1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix

West Germany  1976 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Circuit Nürburgring-1967-Nordschleife.svg
Date29 August 1976
Official nameGrosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationNürburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Suzuki
Time 8:59.900
Podium
First Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta
Second Italy Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki
Third United States Pat Hennen Suzuki
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Time 8:57.300
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha
Third Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 9:03.200
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second South Africa Kork Ballington Yamaha
Third South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli
Time 10:12.200
Podium
First West Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli
Second West Germany Walter Koschine Maico
Third Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli
50 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 10:26.900
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Second West Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Third Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Template:Country data WBRD Werner Schwärzel König
Time 11:02.100
Podium
First West Germany Werner Schwärzel König
Second West Germany Rolf Steinhausen Busch-König
Third United Kingdom George O'Dell Yamaha

The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.

500 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Italy Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro MV Agusta 1:06'21.400 15
2 32 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Gallina Corse Suzuki +52.100 12
3 66 United States Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +1'09.300 10
4 8 United Kingdom John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +1'12.300 8
5 28 Netherlands Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +1'20.800 6
6 29 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki +2'41.600 5
7 70 South Africa Alan North Suzuki +2'56.600 4
8 34 France Christian Bourgeois Yamaha +2'56.800 3
9 11 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Suzuki +4'14.200 2
10 59 West Germany Egid Schwemmer Nava +4'18.100 1
11 69 Czechoslovakia Peter Baláz Yamaha +4'35.600
12 27 Austria Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +4'48.000
13 25 United Kingdom John Cowie Yamaha +5'10.500
14 17 Austria Hans Braumandl MSC Rottenberg Suzuki +7'54.000
15 53 West Germany Franz Rau Yamaha +7'58.500
16 52 West Germany Walter Hoffmann Suzuki +8'45.600
17 68 Austria Michael Schmid Racing Team Albatros Yamaha +9'46.000
18 37 United Kingdom Alan Rogers Yamaha +9'51.400
19 30 Netherlands Jan van Disseldorp Yamaha +10'51.500
20 48 United Kingdom Charles Dobson Yamaha +10'51.700
21 ?? West Germany Jürgen Zeddel Yamaha +11'31.500
22 19 Sweden Lars Johansson Yamaha +11'35.400
23 ?? West Germany Adolf Schneider Yamaha +11'36.900
24 ?? West Germany Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +1 lap
Ret 6 Australia Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret 12 Austria Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired
Ret 14 West Germany Dieter Braun Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? Netherlands Dick Alblas König Retired
Ret ?? Belgium Michel Renson Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Switzerland Hans Stadelmann Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Denmark Børge Nielsen Yamaha Retired
Ret 28 Italy Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Yamaha Accident
Ret ?? Australia Victor Soussan Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Gerhard Vogt Yamaha Accident
Ret ?? West Germany Franz Heller Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Belgium Johannes Klement Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Ulrich Eickmeyer König Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Hans-Gunter Schöne Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? South Africa Louis With Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Peter Schrötges Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Horst Lotz Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Arndt Hährle Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Norbert Schüller König Retired
Ret ?? Australia Ron Robinson Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Horst Lahfeld König Retired
Ret 44 West Germany Helmut Kassner Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Volker Begert König Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Erich Brandstetter Yamaha Accident
Ret 6 United Kingdom Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? East Germany Bernd Tüngethal Yamaha Retired
DNS 55 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Team Venemotos Yamaha Did not start
DNS ?? West Germany Horst Pleyer Yamaha Did not start
Ret ?? Netherlands Kees van der Kruijs Yamaha Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

350 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 42 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 7 1:04:03.9 15
2 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 7 +9.6 12
3 41 Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 7 +13.4 10
4 32 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 7 +21.6 8
5 18 South Africa Alan North Yamaha 7 +21.9 6
6 11 Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 7 +22.3 5
7 5 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 7 +28.9 4
8 4 West Germany Dieter Braun Morbidelli 7 +31.6 3
9 68 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 7 +49.9 2
10 43 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 7 +1:03.9 1
11 45 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 7 +1:44.5
12 17 South Africa Kork Ballington Yamaha 7 +2:09.5
13 63 West Germany Anton Mang Yamaha 7 +2:20.7
14 49 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 7 +2:42.7
15 26 United Kingdom John Cowie Yamaha 7 +2:52.8
16 20 Austria Max Wiener Yamaha 7 +3:29.3
17 12 United Kingdom Alex George Yamaha 7 +3:30.2
18 52 Spain Jaime Samaranch Yamaha 7 +3:53.8
19 53 West Germany Horst Pleyer Yamaha 7 +4:58.1
20 39 Sweden Bo Granath Yamaha 7 +5:20.0
54 starters in total, 29 finishers
[6]

