1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Round 2

May 2

Grosser Preis von Österreich

Salzburgring, Salzburg, Austria
4.246 km autodrome

Results

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Rolf Steinhausen Josef Huber	1	500 Busch-König	Rolf Steinhausen		30	48:26.29	3	1:36.50
2	Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber	2	500 König	Werner Schwärzel		30	+09.45	2	1:35.80
3	Siegfried Schauzu Clifton Lorentz	19	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden		30	+1:22.21	5	1:36.65
4	Hermann Schmid Martial Jean-Petit-Matile	7	500 Schmid-Yamaha RS	Hermann Schmid		29		6	1:37.64
5	Gerry Boret Nick Boret		500 BRS-Yamaha	British Racing Sidecars		29
6	Alain Michel Bernard Garcia		500 GEP-Yamaha	Alain Michel	Michelin	29		10	1:39.13
7	Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz		500 Col-Yamaha	Ted Janssen		29
8	Hans-Peter Hubacher Kurt Huber	21	500 Yamaha	Hans-Peter Hubacher		29		8	1:38.63
9	Dick Greasley Cliff Holland	6	500 Chell-Yamaha	C.G. Chell Motorcycles		29		11	1:39.22
10	Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro	9	500 König	Paolo Bianchi		28
R	Rolf Biland Kenneth Williams	3	500 Seymaz-BRM '76	Rolf Biland	Michelin		Overheating	1	1:34.24
R	Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel	11	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden			Engine	4	1:36.58
R	Mac Hobson Gordon Russell	5	500 Ham-Yamaha	Hamilton Motor Cycles			Seized engine
?	George O'Dell Alan Gosling	12	500 May-Yamaha	George O'Dell			DNF ?	7	1:38.32
?	Herbert Prügl Johann Kussberger	14	500 Interspar-König	MSC Rottenegg			DNF ?	9	1:38.64

Distance 30 laps = 127.4 km Speed 157.8 km/h

PP Rolf Biland 1:34.24 - 162.2 km/h FL Rolf Steinhausen 1:35.12 - 160.7 km/h

Started 13 Classified 10 DNF 3

Sources Vincent Glon, Official race programme, Motociclismo #62/6, Moto-Revue #2267, Moto-Journal #266, Année Moto #8