Jul 4

Grand Prix de Belgique

Circuit National de Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 14.12 km road course

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	John Williams	5	500 Suzuki RG	Heron Team Suzuki GB		10	39:22.80	7	3:58.00
2	Barry Sheene	7	500 Suzuki XR14	Heron Team Suzuki GB	Michelin	10	+07.40	1	3:52.70
3	Marcel Ankoné	28	500 Suzuki RG	Team Nimag	Dunlop	10	+17.00	4	3:56.90
4	Michel Rougerie	20	500 Suzuki RG	Ecurie ELF France		10	+28.60	5	3:57.20
5	Teuvo Länsivuori	4	500 Suzuki RG	Team Life International		10	+38.60	9	3:59.60
6	Dieter Braun	14	500 Suzuki RG	Boeri Sport Racing Team	Michelin	10	+41.00	10
7	Chas Mortimer	11	500 Suzuki RG	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin	10	+56.50	14	4:02.20
8	Pat Hennen	40	500 Suzuki RG	Colemans Team Suzuki NZ		10	+59.90	13	4:00.60
9	John Newbold	8	500 Suzuki RG	Heron Team Suzuki GB		10	+1:02.70	17
10	Helmut Kassner	44	500 Suzuki RG	Helmut Kassner		10	+1:03.90
11	Alex George	6	500 Suzuki RG	Hermetite Racing				12
12	Tom Herron	19	500 Yamaha TZ	Tom Herron	Dunlop			18
13	Boet van Dulmen	27	500 Yamaha TZ	Laponder Racing				15	4:02.40
14	Jean-Philippe Orban	36	500 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin
15	Philippe Chaltin	29	500 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Serge Zago
16	Kees van der Kruijs	15	500 Yamaha TZ	Tom van Heutgen Motors
17	Etienne Geeraerdt	3	500 Yamaha TZ
R	Victor Palomo	24	500 Yamaha TZ	Swaep Motor Racing	Michelin		Mechanical	2	3:55.50
R	Philippe Coulon	43	500 Suzuki RG	Ecurie PEM	Michelin		Fell	3	3:56.70
R	Giacomo Agostini	1	500 Suzuki RG	Team Agostini			Ignition	6	3:57.60
R	Phil Read	2	500 Suzuki RG	Team Life International	Dunlop		DNF	8	3:58.50
R	Jack Findlay	10	500 Suzuki RG	Jack Findlay Racing	Michelin		Gearbox	11
R	Takazumi Katayama	17	500 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin		Seized engine	16
R	Nies	39	500 Suzuki				Mechanical	19
R	Bernard Fau	9	500 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Solamor GPA			Overheating	20
R	Bruno Kneubühler	23	500 Yamaha TZ	ELF Hostettler Yamaha			Overheating
R	Karl Auer	12	500 Yamaha TZ	Racing Team NÖ			DNF
R	Olivier Chevallier	25	500 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Chevallier	Michelin		Seized engine
R	Nico Cereghini	18	500 Suzuki RG	Team Life International			Mechanical
NS	Patrick Pons	22	500 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha			Did not start
NS	Stu Avant	35	500 Suzuki RG	Diemme Lugosport			Piston
Q	Jean-Marc Toffolo	16	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	Jon Ekerold	21	354 Padgett-Yamaha TZ	Padgetts Racing			Did not qualify
Q	Gérard Choukroun	26	500 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha			Did not qualify
Q	Chris Baert	30	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	Francis Hollebecq	32	500 Suzuki				Did not qualify
Q	Michel Steven	37	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	Christian van Heule	38	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	Albert Debouny	41	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	John Weeden	42	500 Yamaha TZ	Wide Range Motors			Did not qualify
Q	Roland Nilsson	45	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify
Q	Charlie Dobson	46	500 Yamaha TZ				Did not qualify

