1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 1976
Official name	Gran Premio della Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki
Time	2:08.08
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene Phil Read	Suzuki Suzuki
Time	2:07.6
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Phil Read	Suzuki
Third	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Dodds	Yamaha
Time	2:10.67
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	2:10.6
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
Third	John Dodds	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:12.20
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:11.8
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:18.64
Fastest lap
Rider	Otello Buscherini	Malanca
Time	2:18.3
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
Third	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	2:34.73
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	2:32.2
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO
Third	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	29	1:02:35.5	2	15
2	2	Phil Read	Suzuki	29	+0.1	4	12
3	28	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	29	+53.0	5	10
4	4	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	29	+53.5	3	8
5	54	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	29	+1:39.3	11	6
6	27	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	29	+1:45.3	12	5
7	32	Stu Avant	Suzuki	29	+1:50.7	10	4
8	40	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	28	+1 lap	13	3
9	30	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	28	+1 lap	14	2
10	41	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	28	+1 laps		1
11	57	Max Wiener	Yamaha	27	+2 laps
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki			1
Ret		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			6
Ret		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			7
Ret		Nico Cereghini	Suzuki			8
Ret		Jack Findlay	Suzuki			9
Ret		Karl Auer	Yamaha			15
Ret		Eduardo Elias	Harley-Davidson			16
Ret		Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha			17
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			18
Ret		Giorgio Avveduii	Suzuki			19
Ret		Mario Fiorentino	Suzuki			20
30 starters in total
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	25	55:01.8	8	15
2	14	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+30.5	3	12
3	65	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+33.4	1	10
4	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+36.2	9	8
5	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+37.0	11	6
6	77	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	25	+37.5	17	5
7	73	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	25	+37.7	2	4
8	76	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	25	+1:00.6	19	3
9	23	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	25	+1:06.3	10	2
10	70	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+1:11.3		1
11	35	Francini Vanes	Yamaha	25	+1:19.2
12	24	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	25	+1:21.2	13
13	59	Alan North	Yamaha	25	+1:39.3
14	21	Christian Huguet	Yamaha	25	+2:10.3
15	34	Fosco Giansanti	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	12
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			4
Ret		Paolo Tordi [N 1]	Yamaha	1		5
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			6
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			7
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			14
Ret		Giuseppe Consalvi	Yamaha			15
Ret		Eduardo Elias	Yamaha			16
Ret		Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			18
Ret		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total
[1]

Footnotes

1. Tordi crashed on the second lap and died from chest injuries.^[2]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	23	51:43.3	1	15
2	25	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	23	+21.8	13	12
3	19	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	23	+37.9	3	10
4	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	23	+1:00.1	10	8
5	48	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	23	+1:01.4	9	6
6	9	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	23	+1:15.8		5
7	23	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:21.9		4
8	36	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	23	+1:28.3		3
9	11	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:40.9	16	2
10	66	Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha	23	+1:41.2		1
11	35	Mario Lega	Yamaha	23	+1:44.1	15
12	32	Denis Boulom	Yamaha	23	+1:46.1	18
13	45	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	23	+1:59.7	2
14	15	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	29	Erick Andersson	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
16	52	Alfio Micheli	Harley-Davidson	22	+1 lap
17	50	Rudolf Weiss	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Harley-Davidson			6
Ret		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			7
Ret		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			8
Ret		Paolo Tordi	Yamaha			11
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			12
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			14
Ret		Gérard Choukron	Yamaha			17
Ret		Otello Buscherini [N 1]	Yamaha	6		19
Ret		Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson			20
30 starters in total
[1]

Footnotes

1. Buscherini crashed on the seventh lap and died from stomach injuries.^[3]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	20	46:54.2	1	15
2	22	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+24.7	2	12
3	12	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:05.3	12	10
4	33	Henk van Kessel	Condor	19	+1 lap	10	8
5	34	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	7	6
6	39	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	11	5
7	23	Luciano Richetti	Harley-Davidson	19	+1 lap	15	4
8	28	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha Italjet	19	+1 lap	13	3
9	10	Auno Hakala	Yamaha	19	+1 lap		2
10	18	Matti Kinnunen	Maico	19	+1 lap		1
11	20	Hans Müller	Yamaha	18	+2 laps
Ret		Otello Buscherini	Malanca			3
Ret		Xaver Tschannen	Maico			4
Ret		Ermanno Giuliano	Malanca			5
Ret		Stefan Dörflinger	Malanca			6
Ret		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			8
Ret		Pentti Salonen	Yamaha			9
Ret		Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS			14
30 starters in total
[1]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	12	30:49.9	1	15
2	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	12	+24.9	2	12
3	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+32.8	4	10
4	14	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	12	+40.7	3	8
5	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+56.9	5	6
6	23	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+1:25.1		5
7	34	Ezio Mischiati	Derbi MGM	12	+1:34.6		4
8	11	Ramon Gali	Derbi	12	+1:38.5		3
9	42	Pierre Audry	ABF	12	+1:39.5	6	2
10	12	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	12	+1:43.9		1
11	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	12	+1:44.1
12	8	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	12	+1:45.0	10
13	29	Giovanni Ziggiotto	MTK	12	+1:45.1	7
14	36	Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler	12	+2:33.9	15
15	41	Patrick de Wulf	Kreidler	11	+1 lap	9
16	33	Carlo Guerrini	Ringhini	11	+1 lap
17	38	Joaquin Gali	Derbi	11	+1 lap
18	32	Luigi Rinaudo	Tomos	11	+1 lap
19	26	Hans Kroismayer	Kreidler	11	+1 lap
20	43	Giorgio di Nunzio	Derbi	11	+1 lap
Ret		Nico Polane	Kreidler			8
Ret		Sergio Zattoni	Derbi			11
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Villa			12
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			13
Ret		Ermanno Giuliano	Kreidler			14
29 starters in total
[1]

References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
2. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
3. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.