1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

May 23 Velika Nagrada Jugoslavije Preluk Circuit, Opatija, Yugoslavia
5.994 km road course
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Olivier Chevallier 43 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier Michelin 25 57:52.40 4 2:19.10
2 Chas Mortimer 350 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 25 +10.60 7 2:20.00
3 Takazumi Katayama 28 350 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 25 +17.00
4 Bruno Kneubühler 350 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha 25 +23.40 15 2:21.50
5 Tom Herron 9 350 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Dunlop 25 +1:56.00 1 2:17.90
6 Gérard Choukroun 350 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha 25 +2:25.70
7 Patrick Pons 350 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha 25 +2:27.20
8 Kjell Solberg 350 Yamaha TZ 24
9 Bo Granath 350 Yamaha TZ 24
10 Claudio Loigo 350 Yamaha TZ 24
11 Vic Soussan 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul 24
12 Peter Balaz 350 Yamaha TZ Peter Balaz 21 13 2:21.20
R Giacomo Agostini 2 350 MV Agusta 350/4C Team Agostini Electrics 2 2:18.60
R Dieter Braun 350 Yamaha TZ Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin Fell 3 2:19.10
R Walter Villa 350 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin Ignition 6 2:20.00
R Pentti Korhonen 350 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin Ignition 9 2:20.30
R John Dodds 350 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team Engine 10 2:20.50
R Johnny Cecotto 350 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin Fell 11 2:20.70
R Leif Gustafsson 350 Yamaha TZ Lefi Gustafsson Injured 12 2:20.90
R Janos Drapal 350 Yamaha TZC Ikarus Road Race Team Mechanical 14 2:21.50
R Pekka Nurmi 350 Yamaha TZ Silja Line Racing Team Mechanical 16 2:21.90
R Franz Kunz 350 Yamaha TZ Motor Racing Team Sursee Mechanical 17 2:22.50
R Patrick Fernandez 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Handling 18 2:22.50
R Philippe Coulon 350 Bimota-Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin Mechanical 19 2:22.70
R Borge Nielsen 350 Yamaha TZ Franz Kroon Yamaha Mechanical 20 2:23.40
R Philippe Bouzanne 350 Yamaha TZ Mechanical
R Gianfranco Bonera 350 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin DNF
R Jaime Samaranch 350 Yamaha TZ DNF
R Hans Stadelmann 350 Holzer-Yamaha TZ Hans Stadelmann DNF
R Chujiro Tateno 350 Yamaha TZ DNF
Distance 25 laps = 149.9 km Speed 155.4 km/h
PP Tom Herron 2:17.90 - 156.5 km/h FL Olivier Chevallier 2:16.30 - 158.3 km/h
Started 30 Classified 12 DNF 18
Sources Vincent Glon, Motociclismo #62/7, Moto-Revue #2270, Moto-Journal #269, Année Moto #8
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Dieter Braun 3 250 Yamaha TZ Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin 21 50:19.80 10 2:23.90
2 Tom Herron 14 250 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Dunlop 21 +06.70 2 2:22.00
3 Olivier Chevallier 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier Michelin 21 +07.00 12 2:24.40
4 Patrick Fernandez 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Dunlop 21 +14.90 4 2:23.10
5 Chas Mortimer 250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 21 +16.90 6 2:23.50
6 Bruno Kneubühler 250 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha 21 +28.20 11 2:24.10
7 Gianfranco Bonera 31 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin 21 +29.70 3 2:22.90
8 Pentti Korhonen 250 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin 21 +35.00 7 2:23.60
9 Janos Drapal 250 Yamaha TZC Ikarus Road Race Team 21 +37.30 13 2:24.50
10 Patrick Pons 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha 21 +1:00.00 8 2:23.60
11 Eero Hyvärinen 250 Yamaha TZ 21 +1:13.60
12 Henk van Kessel 35 250 Yamaha TZ MSC Aldendriel 21 +1:34.50 19 2:27.40
13 Philippe Bouzanne 250 Yamaha TZ 21 +1:35.30 18 2:27.30
14 Peter Balaz 250 Jawa Peter Balaz 21 +1:41.30
15 Borge Nielsen 250 Yamaha TZ Franz Kroon Yamaha 21 +2:17.00
16 Pentti Salonen 250 Yamaha TZ Silja Line Racing Team 20
17 Vic Soussan 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul 20
18 Hans Müller 250 Yamaha TZ Hans Müller 20
19 Kjell Solberg 250 Yamaha TZ 20
20 Bo Granath 250 Yamaha TZ 20
21 Chujiro Tateno 250 Yamaha TZ 20 14 2:25.10
R Takazumi Katayama 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Accident 1 2:20.90
R Walter Villa 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin Piston 5 2:23.20