Distance 10 laps = 141 km Speed 214.8 km/h

PP Barry Sheene 3:52.70 - 218.1 km/h FL John Williams 3:52.60 - 218.2 km/h

Started 29 Classified 17 DNF 12 DNS 2

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

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Walter Villa	8	250 AMF Harley	AMF Harley-Davidson	Michelin	11	45:51.90	1	4:05.40
2	Paolo Pileri	20	250 Morbidelli RS	Morbidelli Benelli Armi	Michelin	11	+48.60	5	4:14.70
3	Takazumi Katayama	7	250 Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin	11	+57.30	3	4:13.50
4	John Dodds	37	250 Yamaha TZ	Mitsui Racing Team		11	+57.50	8	4:16.70
5	Gianfranco Bonera	6	250 AMF Harley	AMF Harley-Davidson	Michelin	11	+57.90	7	4:15.10
6	Victor Palomo	17	250 Yamaha TZ	Swaep Motor Racing	Michelin	11	+58.30	6	4:15.10
7	Dieter Braun	5	250 Yamaha TZ	Boeri Sport Racing Team	Michelin	11	+58.90
8	Pentti Korhonen	35	250 Yamaha TZ	Team Arwidson Yamaha	Michelin	11	+1:08.40	9	4:16.80
9	Patrick Fernandez	24	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Airélec Motul	Dunlop	11	+1:21.00
10	Tom Herron	9	250 Yamaha TZ	Tom Herron	Dunlop	11	+1:21.20
11	Vic Soussan	47	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Airélec Motul	Dunlop
12	Henk van Kessel	33	250 Yamaha TZ	MSC Aldendriel				12	4:17.50
13	Philippe Bouzanne	45	250 Yamaha TZ
14	Boet van Dulmen	27	250 Yamaha TZ	Laponder Racing				13	4:17.70
15	Manuel Arias	22	250 Yamaha TZ
16	Jean-François Baldé	36	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Marnat AGV France	Dunlop
17	Ken Nemoto	32	250 Yamaha TZ
18	Franco Uncini	34	250 Yamaha TZ	Diemme Lugosport
19	Richard Hubin	39	250 Yamaha TZ					10	4:16.90
R	Bruno Kneubühler	15	250 Yamaha TZ	ELF Hostettler Yamaha			Ignition	2	4:12.50
R	Leif Gustafsson	14	250 Yamaha TZ	Leif Gustafsson			Fairing	4	4:14.50
R	Olivier Chevallier	26	250 Yamaha TZ	Ecurie Chevallier	Michelin		Fell	11	4:17.20
R	Pekka Nurmi	40	250 Yamaha TZ	Silja Line Racing Team			Mechanical	14	4:18.40
R	Alex George	1	250 Yamaha TZC	Alex George			Gear selector
R	Chas Mortimer	3	250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ	Danfay Racing Team	Michelin		Clutch
R	Mati Rainup	11	250 MZ-RE	VEB MZ			Ignition
R	Patrick Pons	12	250 Yamaha TZ	Team Sonauto Yamaha			Engine
R	Tapio Virtanen	16	250 MZ-RE	VEB MZ			Engine
R	Harald Bartol	18	250 Yamaha TZ	Memphis Team International			Engine
R	Felice Agostini	34	250 Yamaha TZ	Team Agostini			Mechanical

Distance 11 laps = 155.1 km Speed 202.9 km/h

PP Walter Villa 4:05.40 - 206.8 km/h FL Walter Villa 4:06.90 - 205.6 km/h

Started 30 Classified 19 DNF 11

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

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Angel Nieto	26	125 Bultaco	Bultaco Cemoto	Michelin	10	44:47.10	1	4:25.70
2	Paolo Pileri	3	125 Morbidelli RS	Morbidelli Benelli Armi	Michelin	10	+04.80	3	4:28.70
3	Eugenio Lazzarini	6	125 Morbidelli RS	Eugenio Lazzarini	Michelin	10	+56.70	8	4:37.70
4	Gert Bender	28	125 GB Bender	Gert Bender		10	+1:07.00	5	4:36.70
5	Harald Bartol	2	125 Morbidelli RS	Memphis Team International		10	+1:17.90	7	4:37.40
6	Patrick Plisson	24	125 Morbidelli RS	Team Morbidelli France		10	+2:35.60	4	4:31.50
7	Stefan Dörflinger	7	125 Morbidelli RS	Stefan Dörflinger	Michelin	10	+2:36.50	13	4:40.40
8	Juliaan Vanzeebroeck	33	125 Morbidelli RS			10	+2:46.10	12	4:39.30
9	Leif Gustafsson	1	125 Yamaha TA	Leif Gustafsson		10	+3:15.10
10	Cees van Dongen	16	125 Morbidelli RS	Cees van Dongen	Michelin	10	+3:33.20	14	4:46.40
11	Horst Seel	29	125 Seel-Maico Spl	Horst Seel		10		15
12	Hans Müller	15	125 Yamaha TA	Hans Müller	Michelin	10
13	Anton Mang	42	125 Morbidelli RS	Anton Mang		9
14	Peter van Niel	36	125 Yamaha TA			9
R	Pierpaolo Bianchi	4	125 Morbidelli RS	Morbidelli Benelli Armi	Michelin		Puncture	2	4:25.80
R	Norbert Peschke		125 GB Bender	Gert Bender			Mechanical	6	4:37.20
R	Henk van Kessel	11	125 Condor AGV	MSC Aldendriel	Michelin		Carburettor	9	4:38.40
R	Claudio Lusuardi	9	125 Malanca				Mechanical	10	4:38.40
R	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	18	125 Morbidelli RS	Team Guignabodet	Michelin		Ignition	11	4:39.10
R	Jean-François Lecureux		125 Morbidelli RS				Ignition
R	Xaver Tschannen	32	125 Maico RS		Michelin		Fell
R	Michel Baloche	38	125 Motobécane	Motobécane France			Handling
R	Rolf Blatter		125 Maico RS	Moto-Blatter	Michelin		Seized engine
R	Unknown		125 ???				DNF
R	Unknown		125 ???				DNF

