet

Last updated May 15, 2021

The 1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 July 1977 at the Imatra circuit.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	14	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	46'50.000	15
2	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+43.000	12
3	22	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+51.600	10
4	12	Michel Rougerie	Elf	Suzuki	+1'04.700	8
5	21	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'17.200	6
6	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'18.700	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+1'56.500	4
8	26	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	30	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10	11	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	+1 lap	1
11	20	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	25	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+1 lap
13	17	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	27	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
15	34	Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
16	23	Ron Kirkham		Yamaha	+2 laps
17	39	Jean-Marc Toffolo		Yamaha	+2 laps
18	36	Ossi Nikkinen		Yamaha	+3 laps
Ret	35	Pentti Lehtelä		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	42	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	37	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	29	Jean-Claude Hogrel		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	10	Kimmo Kopra		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	16	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	24	Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	15	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??	Teuvo Laakso		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Bernard Regoni		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Kenny Roberts		Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	21	48:14.9	10	15
2	18	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	21	+3.3	4	12
3	19	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	21	+5.3	15	10
4	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	21	+16.0	2	8
5	12	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	21	+42.3	19	6
6	7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	21	+1:21.6	9	5
7	38	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	21	+1:32.1		4
8	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	21	+1:35.3	18	3
9	36	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	21	+1:35.5	20	2
10	21	Karl Auer	Yamaha	21	+1:41.9		1
11	30	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	21	+1:49.5
12	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	21	+2:07.1	19
13	10	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	21	+3:44.6	16
14	28	Alex George	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
15	37	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			1
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			3
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			5
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			6
		Alan North	Yamaha			7
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			8
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
		Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha			12
		John Dodds	Yamaha			13
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			14
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			17
30 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	46:15.3	3	15
2	26	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	20	+0.3		12
3	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	20	+24.3	6	10
4	18	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	20	+26.5	7	8
5	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+28.2	2	6
6	9	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	20	+34.7	8	5
7	24	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	20	+37.9	10	4
8	27	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	20	+38.4	9	3
9	10	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+38.6	11	2
10	6	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+38.9	14	1
11	30	Hans Müller	Yamaha	20	+54.8	16
12	12	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	+1:11.2	17
13	39	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	20	+1:14.3	19
14	32	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	20	+1:25.2	15
15	5	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	20	+1:33.5	18
16	23	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	20	+1:52.2
17	38	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	20	+2:00.8	20
18	8	John Dodds	Yamaha	20	+2:09.3
19	40	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	19	+1 lap
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			4
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			5
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			12
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			13
31 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	19	46:09.6	1	15
2	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+9.6	2	12
3	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	19	+1:16.4	7	10
4	12	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	19	+1:32.7	8	8
5	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	19	+1:45.8	9	6
6	16	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	19	+2:20.0	16	5
7	36	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	19	+2:23.2	13	4
8	33	Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	19	+2:23.4	15	3
9	17	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	19	+2:34.8	17	2
10	15	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	12
11	18	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	14
12	19	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	20
13	10	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	19
14	35	Bernd Schneider	Bender	18	+1 lap
15	28	Jacques Hutteau	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
16	27	Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
17	29	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
18	25	Guillermo Pérez	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
		Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco			3
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			4
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			5
		Gert Bender	Bender			6
		Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane			10
		Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			11
		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			18
30 starters in total
^[2]

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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 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
1 2 3 4 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
↑ "1977 Finnish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ "FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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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 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[motocourse-2] 1 2 3 4 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

[3] "1977 Finnish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[4] "FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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