1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

< Round 3 May 16 Gran Premio delle Nazioni Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Firenze, Italy
5.245 km autodrome 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
R Giacomo Agostini 1 500 Suzuki RG Team Agostini 15 Cylinder 1 2:08.08
2 Phil Read 2 500 Suzuki RG Team Life International Dunlop 29 1:02:35.60 4 2:08.94
R John Newbold 3 500 Suzuki RG Heron Team Suzuki GB 10 Engine
4 Teuvo Länsivuori 4 500 Suzuki RG Teuvo Länsivuori Dunlop 29 1:03:29.00 3 2:08.61
1 Barry Sheene 7 500 Suzuki XR14 Heron Team Suzuki GB Michelin 29 +0-53.50 2 2:08.32
R Jack Findlay 10 500 Suzuki RG Jack Findlay Racing Michelin 6 Engine 9 2:11.88
R Karl Auer 12 500 Yamaha TZ Racing Team NÖ 6 Ignition 15 2:14.63
R Michel Rougerie 21 500 Suzuki RG Ecurie ELF France Michelin 8 Fell 7 2:09.34
R Gilles Husson 25 500 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin 6 Ignition
Q Jean-Paul Boinet 26 500 Suzuki Ecurie Jean Murit Did not qualify
6 Marcel Ankoné 27 500 Suzuki RG Team Nimag 29 1:04:20.80 12 2:12.99
3 Virginio Ferrari 28 500 Suzuki RG Gallina Corse Michelin 29 +0-52.30 5 2:09.15
R Mario Necchi 29 500 Suzuki 6 Mechanical
9 Dieter Braun 30 500 Suzuki RG Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin 28 14 2:14.11
R Germano Paganini 31 500 Bimota-Suzuki 13 Seized engine
7 Stu Avant 32 500 Suzuki RG Diemme Lugosport Michelin 29 1:04:25.57 10 2:11.95
R Giorgio Avveduti 36 500 Suzuki 11 Mechanical 19 2:15.24
R Vanes Francini 37 500 Yamaha TZ 6 Fell
8 Philippe Coulon 40 500 Suzuki RG Ecurie PEM Michelin 28 13 2:13.94
10 Borge Nielsen 41 500 Yamaha TZ Franz Kroon Yamaha 28
NS Mario Curti 41 500 ??? Did not start
R Victor Palomo 43 500 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing Michelin 2 Fell 18 2:14.92
R Nico Cereghini 49 500 Suzuki RG Team Life International 1 Fell 8 2:10.72
R Boet van Dulmen 51 500 Yamaha TZ Laponder Racing 9 Gear selector 17 2:14.84
5 Pat Hennen 54 500 Suzuki RG Colemans Team Suzuki NZ 29 1:04:14.80 11 2:12.77
R Johnny Cecotto 55 500 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin 2 Engine 6 2:09.15
11 Max Wiener 57 500 Yamaha TZ Racing Team NÖ 27
R Carlo Piazza 500 Suzuki 6 Mechanical
R Vic Soussan 500 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul 6 Fairing
R Vittorio Gornati 500 Suzuki 18 Mechanical
R Mario Fiorentino 500 Suzuki 14 Mechanical 20 2:15.54
NS Eduardo Elias 500 ??? Did not start 16 2:14.76
R Edmar Ferreira 500 Suzuki Swaep Motor Racing Michelin 15 Brakes
Distance 29 laps = 152.1 km Speed 145.8 km/h
PP Giacomo Agostini 2:08.08 - 147.4 km/h FL Phil Read , Barry Sheene 2:07.60 - 148.0 km/h
Started 30 Classified 11 DNF 19 DNS 2
Sources Vincent Glon, Motociclismo #62/6, Werner Haefliger, Moto-Revue #2269, Moto-Journal #268, Année Moto #8