1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Jun 26 Dutch TT Circuit van Drenthe, Assen, Netherlands
16.536 km road course
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Barry Sheene 7 500 Suzuki XR14 Heron Team Suzuki GB Michelin 16 48:44.90 1 2:57.90
2 Pat Hennen 25 500 Suzuki RG Colemans Team Suzuki NZ 16 +45.60 8 3:05.00
3 Wil Hartog 31 500 Suzuki RG Riemersma Racing Michelin 16 +1:05.40 3 3:02.90
4 Alex George 3 500 Yamaha TZ Hermetite Racing 16 +1:13.40 10 3:06.00
5 Jack Findlay 6 500 Suzuki RG Jack Findlay Racing Michelin 9 3:05.10
6 John Williams 30 500 Suzuki RG Heron Team Suzuki GB 7 3:04.50
7 Bernard Fau 13 500 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA 12 3:06.50
8 Rob Bron 38 500 Yamaha TZ 16
9 Helmut Kassner 19 500 Suzuki RG Helmut Kassner 21
10 Dave Potter 24 500 Broad-Yamaha TZ Ted Broad Motors 22
11 Piet van der Wal 34 500 Yamaha TZ 24
12 Hans Braumandl 23 500 Yamaha TZ MSC Rottenegg 26
R Giacomo Agostini 1 500 Suzuki RG Team Agostini Piston 2 3:00.10
R Marcel Ankoné 33 500 Suzuki RG Team Nimag Dunlop Fuel feed 4 3:03.00
R Teuvo Länsivuori 2 500 Suzuki RG Team Life International Dunlop Seized engine 5 3:03.10
R Philippe Coulon 18 500 Suzuki RG Ecurie PEM Michelin Heat exhaustion 6 3:03.80
R Phil Read 9 500 Suzuki RG Team Life International Dunlop Electrics 11 3:06.20
R Karl Auer 8 500 Yamaha TZ Racing Team NÖ Mechanical 13
R Boet van Dulmen 32 500 Yamaha TZ Laponder Racing DNF 14
R Christian Estrosi 15 500 Suzuki RG Ecurie PEM Michelin Heat exhaustion 15
R John Newbold 4 500 Suzuki RG Heron Team Suzuki GB Handling 17
R Stu Avant 21 500 Suzuki RG Diemme Lugosport Ignition 18
R Horst Lahfeld 10 500 König DNF 19
R Michel Rougerie 11 500 Suzuki RG Ecurie ELF France Michelin Seized engine 20
R Dick Alblas 35 500 König Electrics 23
R Kees van der Kruijs 36 500 Yamaha TZ Tom van Heutgen Motors DNF 25
R Hans-Otto Butenuth 20 500 Yamaha TZ Hans-Otto Butenuth DNF 27
R Kork Ballington 39 500 Yamaha TZ Sid Griffiths Racing DNF 28
Q Marco Lucchinelli 14 500 Suzuki RG Gallina Corse Michelin Did not qualify
Q Nies 22 500 Suzuki RG Did not qualify
? Jean-Paul Boinet 16 500 Suzuki Ecurie Jean Murit DNF ?
? Jean-Philippe Orban 500 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin DNF ?
? Gianfranco Bonera AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin DNF ?
