1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Round 5

Jul 4

Grand Prix de Belgique

Circuit National de Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
14.100 km road course

Results

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Rolf Steinhausen Josef Huber	1	500 Busch-König	Rolf Steinhausen		9	39:56.50	2	4:25.10
2	Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber	2	500 König	Werner Schwärzel		9	+00.30	3	4:27.20
R	Rolf Biland Kenneth Williams	3	500 Seymaz-Yamaha '76	Rolf Biland	Michelin		Crashed out	6	4:31.50
R	A. Pantellini ? Mazzoni	4	500 Yamaha				Broken wheel
9	Mac Hobson John Hinchcliff	5	500 Ham-Yamaha	Hamilton Motor Cycles		9	42:23.30
16	Hermann Schmid Martial Jean-Petit-Matile	7	500 Schmid-Yamaha RS5	Hermann Schmid				5	4:30.40
R	Gustav Pape Franz Kallenberg	8	500 König	Gustav Pape			DNF	8	4:34.00
R	Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro	9	500 König	Paolo Bianchi			Overheating	10	4:35.90
7	Otto Haller Erich Haselbeck	10	500 BMW Krauser	Krauser Racing Team		9	41:55.30
3	Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel	11	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden		9	+0-56.10	4	4:27.90
6	George O'Dell Alan Gosling	12	500 May-Yamaha	George O'Dell		9	+0-4.90
13	Heinz Luthringshauser Lorenzo Puzo	15	500 Busch-BMW Krauser	Krauser Racing Team
11	Dick Greasley Cliff Holland	16	500 Chell-Yamaha	C.G. Chell Motorcycles
14	H. Thevissen J. Esch	17	500 HTS-König
10	Alain Michel Bernard Garcia	19	500 GEP-Yamaha	Alain Michel	Michelin	9	42:41.40
R	Luc Patrin ? Unknown	20	500 Yamaha				Crashed out
8	Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz	21	500 Col-Yamaha	Ted Janssen		9	42:14.20	11	4:39.10
5	Rudi Kurth Dane Rowe	22	500 CAT-Yamaha	Rudi Kurth		9	+0-53.40
15	Marc Alexandre Paul Gérard	24	500 Alba-König	Marc Alexandre
R	Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube	27	500 Yamaha	Walter Ohrmann			DNF	7	4:33.30
4	Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch	28	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden		9	40:35.40	1	4:11.90
R	Martin Kooij Rob Vader	29	500 Kova-König				DNF	9	4:34.70
12	Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans		500 LCR-Yamaha	Louis Christen Racing

Pole time was a timing error.

Distance 9 laps = 126.9 km Speed 190.6 km/h

PP Siegfried Schauzu 4:11.90 - 201.5 km/h FL Helmut Schilling 4:22.90 - 193.1 km/h

Started 23 Classified 16 DNF 7

Sources Vincent Glon, Moto-Revue #2275, Moto-Journal #275, Année Moto #8