1977 Dutch TT

  1977 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 8 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 1977
Location	Circuit van Drenthe Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	2:57.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	3:03.7
Podium
First	Wil Hartog	Suzuki
Second	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Third	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
Time	3:04.5
Fastest lap
Rider	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
Time	3:02.5
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Second	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha
Third	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alan North	Yamaha
Time	3:08.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Time	3:06.0
Podium
First	Mick Grant	Kawasaki
Second	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Third	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	3:16.5
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	3:16.4
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
Third	Gert Bender	Bender
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	3:34.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	3:33.5
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Third	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	3:09.2
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	3:10.5
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
	Kenny Williams
Second	Alain Michel	Yamaha
	Gérard Lecorre
Third	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
	Andreas Huber

The 1977 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1977 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen. Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed the victory.^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	30	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	16	52:35.4	10	15
2	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	16	+5.9	1	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	16	+10.5		10
4	5	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	16	+10.9	2	8
5	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha	16	+11.6	11	6
6	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	16	+12.1	8	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	16	+18.2	7	4
8	21	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	16	+20.3	5	3
9	17	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	16	+21.7	3	2
10	18	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	16	+36.2	12	1
11	31	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	16	+55.4
12	6	John Newbold	Suzuki	16	+1:21.7
13	20	Giovanni Rolando	Suzuki	16	+1:46.8
14	24	Warren Willing	Yamaha	16	+2:34.9
15	37	Les van Breda	Suzuki	16	+3:02.8
16	25	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki	15	+1 lap
17	27	Max Wiener	Suzuki	15	+1 lap
18	36	Piet van der Wal	Yamaha	15	+1 lap
		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki			4
		Christian Estrosi	Suzuki			6
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			9
30 starters in total
[2]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	16	49:25.3	5	15
2	15	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	16	+1.2	7	12
3	16	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	16	+1.7	1	10
4	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	16	+3.7	9	8
5	10	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	16	+39.1	6	6
6	24	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	16	+1:00.4	4	5
7	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	16	+1:07.7	10	4
8	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	16	+1:10.9		3
9	23	Alan North	Yamaha	16	+1:21.2	8	2
10	13	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+1:22.1		1
11	35	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	16	+1:27.9
12	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+1:31.2
13	17	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	16	+1:32.5
14	40	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	16	+1:32.6
15	27	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	16	+1:48.1
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			2
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			3
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
		Bernard Fau	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
[2]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	15	47:46.8	3	15
2	16	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	15	+8.6	4	12
3	21	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	15	+13.2	2	10
4	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	+17.8	5	8
5	14	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	15	+19.2	6	6
6	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+25.5		5
7	12	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	15	+37.5	7	4
8	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	15	+45.3		3
9	40	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	15	+1:09.6		2
10	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	15	+1:21.2	8	1
11	7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	15	+1:24.4
12	18	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	15	+1:28.3
13	22	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	15	+1:31.7
14	38	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	15	+1:46.2
15	26	Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	15	+1:46.5	10
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			9
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 20 finishers
[2]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	46:29.1	2	15
2	25	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	14	+51.8	4	12
3	7	Gert Bender	Bender	14	+1:03.6	5	10
4	4	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	14	+1:04.0	6	8
5	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	14	+1:17.2	9	6
6	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	14	+1:24.1	8	5
7	13	Horst Seel	Seel	14	+1:26.0	7	4
8	9	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	14	+2:00.1		3
9	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	+2:01.6	1	2
10	28	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	14	+2:02.0		1
11	27	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	14	+2:03.2	12
12	11	Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	14	+2:08.4	11
13	12	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	14	+2:31.3
14	29	Theo van Geffen	Morbidelli	14	+2:40.9
15	38	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	14	+2:44.5
		Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			3
		Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			10
30 starters in total, 23 finishers
[2]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	32:29.8	2	15
2	26	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	9	+26.9	3	12
3	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+48.9	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	9	+56.4	1	8
5	7	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	9	+58.6	7	6
6	9	Patrick Plisson	ABF	9	+1:19.7	6	5
7	16	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	9	+1:51.0	11	4
8	18	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	9	+1:51.1	9	3
9	8	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	9	+2:21.4		2
10	32	Peter Looyestein	Kreidler	9	+2:21.5		1
11	17	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	9	+2:28.7
12	29	Ton Koojiman	Hemeyla	9	+2:40.9	10
13	31	Theo van Geffen	VGS	9	+2:51.0
14	15	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	9	+3:01.2
15	36	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	9	+3:02.2
		Jaap Bosman	Kreidler			5
		Engelbert Kip	Kreidler			8
		Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			12
29 starters in total, 16 finishers
[2]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	14	45:12.4	1	15
2	8	Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	14	+14.5	2	12
3	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	14	+1:00.6	3	10
4	19	Göte Brodin	Eric Wickström	Windle-Yamaha	14	+1:22.2	8	8
5	10	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	14	+1:23.7	7	6
6	6	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	14	+1:41.7	10	5
7	3	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha	14	+1:58.8	6	4
8	23	Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König	14	+2:09.0	5	3
9	5	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	14	+2:19.0	9	2
10	15	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Yamaha	14	+2:46.0		1
11	17	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	14	+3:04.3
12	25	Max Venus	Norman Bittermann	König	14	+3:12.4
		George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
25 starters in total, 14 finishers
[2]

References

1. "MotoGP Preview: The 76th Dutch TT". superbikeplanet.com. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
2. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.