1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1977
Official name	Grosser Preis von Österreich
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:23.20
Fastest lap
Rider	Jack Findlay	Suzuki
Time	1:25.97
Podium
First	Jack Findlay	Suzuki
Second	Max Wiener	Suzuki
Third	Alex George	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:26.31
Podium
First	n/a
Second	n/a
Third	n/a
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	1:35.10
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Time	1:35.20
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Second	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
Passenger	Ken Williams
Time	1:30.08
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
Passenger	Ken Williams
Time	1:31.66
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
	Ken Williams
Second	George O'Dell	Windle-Yamaha
	Kenny Arthur
Third	Alain Michel	Yamaha
	Gérard Lecorre

The 1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 May 1977 at the Salzburgring circuit.

The opening race was for the 350 cc category. This race was abandoned after eight laps following an accident which led to the death of Hans Stadelmann from head injuries, and seriously injured Johnny Cecotto, Patrick Fernandez, Dieter Braun and Franco Uncini.^[1][2] The 125 cc race was due to run after the 350 cc race, but the 125 cc riders staged a sitdown strike and there was a delay before their race took place.^[1] Riders in the 500 cc category organised a boycott of their race which led to only 14 competitors taking part.^[3] The FIM, motorcycle racing's governing body, initially issued formal warnings to Barry Sheene and Ángel Nieto but later in the year the punishments were retracted.^[3]

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	35	51:19.26	13	15
2	24	Max Wiener	Suzuki	35	+15.40		12
3	29	Alex George	Suzuki	35	+15.91	20	10
4	20	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	35	+25.36	19	8
5	48	Franz Heller	Suzuki	34	+1 lap		6
6	33	Michael Schmid	Suzuki	32	+3 laps		5
NC	10	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	19	+16 laps	18
		Barry Sheene	Suzuki			1
		Steve Baker	Yamaha			2
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			3
		Pat Hennen	Suzuki			4
		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki			5
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			6
		Christian Estrosi	Suzuki			7
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			8
		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			9
		Steve Parrish	Suzuki			10
		Stu Avant	Suzuki			11
		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki			12
		Tom Herron	Suzuki			14
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			15
		John Williams	Suzuki			16
		Armando Toracca	Suzuki			17
14 starters in total
[4]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	30	48:14.90	3	15
2	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	+49.98	2	12
3	17	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	30	+58.97	4	10
4	44	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	30	+1:08.28	6	8
5	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	30	+1:26.66	5	6
6	16	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	30	+1:26.73	7	5
7	25	János Drapál	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	13	4
8	46	Per-Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	18	3
9	22	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	10	2
10	31	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	20	1
11	21	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	16
12	24	Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
13	37	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	17
14	15	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	19
15	20	Hans Zemsauer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	11
16	26	August Auinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
17	14	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
18	45	Jan Ubels	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
19	41	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps
20	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps	9
21	12	Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	27	+3 laps
22	33	Marc Constantin	Morbidelli	27	+3 laps
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			1
		Gert Bender	Bender			8
		Xaver Tschannen	Bender			12
		Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli			14
		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			15
36 starters in total
[4]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	30	47:01.41	1	15
2	8	George O'Dell	Kenny Arthur	Windle-Yamaha	30	+23.33	5	12
3	32	Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	30	+48.65	3	10
4	4	Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	30	+1:13.74	7	8
5	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	30	+1:22.31	8	6
6	7	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	29	+1 lap	9	5
7	10	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	29	+1 lap	13	4
8	18	Heinz Luthringshauser	Helmut Hahn	MKM	28	+2 laps		3
9	33	Amedeo Zini	Andreas Fornaro	König	28	+2 laps		2
10	22	Herbert Prügl	Hans Kussberger	Rotax	28	+2 laps	10	1
11	19	Marc Alexandre	Paul Gerard	Kova-König	28	+2 laps
NC	6	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	26	+4 laps	11
NC	17	Rüdi Kurth	Dane Rowe	Yamaha	26	+4 laps	2
NC	5	Siegfried Schauzu	"Wohlfart"	Yamaha	25	+5 laps	15
NC	12	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Colyam	23	+7 laps
		Jean-François Monnin	Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
		Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König			6
		Max Venus	Norman Bittermann	König			12
		Hermann Schmid	Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha			14
22 starters in total
[4]

References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 57. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
2. "Cyclist Killed In Prix Race". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 2 May 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
3. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.
4. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.