R Mario Lega 250 AMF Harley Mechanical 9 2:23.80
R Leif Gustafsson 250 Yamaha TZ Leif Gustafsson Accident 15 2:25.90
R Pekka Nurmi 250 Yamaha TZ Silja Line Racing Team Mechanical 16 2:26.50
R Jaime Samaranch 250 Yamaha TZ Mechanical 17 2:27.10
R Gérard Choukroun 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Ignition 20 2:27.50
R John Dodds 250 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team Mechanical
R Pierpaolo Bianchi 21 250 Bimota-Morbidelli Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin Ignition
Distance 21 laps = 125.9 km Speed 150.1 km/h
PP Takazumi Katayama 2:20.90 - 153.1 km/h FL Gianfranco Bonera 2:20.20 - 153.9 km/h
Started 30 Classified 21 DNF 9
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Motociclismo #62/7, Moto-Revue #2270, Moto-Journal #269, Année Moto #8
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Pierpaolo Bianchi 2 125 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin 19 47:23.10 2 2:27.40
2 Henk van Kessel 5 125 Condor AGV MSC Aldendriel Michelin 19 +07.90 4 2:31.60
3 Paolo Pileri 125 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin 19 +11.20 3 2:31.10
4 Stefan Dörflinger 11 125 Morbidelli RS Stefan Dörflinger Michelin 19 +2:38.30 6 2:34.20
5 Xaver Tschannen 125 Maico RS Michelin 18 8 2:39.90
6 Cees van Dongen 125 Bridgestone Cees van Dongen Michelin 18 11 2:44.00
7 Rolf Blatter 125 Maico RS Moto-Blatter Michelin 18 15 2:46.20
8 Eugenio Lazzarini 4 125 Morbidelli RS Eugenio Lazzarini Michelin 18 7 2:35.10
9 Hans Müller 7 125 Yamaha TA Hans Müller Michelin 18 9 2:41.10
10 Peter Frohnmeyer 125 Nava-DRS Peter Frohnmeyer Michelin 18 16 2:46.80
11 Boris Bajic 125 Yamaha TA 17 18 2:50.80
12 Bedrich Fendrich 125 FB-Ravo 17 17 2:49.50
13 Peter Szabo 125 MZ 17
R Angel Nieto 10 125 Bultaco Bultaco Cemoto Michelin Fell 1 2:27.40
R Edward Stachowski 24 125 Yamaha TA Mechanical 5 2:32.70
R Pentti Salonen 125 Yamaha TA Silja Line Racing Team Seized engine 10 2:42.30
R Germano Zanetti 125 Morbidelli RS Mechanical 12 2:44.30
R Matti Kinnunen 125 Maico RS Matti Kinnunen Mechanical 13 2:44.60
R Janos Reisz 125 Yamaha TA Mechanical 14 2:45.10
R Karel Gabel 125 Maico RS Mechanical 19 2:51.80
R Aldo Pero 125 Morbidelli RS Aldo Pero Mechanical 20 2:53.10
R Zbynek Havrda 125 Maico RS DNF
R Hans-Jürgen Hummel 125 Yamaha TA Racing Team NÖ Michelin DNF
R B. Jelavic 125 Spl DNF
R Ulrich Graf 125 Yamaha TA Ulrich Graf DNF
R Matti Makila 125 Yamaha TA Silja Line Racing Team DNF
Distance 19 laps = 113.9 km Speed 144.2 km/h
PP Angel Nieto 2:27.40 - 146.4 km/h FL Angel Nieto 2:25.70 - 148.1 km/h
Started 26 Classified 13 DNF 13
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Motociclismo #62/7, Moto-Revue #2270, Moto-Journal #269, Année Moto #8
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Ulrich Graf 11 50 Kreidler 15 42:09.00 2 2:46.40
2 Herbert Rittberger 5 50 Kreidler Kreidler Van Veen Dunlop 15 +07.00 3 2:49.30
3 Angel Nieto 1 50 Bultaco Bultaco Cemoto Michelin 15 +21.40 1 2:43.50
4 Stefan Dörflinger 6 50 Kreidler Stefan Dörflinger 15 +21.90 4 2:49.60
5 Rudi Kunz 50 Kreidler 15 +1:09.10 7 2:51.90
6 Pierre Audry 50 ABF-Kreidler 635A ABF Michelin 15 +1:30.00 8 2:54.90
7 Aldo Pero 50 Kreidler 15 +2:06.30 12 2:58.50
8 Cees van Dongen 50 Kreidler HV Racing 15 +2:27.40 10 2:55.30
9 Rolf Blatter 50 Kreidler Moto-Blatter 15 +3:02.70 11 2:55.90
10 Günter Schirnhofer 50 Kreidler 14 15 3:04.20
11 Zbynek Havrda 50 Kreidler CKD Hradec Kralove 14 16 3:04.40
12 Bedrich Fendrich 50 Kreidler 14 19 3:05.50
13 Nevio Paliska 50 Tomos 13
14 Robert Laver 50 Kreidler 12 20 3:07.20
15 Boris Bajic 50 Kreidler 12 14 3:00.90
16 Boris Maruza 50 Kreidler 12
17 Vilko Sever 50 Kreidler 12
R Eugenio Lazzarini 2 50 UFO-Morbidelli Eugenio Lazzarini Ignition 5 2:50.50
R Claudio Lusuardi 10 50 Villa Seized engine 6 2:51.90
R Juliaan Vanzeebroeck 50 Kreidler Clutch 9 2:55.00
R Hans-Jürgen Hummel 50 Kreidler Racing Team NÖ Mechanical 13 2:58.80
R Patrick de Wulf 50 Kreidler Mechanical 17 3:04.80
R Guido Delys 50 Kreidler Mechanical 18 3:04.90
R Ramon Gali 50 Derbi MC Andorra DNF
R Joaquin Gali 50 Derbi MC Andorra DNF
R Adrijan Bernetic 50 Tomos DNF
R Luigi Rinaudo 50 Tomos DNF
Distance 15 laps = 89.9 km Speed 128.0 km/h
PP Angel Nieto 2:43.50 - 132.0 km/h FL Herbert Rittberger 2:44.80 - 130.9 km/h
Started 27 Classified 17 DNF 10
Sources Vincent Glon, Motociclismo #62/7, Moto-Revue #2270, Moto-Journal #269, Année Moto #8