The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

500cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 1:02'35.500 15 2 2 Phil Read Team Life International Suzuki +0.100 12 3 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki +53.000 10 4 4 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +53.500 8 5 54 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +1'39.300 6 6 27 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +1'45.300 5 7 32 Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki +1'50.700 4 8 40 Philippe Coulon Suzuki +1 lap 3 9 30 Dieter Braun Suzuki +1 lap 2 10 41 Børge Nielsen Yamaha +1 laps 1 11 57 Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +2 laps Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired Ret 10 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Accident Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired Ret 20 Michel Rougerie Suzuki Accident Ret 25 Gilles Husson Yamaha Retired Ret 29 Mario Necchi Suzuki Retired Ret 3 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Retired Ret 31 Germano Paganini Suzuki Retired Ret 37 Vanes Francini Yamaha Retired Ret 36 Giorgio Avveduti Suzuki Retired Ret 37 Vanes Francini Yamaha Retired Ret 33 Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired Ret 49 Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret 51 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Yamaha Retired Ret 55 Johnny Cecotto Team Venemotos Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Mario Fiorentino Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Vittorio Gornati Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Carlo Piazza Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Victor Soussan Yamaha Retired Ret 44 Edmar Ferreira Goias Swaep Motor Yamaha Retired DNS 44 Eduardo Elias Harley-Davidson Did not start Sources:

350 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 25 55:01.8 8 15 2 14 Franco Uncini Yamaha 25 +30.5 3 12 3 65 John Dodds Yamaha 25 +33.4 1 10 4 3 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 25 +36.2 9 8 5 9 Tom Herron Yamaha 25 +37.0 11 6 6 77 Kork Ballington Yamaha 25 +37.5 17 5 7 73 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 25 +37.7 2 4 8 76 Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 25 +1:00.6 19 3 9 23 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 25 +1:06.3 10 2 10 70 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 25 +1:11.3 1 11 35 Francini Vanes Yamaha 25 +1:19.2 12 24 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 25 +1:21.2 13 13 59 Alan North Yamaha 25 +1:39.3 14 21 Christian Huguet Yamaha 25 +2:10.3 15 34 Fosco Giansanti Yamaha 24 +1 lap 12 Ret 2 Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 4 Ret 49 Paolo Tordi Yamaha 1 Fatal accident 5 Ret 5 Patrick Pons Yamaha 6 Ret 11 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 7 Ret 53 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 14 Ret 43 Giuseppe Consalvi Yamaha 15 Ret 55 Eduardo Elias Yamaha 16 Ret 7 Gérard Choukroun Yamaha 18 Ret Chas Mortimer Yamaha 20 29 starters in total

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250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 23 51:43.3 1 15 2 25 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 23 +21.8 13 12 3 19 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 23 +37.9 3 10 4 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 23 +1:00.1 10 8 5 48 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 23 +1:01.4 9 6 6 9 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 23 +1:15.8 5 7 23 Tom Herron Yamaha 23 +1:21.9 4 8 36 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 23 +1:28.3 3 9 11 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 23 +1:40.9 16 2 10 66 Eero Hyvarinen Yamaha 23 +1:41.2 1 11 35 Mario Lega Yamaha 23 +1:44.1 15 12 32 Denis Boulom Yamaha 23 +1:46.1 18 13 45 Hans Stadelmann Yamaha 23 +1:59.7 2 14 15 Christian Sarron Yamaha 22 +1 lap 15 29 Erick Andersson Yamaha 22 +1 lap 16 52 Alfio Micheli Harley-Davidson 22 +1 lap 17 50 Rudolf Weiss Yamaha 22 +1 lap Ret 5 Patrick Pons Yamaha 4 Ret 37 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 5 Ret 3 Virginio Ferrari Harley-Davidson 6 Ret 2 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 7 Ret 28 Kork Ballington Yamaha 8 Ret 64 Paolo Tordi Yamaha 11 Ret 8 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 12 Ret 16 John Dodds Yamaha 14 Ret 18 Gérard Choukron Yamaha 17 Ret 7 Otello Buscherini Yamaha 6 Fatal accident 19 Ret Gianfranco Bonera Harley Davidson 20 30 starters in total

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125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 21 Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 20 46:54.2 1 15 2 22 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 20 +24.7 2 12 3 12 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 20 +1:05.3 12 10 4 33 Henk van Kessel Condor 19 +1 lap 10 8 5 34 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 19 +1 lap 7 6 6 39 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 19 +1 lap 11 5 7 23 Luciano Richetti Harley-Davidson 19 +1 lap 15 4 8 28 Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha Italjet 19 +1 lap 13 3 9 10 Auno Hakala Yamaha 19 +1 lap 2 10 18 Matti Kinnunen Maico 19 +1 lap 1 11 20 Hans Müller Yamaha 18 +2 laps Ret Otello Buscherini Malanca 3 Ret Xaver Tschannen Maico 4 Ret 36 Ermanno Giuliano Malanca 5 Ret 6 Stefan Dörflinger Malanca 6 Ret 7 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 8 Ret 4 Pentti Salonen Yamaha 9 Ret 8 Peter Frohnmeyer DRS 14 30 starters in total

50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 12 30:49.9 1 15 2 2 Eugenio Lazzarini UFO 12 +24.9 2 12 3 4 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 12 +32.8 4 10 4 14 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 12 +40.7 3 8 5 6 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 12 +56.9 5 6 6 23 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 12 +1:25.1 5 7 34 Ezio Mischiati Derbi MGM 12 +1:34.6 4 8 11 Ramon Gali Derbi 12 +1:38.5 3 9 42 Pierre Audry ABF 12 +1:39.5 6 2 10 12 Aldo Pero Kreidler 12 +1:43.9 1 11 16 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 12 +1:44.1 12 8 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 12 +1:45.0 10 13 29 Giovanni Ziggiotto MTK 12 +1:45.1 7 14 36 Günter Schirnhöfer Kreidler 12 +2:33.9 15 15 41 Patrick de Wulf Kreidler 11 +1 lap 9 16 33 Carlo Guerrini Ringhini 11 +1 lap 17 38 Joaquin Gali Derbi 11 +1 lap 18 32 Luigi Rinaudo Tomos 11 +1 lap 19 26 Hans Kroismayer Kreidler 11 +1 lap 20 43 Giorgio di Nunzio Derbi 11 +1 lap Ret 7 Nico Polane Kreidler 8 Ret 40 Sergio Zattoni Derbi 11 Ret 10 Claudio Lusuardi Villa 12 Ret 9 Hans Hummel Kreidler 13 Ret 27 Ermanno Giuliano Kreidler 14 29 starters in total

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