1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 July 1976
Official name	Swedish TT
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.018 km (2.497 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki
Time	1:42.77
Fastest lap
Rider	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki
Time	1:41.645
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Jack Findlay	Suzuki
Third	Chas Mortimer	Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha
Time	1:48.07
Fastest lap
Rider	Dieter Braun	Yamaha
Time	1:46.834
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Second	Dieter Braun	Yamaha
Third	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	1:48.57
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	1:49.263
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Third	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	1:59.93
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	1:58.444
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli

The 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 July 1976 at the Scandinavian Raceway.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	28	48:20.735	2	15
2	10	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	28	+34.178		12
3	11	Chas Mortimer	Suzuki	28	+34.232		10
4	4	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	28	+34.869	1	8
5	42	Stu Avant	Suzuki	28	+35.938	5	6
6	51	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	28	+37.350		5
7	20	Victor Palomo	Yamaha	28	+46.690	6	4
8	12	Karl Auer	Yamaha	28	+46.743		3
9	21	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+1:16.116		2
10	8	John Newbold	Suzuki	28	+1:27.686		1
11	6	Alex George	Suzuki	28	+1:37.841 [N 1]
12	43	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	28	+1:41.837
13	27	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	28	+1:43.146
14	47	Kaj Jensen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
15	32	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	4
16	35	Bo Granath	Husqvarna	27	+1 lap
17	34	Goran Alden	Suzuki	26	+2 laps
Ret		Pat Hennen	Suzuki			3
30 starters in total
[2]

Footnotes

1. George was penalised one minute due to a false start.^[1]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	30	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	28	50:30.009	2	15
2	14	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	28	+9.139		12
3	25	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	28	+9.492		10
4	50	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	28	+11.776	1	8
5	11	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	28	+12.058		6
6	21	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+21.527		5
7	19	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	28	+21.839		4
8	4	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	28	+28.551		3
9	22	Tapio Virtanen	MZ	28	+48.142	5	2
10	18	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+53.558		1
11	51	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	28	+58.790
12	31	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	28	+1:01.077
13	36	Kjell Solberg	Yamaha	28	+1:10.870
14	45	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	28	+1:12.077
15	46	Alf Graarud	Yamaha	28	+1:12.961
16	35	Bo Granath	Yamaha	28	+1:28.767
17	34	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
18	42	Sture Smith	SVH Yamsel	27	+1 lap
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			3
Ret		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			4
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			6
30 starters in total
[2]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	26	48:33.424	1	15
2	16	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	26	+25.720	2	12
3	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	26	+38.692	4	10
4	3	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	26	+38.743	6	8
5	7	Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor	26	+51.714	3	6
6	24	Gert Bender	Bender	26	+1:21.724		5
7	30	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap		4
8	22	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	5	3
9	35	Matti Kinnunen	Maico	25	+1 lap		2
10	14	Lennart Lindell	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap		1
11	19	Johnny Svensson	Bastard	25	+1 lap
12	29	Roland Olsson	Syntema	25	+1 lap
13	39	Rolf Blatter	Maico	25	+1 lap
14	17	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	24	+2 laps
15	34	Goran Alden	Maico	24	+2 laps
16	32	Jan Backström	Maico	24	+2 laps
17	20	Ulrich Graf	Yamaha	24	+2 laps
18	40	Steen Ahrentzen	Maico	23	+3 laps
19	26	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	20	+6 laps
30 starters in total
[2]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	16	32:09.392	1	15
2	20	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	16	+1.023	4	12
3	5	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	16	+15.115	2	10
4	4	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	16	+47.953		8
5	17	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	16	+59.045	5	6
6	14	Robert Laver	Kreidler	16	+1:06.495		5
7	27	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	16	+1:15.410		4
8	15	Gerrit Strikker	Kreidler	16	+1:17.839		3
9	10	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	16	+1:22.639		2
10	26	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	16	+1:27.531		1
11	12	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
12	25	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
13	16	Ove Skifjeld	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
14	24	Janos Meszaros	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
Ret		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			3
Ret		Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			6
20 starters in total
[2]

References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
2. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.