1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

< Round 5 Jun 26 Dutch TT Circuit van Drenthe, Assen, Netherlands
7.718 km road course 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Walter Villa 1 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin 15 47:31.40 1 3:08.40
2 Takazumi Katayama 38 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 15 +16.20 2 3:10.80
3 John Dodds 13 250 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team 15 +37.80 7 3:12.20
4 Gianfranco Bonera 20 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin 15 +44.20 8 3:12.30
5 Victor Palomo 9 250 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing Michelin 9 3:12.40
6 Patrick Fernandez 26 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Dunlop 11 3:12.80
7 Tom Herron 11 250 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Dunlop 13
8 Bruno Kneubühler 7 250 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha 6 3:12.00
9 Dieter Braun 37 250 Yamaha TZ Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin 19
10 Franco Uncini 42 250 Yamaha TZ Diemme Lugosport 10 3:12.70
11 Bernard Fau 39 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA 12 3:13.10
12 Jon Ekerold 28 250 Padgett-Yamaha TZ Padgetts Racing 16
13 Pekka Nurmi 29 250 Yamaha TZ Silja Line Racing Team 23
14 Marcel Ankoné 32 250 Yamaha TZ Team Nimag 14
15 Olivier Chevallier 17 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier Michelin 17
16 Henk van Kessel 33 250 Yamaha TZ MSC Aldendriel 24
17 Rolf Minhoff 14 250 Yamaha TZ 30
18 Mati Rainup 31 250 MZ-RE VEB MZ 24
R Paolo Pileri 15 250 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin Spark plugs 3 3:10.90
R Philippe Bouzanne 18 250 Yamaha TZ Michelin Exhausted 4 3:11.90
R Patrick Pons 4 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin Engine 5 3:12.00
R Tapio Virtanen 8 250 MZ-RE VEB MZ Accident 17
R Leif Gustafsson 6 250 Yamaha TZ Leif Gustafsson Injured 20
R Chas Mortimer 5 250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Engine 21
R Jean-François Baldé 19 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Marnat AGV France Dunlop Injured 22
R Charlie Williams 24 250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Electrics 25
R Harald Bartol 10 250 Yamaha TZ Memphis Team International Mechanical 26
R Pentti Korhonen 25 250 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin DNF 27
R Jan Hardonk 36 250 AMF Harley Mechanical 28
NS Gérard Choukroun 16 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Did not start 18
NS Christian Estrosi 43 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin Did not start 29
NS Hans Stadelmann 27 250 Yamaha TZ Hans Stadelmann Did not start
Q Xaver Tschannen 40 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 32
Distance 15 laps = 115.8 km Speed 146.2 km/h
PP Walter Villa 3:08.40 - 147.5 km/h FL Walter Villa 3:05.90 - 149.5 km/h
Started 29 Classified 18 DNF 11 DNS 3
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Moto-Revue #2275, Année Moto #8