Distance 10 laps = 141 km Speed 188.9 km/h

PP Angel Nieto 4:25.70 - 191.0 km/h FL Pierpaolo Bianchi 4:22.70 - 193.2 km/h

Started 25 Classified 14 DNF 11

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

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Herbert Rittberger	14	50 Kreidler	Kreidler Van Veen	Dunlop	6	31:20.70	2	5:16.90
2	Angel Nieto	10	50 Bultaco	Bultaco Cemoto	Michelin	6	+20.10	1	5:07.40
3	Ulrich Graf	7	50 Kreidler			6	+37.70	3	5:20.40
4	Eugenio Lazzarini	15	50 UFO-Morbidelli	Eugenio Lazzarini		6	+1:07.60	6	5:27.50
5	Benjamin Laurent	18	50 Kreidler			6	+1:09.80
6	Engelbert Kip	40	50 Kreidler	Modelmakery Groothuis				9	5:29.00
7	Rudi Kunz	12	50 Kreidler					7	5:27.90
8	Cees van Dongen	16	50 Kreidler	HV Racing				11	5:33.60
9	Hans-Jürgen Hummel	3	50 Kreidler	Racing Team NÖ				5
10	Stefan Dörflinger	1	50 Kreidler	Stefan Dörflinger				8	5:28.50
11	Ramon Gali	30	50 Derbi	MC Andorra
12	Pierre Dumont	37	50 Kreidler
13	Ingo Emmerich	19	50 Kreidler	PSM Racing Team
14	Rolf Blatter	29	50 Kreidler	Moto-Blatter
15	Wolfgang Golembeck	21	50 Kreidler
16	Guido Delys	26	50 Kreidler
17	Juup Bosman	27	50 Kreidler
18	Theo Timmer	5	50 Jamathi
19	Guy Muyters		50 Kreidler
R	Pierre Audry	17	50 ABF-Kreidler 635A	ABF	Michelin		Seized engine	4	5:21.90
R	Joaquin Gali	31	50 Derbi	MC Andorra			Mechanical	10	5:33.50
R	Charles Dumont	38	50 Kreidler				Fell	12	5:33.80
R	Günter Schirnhofer	20	50 Kreidler				Mechanical	13	5:34.30
R	Aldo Pero	6	50 Kreidler				Mechanical
R	Juliaan Vanzeebroeck	11	50 Kreidler				Carburettor
R	Gerrit Strikker	8	50 Kreidler	Alco Speed 7			Mechanical
NS	Patrick Plisson	18	50 Morbidelli	Team Morbidelli France			Did not start

Distance 6 laps = 84.6 km Speed 161.9 km/h

PP Angel Nieto 5:07.40 - 165.1 km/h FL Herbert Rittberger 5:08.30 - 164.6 km/h

Started 26 Classified 19 DNF 7 DNS 1

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

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
3	Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel	11	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden		9	+02.70	4	4:27.90
4	Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch	28	500 Schmid-Fath	ARO Teppichboden		9	+38.90	1	4:11.90
5	Rudi Kurth Dane Rowe	22	500 CAT-Yamaha	Rudi Kurth		9	+1:24.30
6	George O'Dell Alan Gosling	12	500 May-Yamaha	George O'Dell		9	+1:53.90
7	Otto Haller Erich Haselbeck	10	500 BMW Krauser	Krauser Racing Team		9	+1:58.80
8	Ted Janssen Erich Schmitz	21	500 Col-Yamaha	Ted Janssen		9	+2:17.70	11	4:39.10
9	Mac Hobson John Hinchcliff	5	500 Ham-Yamaha	Hamilton Motor Cycles		9	+2:26.80
10	Alain Michel Bernard Garcia	19	500 GEP-Yamaha	Alain Michel	Michelin	9	+2:44.90
11	Dick Greasley Cliff Holland	16	500 Chell-Yamaha	C.G. Chell Motorcycles
12	Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans		500 LCR-Yamaha	Louis Christen Racing
13	Heinz Luthringshauser Lorenzo Puzo	15	500 Busch-BMW Krauser	Krauser Racing Team
14	H. Thevissen J. Esch	17	500 HTS-König
15	Marc Alexandre Paul Gérard	24	500 Alba-König	Marc Alexandre
16	Hermann Schmid Martial Jean-Petit-Matile	7	500 Schmid-Yamaha RS5	Hermann Schmid				5	4:30.40
R	Rolf Biland Kenneth Williams	3	500 Seymaz-Yamaha '76	Rolf Biland	Michelin		Crashed out	6	4:31.50
R	Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube	27	500 Yamaha	Walter Ohrmann			DNF	7	4:33.30
R	Gustav Pape Franz Kallenberg	8	500 König	Gustav Pape			DNF	8	4:34.00
R	Martin Kooij Rob Vader	29	500 Kova-König				DNF	9	4:34.70
R	Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro	9	500 König	Paolo Bianchi			Overheating	10	4:35.90
R	Luc Patrin ? Unknown	20	500 Yamaha				Crashed out
R	A. Pantellini ? Mazzoni	4	500 Yamaha				Broken wheel

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