1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Round 8

Aug 1

Suomen Grand Prix

Imatranajo, Imatra, Finland
6.030 km road course

Results

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Walter Villa	19	250 AMF Harley	AMF Harley-Davidson	Michelin	19	46:45.40	1	2:24.70
2	Takazumi Katayama	25	250 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin	19	+33.90	4	2:27.40
3	Gianfranco Bonera	21	250 AMF Harley	AMF Harley-Davidson	Michelin	19	+43.80	2	2:24.90
4	Pentti Korhonen	14	250 Yamaha TZ	Team Arwidson Yamaha	Michelin	19	+44.20	3	2:27.30
5	Tom Herron	10	250 Yamaha TZ	Tom Herron	Dunlop	19	+49.10	8	2:28.90
6	Dieter Braun	2	250 Yamaha TZ	Boeri Sport Racing Team	Michelin	19	+51.50	5	2:28.00
7	John Dodds	12	250 Yamaha TZ	Mitsui Racing Team		19	+1:21.80
8	Patrick Fernandez	27	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Airélec Motul	Dunlop	19	+1:35.50	22
9	Jean-François Baldé	32	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Marnat AGV France	Dunlop	19	+1:43.30	15	2:30.60
10	Henk van Kessel	19	250 Yamaha TZ	MSC Aldendriel		19	+1:55.50
11	Olivier Chevallier	17	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Chevallier	Michelin	19	+1:55.80	14	2:30.20
12	Etienne Geeraerdt	41	250 Yamaha TZ			19	+2:19.60
13	Ken Nemoto	28	250 Yamaha TZ			18
14	Jon Ekerold	40	250 Padgett-Yamaha TZ	Padgetts Racing		18
15	Peter Balaz	29	250 Jawa	Peter Balaz		18
R	Leif Gustafsson		250 Yamaha TZ	Leif Gustafsson			Mechanical	6	2:28.20
R	Pekka Nurmi		250 Yamaha TZ	Silja Line Racing Team			Mechanical	7	2:28.70
R	Victor Palomo		250 Yamaha TZ	Swaep Motor Racing	Michelin		Mechanical	9	2:29.30
R	Bruno Kneubühler		250 Yamaha TZ	ELF Hostettler Yamaha			Crank shaft	10	2:29.70
R	Tapio Virtanen		250 MZ-RE	VEB MZ			Mechanical	11	2:29.80
R	Harald Bartol		250 Yamaha TZ	Memphis Team International			Mechanical	12	2:29.90
R	Chas Mortimer		250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin		Mechanical	13	2:30.20
R	Gérard Choukroun		250 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha	Michelin		Mechanical	18	2:31.10
R	Hans Müller		250 Yamaha TZ	Hans Müller			Mechanical
R	Mati Rainup		250 MZ-RE	VEB MZ			Mechanical
R	Alex George		250 Yamaha TZC	Alex George			Mechanical
R	Markku Matikainen		250 Yamaha TZC	Markku Matikainen			Mechanical
R	Hans Hallberg		250 Yamaha TZ				Mechanical
Q	Christian Estrosi		250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie PEM	Michelin		Did not qualify