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Giacomo Agostini 2 350 MV Agusta 350/4C Team Agostini 16 49:30.40 6 3:05.30
2 Patrick Pons 5 350 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin 16 +24.10 4 3:04.30
3 Chas Mortimer 6 350 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 16 +46.30 14
4 Bruno Kneubühler 19 350 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha 16 +50.70 8 3:05.70
5 John Dodds 24 350 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team 2 3:03.70
6 Franco Uncini 31 350 Yamaha TZ Diemme Lugosport 10 3:06.60
7 Tom Herron 8 350 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Dunlop 12 3:07.20
8 Johnny Cecotto 1 350 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin 9 3:05.90
9 Dieter Braun 4 350 Yamaha TZ Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin 15
10 Philippe Bouzanne 38 350 Yamaha TZ 13
11 Olivier Chevallier 15 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier Michelin 18
12 Philippe Coulon 11 350 Bimota-Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin 19
13 Alex George 10 350 Yamaha TZC Alex George 21
14 Piet van der Wal 34 350 Yamaha TZ 29
15 Bert Struijk 36 350 Maxton-Yamaha TZ 22
R Takazumi Katayama 26 350 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Exhaust 1 3:02.70
R Victor Palomo 9 350 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing Michelin Fell 3 3:04.10
R Gérard Choukroun 7 350 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Fell 5 3:04.40
R Walter Villa 22 350 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin Mechanical 7 3:05.30
R Patrick Fernandez 28 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Ignition 11 3:06.70
R Boet van Dulmen 33 350 Yamaha TZ Laponder Racing Michelin Fell 16
R Charlie Williams 12 350 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Gerald Brown Racing DNF 17
R Pentti Korhonen 3 350 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin Fell 20
R Gianfranco Bonera 25 350 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin Mechanical 23
R Jon Ekerold 14 350 Padgett-Yamaha TZ Padgetts Racing DNF 24
R Leif Gustafsson 30 350 Yamaha TZ Lefi Gustafsson Injured 25
R Karl Auer 17 350 Yamaha TZ Racing Team NÖ Mechanical 26
R Jean-François Baldé 20 350 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Marnat AGV France Dunlop Injured 27
R Jean-Louis Guignabodet 18 350 Yamaha TZ Team Guignabodet DNF 28
R Jack Findlay 27 350 Yamaha TZ Jack Findlay Racing Michelin Seized engine 30
R Tapio Virtanen 23 350 MZ-RE VEB MZ DNF 31
Q Rob Bron 35 350 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 32
Q Jean-Paul Chaubert 29 350 Egli-Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 33
Q Adu Celso-Santos 16 350 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Motor Brasil Did not qualify 34
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
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Pierpaolo Bianchi 2 125 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin 14 46:38.00 1 3:17.10
2 Paolo Pileri 1 125 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin 14 +47.20 2 3:18.30
3 Angel Nieto 21 125 Bultaco Bultaco Cemoto Michelin 14 +1:01.30 5 3:22.70
4 Jean-Louis Guignabodet 26 125 Morbidelli RS Team Guignabodet Michelin 14 +1:22.50 9 3:28.40
5 Stefan Dörflinger 22 125 Morbidelli RS Stefan Dörflinger Michelin 14 +1:29.10 7 3:25.40
6 Anton Mang 37 125 Morbidelli RS Anton Mang 13 12
7 Cees van Dongen 9 125 Bridgestone Cees van Dongen Michelin 13 18
8 Eugenio Lazzarini 4 125 Morbidelli RS Eugenio Lazzarini Michelin 13 11
9 Xaver Tschannen 23 125 AMF Harley 13 17
10 Pierre Cecchini 36 125 Maico RS 13 24
11 Hans Müller 8 125 Yamaha TA Hans Müller Michelin 19
12 Peter van Niel 32 125 Yamaha TA 22
13 Pentti Salonen 16 125 Yamaha TA Silja Line Racing Team 28
14 Hans Hallberg 15 125 Yamaha TA 29
15 Bert Klaassens 34 125 Yamaha TA 23
16 Juliaan Vanzeebroeck 24 125 Morbidelli RS 20
R Claudio Lusuardi 19 125 Malanca Fell 3 3:19.60
