1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 1977
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.040 km (3.132 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:58.41
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:57.0
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki
Third	Armando Toracca	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alan North	Yamaha
Time	2:01.57
Fastest lap
Rider	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
Time	2:01.0
Podium
First	Alan North	Yamaha
Second	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
Third	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:05.84
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:03.3
Podium
First	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Second	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
Third	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:09.34
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:09.7
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Third	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	2:25.73
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	2:09.7
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Second	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Third	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco

The 1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1977 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	30	59:52.0	1	15
2	22	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	30	+1.3	10	12
3	46	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	30	+2.6	6	10
4	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha	30	+28.6	4	8
5	1	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	30	+35.8	7	6
6	6	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	30	+36.9	9	5
7	5	John Newbold	Suzuki	30	+1:10.5	17	4
8	20	Christian Estrosi	Suzuki	30	+1:14.5	11	3
9	24	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	30	+1:16.4	12	2
10	26	Anton Mang	Suzuki	30	+1:22.3	15	1
11	19	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	30	+1:39.7
12	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	30	+1:40.4
13	36	Graziano Rossi	Suzuki	30	+1:45.7	20
14	4	Max Wiener	Suzuki	30	+1:45.7	16
15	23	Alex George	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	18
16	9	John Williams	Suzuki	29	+1 lap
17	18	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki	28	+2 laps
18	41	Mario Necchi	Suzuki	28	+2 laps
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			2
		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki			3
		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			5
		Pat Hennen	Suzuki			8
		Nico Cereghini	Suzuki			13
		Jack Findlay	Suzuki			14
		Giovanni Rolando	Suzuki			19
30 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	30	Alan North	Yamaha	26	53:12.2	1	15
2	51	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	26	+1.7	2	12
3	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	26	+23.7	4	10
4	34	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	26	+24.6	5	8
5	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	26	+1:07.1	6	6
6	10	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	26	+1:15.2	17	5
7	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	26	+1:15.7	15	4
8	46	Felice Agostini	Yamaha	26	+1:29.9	12	3
9	14	Denis Boulom	Yamaha	26	+1:41.8	16	2
10	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	26	+1:48.2		1
11	63	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	26	+1:50.3
12	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	13
13	44	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
14	58	Giorgio Avveduti	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
15	15	Peter Baláz	Yamaha	23	+3 laps
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			3
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			7
		Tom Herron	Yamaha			8
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			9
		Giovanni Pelletier	Bimota			10
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
		Raffaele Palatiello	Bimota			14
		Vanes Francini	Yamaha			18
		Alfio Micheli	Yamaha			19
		Massimo Matteoni	Bimota			20
30 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	24	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	24	50:12.7	1	15
2	6	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	24	+9.1	10	12
3	27	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	24	+30.7	7	10
4	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	24	+39.0	13	8
5	44	Alan North	Yamaha	24	+50.9	5	6
6	16	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	24	+55.3	16	5
7	18	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	24	+58.8	9	5
8	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	24	+1:19.2		4
9	68	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	24	+1:28.2	18	2
10	49	Vanes Francini	Yamaha	24	+1:29.2	17	1
11	58	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	24	+1:30.1	20
12	34	Franco Solaroli	Harley-Davidson	24	+1:51.9
13	64	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	24	+1:52.0	14
14	26	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	24	+1:54.5	12
15	47	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	24	+1:58.8
16	20	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
17	30	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
18	11	John Dodds	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			2
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			3
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			4
		Akihiro Kiyohara	Kawasaki			6
		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			8
		Aldo Nannini	Yamaha			11
		Giovanni Pelletier	Bimota			15
		Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha			19
30 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	21	45:58.7	1	15
2	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	21	+55.8	3	12
3	32	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	21	+1:13.5	6	10
4	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	21	+1:16.3	5	8
5	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	21	+1:28.2	2	6
6	27	Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli	21	+1:41.2	7	5
7	18	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	21	+1:46.6	8	4
8	6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	21	+1:48.9	20	3
9	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	21	+1:51.5	9	2
10	40	Pieraldo Cipriani	Morbidelli	21	+2:06.9	12	1
11	35	Luciano Richetti	Morbidelli	21	+2:13.8
12	8	Gert Bender	Bender	21	+2:15.7
13	29	Guido Mancini	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap	16
14	41	F. Pellegrino	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
15	52	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
16	24	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
17	27	R. Brazzi	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
18	44	Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	18	+3 laps
		Giovanni Ziggliotto	Morbidelli			4
		Germano Zanetti	Morbidelli			10
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			11
		Johann Parzer	Morbidelli			13
		Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			14
		Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli			15
		Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli			17
		János Drapál	Morbidelli			18
		Carlo Vernocchi	Morbidelli			19
30 starters in total
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	13	31:40.6	1	15
2	19	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	13	+1.4	3	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	13	+12.1	2	10
4	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	13	+1:27.8	5	8
5	7	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	13	+1:28.4	9	6
6	3	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	13	+1:36.7	6	5
7	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	13	+1:51.5	4	4
8	45	Patrick Plisson	ABF	13	+1:55.4	8	3
9	25	Ezio Mischiatti	Derbi	13	+1:56.5	10	2
10	11	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	13	+1:58.7	19	1
11	9	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	13	+2:14.3	14
12	29	Guido Mancini	Kreidler	13	+2:27.3	7
13	5	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+1 lap
14	35	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	12	+1 lap	16
15	30	Giorgio Paci	Derbi	12	+1 lap	18
16	16	Ramón Gali	Derbi	12	+1 lap
17	44	Claudio Granata	Derbi	12	+1 lap	17
18	37	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	12	+1 lap
19	33	Giuliano Tabanelli	Silvestri	12	+1 lap	20
20	22	Giovanni Lucarini	UFO	12	+1 lap
NC	23	Giorgio Macchiavelli	UFO	7	+6 laps
		Alberto Ieva	Ringhini			11
		Hagen Klein	Kreidler			12
		Claudio Lusuardi	Lusuardi			13
		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			15
30 starters in total
[1]

References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.