1976 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

Czechoslovakia  1976 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 22 August 1976
Official name Grand Prix ČSSR
Location Brno
Course Permanent racing facility
10.920 km (6.785 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Time 3:49.22
Fastest lap
Rider Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Time 3:42.16
Podium
First United Kingdom John Newbold Suzuki
Second Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Third Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:50.99
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Spain Victor Palomo Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:54.58
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 3:52.16
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
Third Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider Germany Rolf Steinhausen König
Passenger Germany Sepp Huber
Time 4:07.95
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland Yamaha
Passenger United Kingdom Ken Williams
Time 4:00.57
Podium
First Switzerland Hermann Schmid Yamaha
Switzerland Jean-Pierre Martial
Second Germany Werner Schwärzel König
Germany Andreas Huber
Third Switzerland Rolf Biland Yamaha
United Kingdom Ken Williams

The 1976 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 August 1976 at the Brno circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 United Kingdom John Newbold Suzuki 15 56:56.45 10 15
2 3 Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki 15 +11.04 1 12
3 23 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki 15 +22.68 2 10
4 11 Austria Karl Auer Yamaha 15 +1:34.20 17 8
5 44 Austria Max Wiener Yamaha 15 +1:42.86 4 6
6 29 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 15 +1:53.11 13 5
7 4 Germany Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 15 +2:12.90 15 4
8 14 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Suzuki 15 +3:12.19 3
9 10 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Suzuki 15 +3:30.68 18 2
10 18 Brazil Edmar Ferreira Yamaha 15 +3:31.30 1
11 30 Sweden Bo Granath Yamaha 15 +3:52.70 9
12 38 United Kingdom Charles Dobson Yamaha 14 +1 lap
13 41 Hungary János Drapál Yamaha 14 +1 lap
14 37 Italy Giorgio Gatti Yamaha 14 +1 lap
15 34 Austria Michael Schmid Yamaha 14 +1 lap
16 47 Germany Walter Kaletsch Yamaha 13 +2 laps
17 19 Sweden Lars Johansson Yamaha 6 +9 laps
Ret United States Pat Hennen Suzuki 3
Ret Italy Virginio Ferrari Suzuki 5
Ret Italy Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki 6
Ret France Christian Estrosi Suzuki 7
Ret Germany Dieter Braun Suzuki 8
Ret Denmark Børge Nielsen Yamaha 11
Ret Italy Giacomo Agostini Suzuki 12
Ret United Kingdom Alex George Suzuki 14
Ret Switzerland Roland Freymond Yamaha 16
Ret Belgium Francis Hollbecq Suzuki 19
38 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 5 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 14 53:59.61 1 15
2 9 Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 14 +3.05 5 12
3 8 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 14 +4.98 4 10
4 3 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 14 +13.66 9 8
5 6 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 14 +16.55 13 6
6 26 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 14 +19.46 11 5
7 23 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 14 +1:25.18 4
8 16 Austria Karl Auer Yamaha 14 +1:40.28 3
9 34 Switzerland Franz Kunz Yamaha 14 +1:45.31 18 2
10 32 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 14 +1:50.82 1
11 19 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 14 +1:56.46 14
12 10 United Kingdom Alex George Yamaha 14 +2:27.19
13 42 Czechoslovakia Peter Baláz Yamaha 14 +2:27.29
14 29 Italy Giovanni Proni Yamaha 14 +2:44.46
15 20 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 14 +3:15.50 17
16 17 Austria Max Wiener Yamaha 14 +3:43.38
17 40 Hungary János Reisz Yamaha 13 +1 lap
18 45 Czechoslovakia Jan Bartunek Jawa 13 +1 lap
19 14 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 12 +2 laps 12
Ret Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 2
