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Race 3 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 8 May 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Großer Preis von Deutschland [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Hockenheimring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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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] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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] |
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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] |
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