R Henk van Kessel 5 125 Condor AGV MSC Aldendriel Michelin Water leak 4 3:21.20
R Gert Bender 14 125 GB Bender Gert Bender Accident 6 3:24.50
R Horst Seel 12 125 Seel-Maico Spl Horst Seel Mechanical 8 3:27.90
R Kent Andersson 3 125 Yamaha TA Kent Andersson Gear selector 10 3:29.20
R Peter Frohnmeyer 10 125 Nava-DRS Peter Frohnmeyer Michelin Mechanical 13
R Harald Bartol 6 125 Morbidelli RS Memphis Team International Overheating 14
R Jan Ubels 33 125 Buton Mechanical 15
R Roel Cornelis 31 125 Morbidelli RS DNF 16
R Michel Baloche 25 125 Motobécane Motobécane France DNF 21
R Matti Kinnunen 13 125 Maico RS Matti Kinnunen Mechanical 25
R Ulrich Graf 125 Yamaha TA Ulrich Graf Overheating 26
R Hans-Jürgen Hummel 17 125 Yamaha TA Racing Team NÖ Michelin DNF 27
R Aldo Pero 29 125 Morbidelli RS Aldo Pero DNF 30
Q Clive Horton 28 125 Brader-Maico Brader Racing Did not qualify 31
Q Auno Hakala 30 125 Yamaha TA Auno Hakala Michelin Did not qualify 32
Q Fred Koopman 35 125 Maico RS Did not qualify 33
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Angel Nieto 1 50 Bultaco Bultaco Cemoto Michelin 9 33:10.40 1 3:37.70
2 Ulrich Graf 12 50 Kreidler 9 +18.40 3 3:40.80
3 Herbert Rittberger 5 50 Kreidler Kreidler Van Veen Dunlop 9 +21.30 8 3:47.70
4 Eugenio Lazzarini 2 50 UFO-Morbidelli Eugenio Lazzarini 9 2 3:39.90
5 Theo van Geffen 28 50 Kreidler 9 18
6 Rudi Kunz 4 50 Kreidler 9 5 3:43.50
7 Gerrit Strikker 34 50 Kreidler Alco Speed 7 9 10 3:47.80
8 Engelbert Kip 31 50 Kreidler Modelmakery Groothuis 9 12 3:49.60
9 Günter Schirnhofer 16 50 Kreidler 9 17
10 Aldo Pero 11 50 Kreidler 9 13 3:49.80
11 Theo Timmer 10 50 Jamathi 9 21
12 Ton Kooyman 32 50 Hemeyla 9 14
13 Ingo Emmerich 15 50 Kreidler PSM Racing Team 9 22
14 Stefan Dörflinger 6 50 Kreidler Stefan Dörflinger 9 4 3:43.20
15 Juliaan Vanzeebroeck 3 50 Kreidler 9 16
16 Joaquin Gali 17 50 Derbi MC Andorra 9 25
17 Peter Looijesteijn 33 50 Kreidler 9 15
18 Yves le Toumelin 23 50 Scrab-Kreidler Tyl 9 26
19 Ramon Gali 14 50 Derbi MC Andorra 9 30
20 Guido Delys 21 50 Kreidler 9 29
21 Wim van Beek 29 50 DRM 9 23
22 Terrence Keane 26 50 Derbi Meeurs Motor Holland 8 31
R Cees van Dongen 27 50 Kreidler HV Racing Mechanical 6 3:44.30
R Bruce Brady 25 50 Kreidler Mechanical 7 3:46.20
R Nico Polane 7 50 Kreidler HV Racing Mechanical 9 3:47.80
R Hans-Jürgen Hummel 8 50 Kreidler Racing Team NÖ Engine 11 3:49.40
R Claudio Lusuardi 9 50 Villa Gearbox 19
R Adrie de Korte 30 50 Kreidler Mechanical 24
R Walter Däuwel 18 50 Kreidler DNF 27
R Patrick de Wulf 20 50 Kreidler Mechanical 28
NS Pierre Audry 22 50 ABF-Kreidler 635A ABF Michelin Transmission 20
NS Jean-Paul Fargues 24 50 ABF-Kreidler 635A ABF Michelin Did not start
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Hermann Schmid
Martial Jean-Petit-Matile
7 500 Schmid-Yamaha RS5 Hermann Schmid 14 48:35.80 3 3:17.80
2 Martin Kooij
Rob Vader
24 500 Kova-König 14 +02.10 9 3:26.10
3 Gustav Pape
Franz Kallenberg
8 500 König Gustav Pape 14 +36.70 10 3:27.50
4 Werner Schwärzel
Andreas Huber
2 500 König Werner Schwärzel 2 3:16.20
5 Helmut Schilling
Rainer Gundel
11 500 Schmid-Fath ARO Teppichboden 8 3:26.00
6 Otto Haller
Erich Haselbeck
10 500 BMW Krauser Krauser Racing Team 13 3:29.30
7 Dick Greasley
Cliff Holland
15 500 Chell-Yamaha C.G. Chell Motorcycles 12 3:28.40
8 Rolf Steinhausen
Josef Huber
1 500 Busch-König Rolf Steinhausen 5 3:21.30
9 Jaap Geerts
Jan van Veen
500 König
10 Siegfried Schauzu
Wolfgang Kalauch
19 500 Schmid-Fath ARO Teppichboden 4 3:19.80
11 Amedeo Zini
Andrea Fornaro
9 500 König Paolo Bianchi 14 3:30.80
R Rolf Biland
Kenneth Williams
3 500 Seymaz-Yamaha '76 Rolf Biland Michelin Crashed out 1 3:15.90
R Alain Michel
Bernard Garcia
26 500 GEP-Yamaha Alain Michel Michelin Crashed out 7 3:23.50
R Rudi Kurth
Dane Rowe
21 500 CAT-Yamaha Rudi Kurth Engine 11 3:28.00
R Mac Hobson
? Unknown
500 Ham-Yamaha Hamilton Motor Cycles Crashed out
? ? Smit
?? Smit
23 500 König DNF ? 6 3:21.60