Ret Germany Dieter Braun Morbidelli 3
Ret Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 6
Ret Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 7
Ret France Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 8
Ret France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 10
Ret Finland Tapio Virtanen MZ 15
Ret Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Yamaha 16
Ret France Gérard Choukroun Yamaha 19
Ret Italy Mario Lega Yamaha 20
42 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 13 50:46.12 1 15
2 15 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 13 +35.63 2 12
3 6 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 13 +50.22 4 10
4 10 Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 13 +53.21 8
5 8 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 13 +54.55 6 6
6 12 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 13 +1:04.26 8 5
7 3 Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha 13 +1:14.38 5 4
8 16 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 13 +1:26.67 3 3
9 22 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 13 +1:36.84 2
10 11 Austria Harald Bartol Yamaha 13 +1:45.35 1
11 36 Hungary János Drapál Yamaha 13 +1:49.91 10
12 20 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 13 +1:56.64 9
13 17 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 13 +1:56.94
14 25 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 13 +2:07.27
15 4 Germany Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 13 +2:51.50
16 23 Italy Mario Lega Yamaha 13 +2:51.91
17 7 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 13 +3:20.82
18 14 Finland Pentti Salonen Yamaha 13 +3:26.14
19 23 Austria Rudolf Weiss Yamaha 13 +3:26.66
20 31 Sweden Bo Granath Yamaha 13 +3:27.26
21 39 Czechoslovakia Peter Baláz Jawa 13 +3:53.43
22 30 Japan Ken Nemoto Yamaha 13 +4:16.67
23 47 Switzerland Hans Stadelmann Yamaha 12 +1 lap
24 29 United States Alan Engel Kawasaki 12 +1 lap
25 43 Czechoslovakia Oldrich Kaba Jawa 12 +1 lap
26 44 Czechoslovakia Vladimir Jarolin Jawa 12 +1 lap
27 45 Czechoslovakia Jan Bartunek Jawa 12 +1 lap
28 46 Hungary János Reisz Yamaha 12 +1 lap
29 38 Poland Andrzej Szymanski Yamaha 12 +1 lap
30 37 Poland Zbygniew Chomno Yamaha 11 +2 laps
Ret Switzerland Franz Kunz Yamaha 7
Ret Finland Tapio Virtanen MZ 11
Ret United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 12
41 starters in total
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Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 12 49:14.73 5 15
2 2 Germany Werner Schwärzel Germany Andreas Huber König 12 +0.54 2 12
3 3 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Ken Williams Yamaha 12 +2.90 6 10
4 1 Germany Rolf Steinhausen Germany Sepp Huber König 12 +3.76 1 8
5 12 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Yamaha 12 +46.61 6
6 17 Netherlands Martin Kooy Netherlands Rob Vader König 12 +48.71 5
7 16 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Cliff Holland Yamaha 12 +1:19.85 12 4
8 22 Germany Walter Ohrmann Germany Bernd Grube Yamaha 12 +1:24.68 4 3
9 25 France Alain Michel France Bernard Garcia Yamaha 12 +1:34.49 11 2
10 9 Italy Amedeo Zini Italy Andrea Fornaro König 12 +2:49.34 1
11 25 Switzerland Rüdi Kurth United Kingdom Dane Rowe Yamaha 11 +1 lap 10
12 19 Germany Egon Schons Germany Karl Lauterback König 11 +1 lap
13 11 Germany Georg Neumann Germany Gerhard Lehmann König 10 +2 laps
14 28 Germany Gerhard Müller Germany Gerd Hoffmann König 10 +2 laps
15 21 Germany Siegfried Schauzu Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 10 +2 laps
16 32 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans Yamaha 2 +10 laps
Ret Switzerland Ernst Trachsel Switzerland Benedikt Stahli Yamaha 3
Ret Germany Otto Haller Germany Erich Haselbeck BMW 7
Ret Germany Helmut Schilling Germany Rainer Gundel Aro 8
Ret Germany Max Venus Germany Norbert Bittermann König 9
31 starters in total
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 119. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
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