250 cc classification

Walter Villa, the eventual winner of the 250 cc race.
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 6 55:34.8 15
2 25 South Africa Kork Ballington Yamaha 6 +1:08.3 12
3 47 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +1:09.4 10
4 8 West Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha 6 +1:10.5 8
5 9 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 6 +1:10.8 6
6 37 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:21.1 5
7 29 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 +1:33.9 4
8 11 Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 6 +1:49.8 3
9 44 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 6 +1:55.2 2
10 6 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 6 +2:08.8 1
11 66 West Germany Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 6 +2:09.0
12 73 France Gilbert Lavelle Yamaha 6 +2:10.9
13 23 Switzerland Franz Kunz Yamaha 6 +2:16.7
14 13 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +3:01.2
15 45 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Yamaha 6 +3:02.8
16 4 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 6 +3:43.3
17 52 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 6 +3:43.5
18 33 Sweden Bo Granath Yamaha 6 +3:54.1
19 12 Austria Harald Bartol Yamaha 6 +4:16.1
20 34 Japan Ken Nemoto Yamaha 6 +4:19.7
55 starters in total, 33 finishers
[6]

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 52 West Germany Anton Mang Morbidelli 5 52:43.4 15
2 55 West Germany Walter Koschine Maico 5 +1:39.9 12
3 42 Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 5 +1:44.7 10
4 49 West Germany Horst Seel Eigenbau 5 +1:48.7 8
5 23 Sweden Lennart Lundgren Yamaha 5 +2:28.2 6
6 41 France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 5 +2:31.9 5
7 12 Switzerland Hans Müller Yamaha 5 +2:37.6 4
8 8 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 5 +3:29.0 4
9 30 Italy Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 5 +3:45.5 4
10 33 Sweden Hans Hallberg Yamaha 5 +4:16.0 1
11 27 Austria Werner Schmied Rotax 5 +4:17.7
12 16 Switzerland Ernst Stammbach Yamaha 5 +4:29.0
13 31 Finland Pentti Salonen Yamaha 5 +5:08.5
14 56 West Germany Wolfgang Rubel Maico 5 +5:17.5
15 58 West Germany Rolf Minhoff Maico 5 +5:51.9
16 53 West Germany Bernhard Otto Maico 5 +6:19.2
17 46 France Benjamin Laurent Morbidelli 5 +7:06.4
18 63 West Germany Hans Knemeyer Maico 5 +8:39.3
19 67 Czechoslovakia Zbynek Havrda Maico 4 +1 lap
28 starters in total, 19 finishers
[6]

50 cc classification

Czech rider Bedrich Fendrich.
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 1 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 31:42.4 15
2 5 West Germany Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 3 +14.0 12
3 14 Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler 3 +51.3 10
4 9 Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 3 +1:31.7 8
5 34 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:32.3 6
6 3 Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 3 +1:32.9 5
7 48 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +1:50.7 4
8 46 West Germany Bruno Stopp Kreidler 3 +2:04.9 3
9 4 West Germany Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 3 +2:14.6 2
10 27 Italy Ermanno Giuliano LGM 3 +2:53.3 1
11 40 West Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 3 +3:05.0
12 36 West Germany Wolfgang Golembeck Kreidler 3 +3:05.2
13 44 West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +3:32.0
14 35 France Benjamin Laurent Kreidler 3 +3:35.8
15 13 Italy Aldo Pero Kreidler 3 +3:36.2
16 25 France Jacques Hutteau Morbidelli 3 +3:55.6
17 43 West Germany Waller Däuwel Kreidler 3 +3:57.7
18 51 West Germany Roland Schuster Kreidler 3 +3:58.0
19 11 Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +3:58.3
20 23 Netherlands Engelbert Kip Kreidler 3 +4:21.8
42 starters in total, 30 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification

Rolf Steinhausen and Sepp Huber.
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 2 West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber König 5 55:53.3 15
2 1 West Germany Rolf Steinhausen West Germany Sepp Huber Busch-König 5 +1:54.8 12
3 12 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Yamaha 5 +2:26.7 10
4 3 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Ken Williams Yamaha 5 +2:58.3 8
5 20 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Charly Meierhans Yamaha 5 +3:28.7 6
6 36 West Germany Hermann Huber West Germany Hans Seib König 5 +3:34.7 5
7 21 Switzerland Ernst Trachsel Switzerland Benedikt Stahli Yamaha 5 +3:53.6 4
8 34 West Germany Walter Ohrmann West Germany Bernd Grube Yamaha 5 +3:58.4 3
9 30 West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 5 +4:58.2 2
10 43 West Germany Kurt Jelonek West Germany Volker Riess König 5 +5:00.5 1
11 31 West Germany Max Venus West Germany Norbert Bittermann König 5 +5:00.9
12 18 United Kingdom Tony Wakefield United Kingdom Keith Brown British Magnum 5 +5:03.1
13 14 West Germany Heinz Luthringhauser West Germany Lorenzo Puzo BMW 5 +5:04.6
14 40 West Germany Rudolf Reinhard West Germany Karin Sterzenbach Yamaha 5 +5:11.8
15 7 Switzerland Hermann Schmid Switzerland Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 5 +5:31.5
40 starters in total, 27 finishers
[6]

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  2. ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.


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